Documentary tilted 'Rolling To The Rhine'. On the U.S. Army "Red Ball Express" operation for transportation of supplies and equipment during World War 2. Bronze Star medal is displayed. Montage shows a pilot, infantryman and a paratrooper. The bronze star is awarded to a truck driver in France for heroism. Railway station in Pennsylvania, boxing match in Oklahoma, and Chicago subway train. Red Ball railroad express underway. Trucks are gassed, driven through slush, and carry supplies to the war front. ' We Deliver' written on trucks. U.S. soldiers and convoy in France. An 8-tire trailer, several disabled trucks, and Military Policemen direct traffic in France.
Trial of Pierre Laval charged with high treason in France. View of the Palais de Justice courthouse (10 Bd du Palais, 75001 Paris, France) in Paris, France. Pierre Laval defends himself during the trial. Many people gathered to watch the trial. He is sentenced to death after he is found guilty on October 9.
Strategic Secret Intelligence teams operating with the 7th Army in the southeast France during World War II. Mountains in the eastern France. Animated map of France shows U.S. 7th Army driving in Bourgoin. Secret Intelligence teams and motor cars. Teams set up missions. A radio jeep makes a contact with Strategic Secret Intelligence headquarters. 7th Army officers look at a map. 7th Army soldiers drive along streets. People standing on both sides wave at them. Soldiers seated in a jeep surrounded by French people. The soldiers talk to citizens. Officers standing outside a building smoke. Large crowds gather and wave at the soldiers. They try to get autographs of the soldiers. Children run behind a jeep.
Animated map showing the Atlantic coast of France in World War II. Allied and German officers facilitate a prisoner exchange at Dunkirk, France. A group of Allied prisoners of war are gathered at a port in Northern France for a prisoner exchange. Red Cross workers exchange papers with officers. An injured prisoner is carried by two soldiers as the prisoners of war board a boat. A boat loaded with German soldiers pulling away from the port. Some of the soldiers wave happily to the camera. Soldiers taking pictures and videos with cameras. German soldiers getting out of boat and celebrating. German officers at staff meeting, with maps behind them. German military officials broadcast to the people of Germany about the repatriation of captured troops back to Germany.
Victory in Europe Day festivities in Paris, France after World War II. A crowd gathered in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). Large flags of United States, Soviet Union, and France are displayed under the Arch.
'Victory in Europe Day' in Paris, France. Honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in Paris, France on 'Victory in Europe Day'. American soldiers walk by the tomb. Crowds carrying Allied flags parade in streets. People hold French flag as they sing the national anthem. (World War II period).