A rest camp in Bains-Le-Bains, France during World War II. Allied soldiers and Red Cross girls ride on a horse drawn sleigh. A soldier plays a guitar and others sing as they ride on the sleigh. A snow covered area. The soldiers sing and play guitar.
A rest camp in Bains-Le-Bains, France during World War II. Allied soldiers outside 'Hotel Kelly'. An officer reads out from a paper as soldiers load onto a truck. The truck pulls away. Soldiers board a truck as they leave Shangri La Camp. Exteriors of a church. Soldiers and civilians enter and exit the church. Allied soldiers with Red Cross girls as they smile and laugh on a snow covered field. The soldiers and the girls engage in snow fight.
A rest camp in Bains-Le-Bains, France during World War II. Allied soldiers play table tennis. A soldier seated in a chair smokes a cigar. The soldiers play a dart game and chess. A soldier at a desk as he writes a letter and other soldiers in the background read magazines and newspapers. A soldier plays a pool game. A soldier talks to a WAC (Women Army Corps) soldier.
The 101st Airborne division band plays during inspection of 101st Airborne troops in Mourmelon-le-Grand, France (World War II). 101st Airborne soldiers in Class A uniforms march. Marching division band plays. A soldier plays a trumpet. The conductor swings his baton as he leads the marching band.
Local French boys salute the 101st Airborne soldiers in Class A uniforms parading during World War II. A French boy with glasses saluting. More faces of boys watching and saluting at the ceremony. French officers and a priest watch the ceremony and salute. A French officer raise his hand to salute. Generals Eisenhower and Taylor descend from the review stand. A staff car drives away after the event in Mourmelon le Grand, France.
Film starts showing animated map of American forces driving East from France and British forces.including the 53rd Infantry Division, from Belgium toward the Rhein (Rhine) River in Germany. Allied infantry and armor gathering on a street in France. Closeups of some soldiers in berets mingling with American troops. Left shoulder of a soldier with Engineers patch. Another with white cross in white circle. American troops entering Bad Godesburg, where many white flags are displayed. An M4A3 Sherman tank moves along a street. "Adolf Schmitz" written on building in background U.S. infantry and armor moving through the town cautiously subject to lingering sniper fire. Views of signs identifying shops and commercial establishments in the town. U.S. soldiers silhouetted looking out of an upper story of a building where they are firing a machine gun towards a sniper's nest. German soldier surrendering and being searched briefly. A wounded person being carried on a litter by two civilian men, accompanied by a woman wearing a Red Cross armband. Scene shifts to road in countryside, clogged with long line of German prisoners of war being escorted under armed guard. Closeups of some of the prisoners and guards. Views of the Rhein river with many bridges destroyed by retreating German forces. Closeup of an American tank crew in their M4A3 Sherman tank. The Bridge at Remagen, with a sign on it reading: "Cross the Rhine with dry feet courtesy of the 9th ARMD Div." American soldiers guarding the bridge against air attack man an M33 twin mount 50 caliber antiaircraft machine gun. Another gun crew firing an M45 quad mount 50 caliber antiaircraft machine gun at attacking German aircraft attempting to destroy the Remagen bridge. Another antiaircraft gun defending the bridge. View from some distance of bomb bursting near the bridge, raising a geyser of water. Back at the bridge, itself, American infantry and vehicles continue to pour across it. Closeups of some and of soldiers in the vehicles. An M4A3 Sherman tank completing the crossing and moving on the German side of the river. Infantry walking along the roadside.