U.S. Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, Commander of the First Army, walking from a tent at his Headquarters in France during World War II. Lieutenant General George S. Patton is standing outside the tent in the background. Next, several men come from the tent, including Major General Courtney Hodges, Bradley's deputy, who walks with Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, who pauses to put on his jacket. He and Hodges stroll across the area, along with an unidentified tall man accompanying Secretary Stimson. Closeup of the three conversing. General Patton standing in the background. Glimpse of Gemeral Bradley seeing Secretary Stimson off,
General Bernard Law Montgomery with British and American correspondents in Normandy. General Montgomery discusses news on World War II with correspondents. One man in the group wears a French officer's cap. Two U.S. 9th Air Force soldiers ride horses bareback on highway. U.S. military Jeeps can be seen passing.
An aerial view of the cities and villages of Normandy in France soon after the D-Day invasion of World War 2, but after Allied forces had moved further east toward Germany. German installations are bombed and strafed. Allied troops fire artillery. Smoke rises up due to explosions. Soldiers walk in a street. Rubble on the street. An allied aircraft in flight. Smoke rises up as the German installations are bombed. Street fighting in Normandy. Nazi soldiers surrender after street fighting in Cherbourg. Buildings in the background. German prisoners are marched. Wounded soldiers. Civilians gather as a United States flag is raised in Cherbourg. Civilians cheer as the Germans are defeated. A man gives a speech. (World War II period).
French civilians celebrate the liberation of France in Normandy during World War II. A girl with shaved head stands in front of a vehicle. The girl with a swastika sign painted on her forehead. Several men and women beside the vehicle. Another girl with shaved head has a swastika sign painted on her forehead. The girls with the swastika signs with several other women. A swastika flag. A tank treads over the flag. The swastika flag set on fire and flames rise. A few French boys defacing posters on the side of a building.
Allied forces raid the coast of Normandy in France on the D-Day invasion during World War II. United States Army paratroopers board transport planes and gliders to land on enemy areas. Infantry soldiers prepare to reach for aid of paratroopers. Armada of Allied warships, boats and landing crafts sail in sea to reach the coast. Guns on ships fire shells at the coast. Fired empty shells on the ships. Allied bombers raid Nazi air bases and headquarters in Normandy. Nazi German warships in a canal destroyed by Allied bombers.
German Army fights the Allied infantry and tanks on the French border of the Western Front, during World War II. German soldiers take prisoner members of the U.S. 82nd Airborne and 8th Infantry Divisions, captured in Caen village in Normandy. Germans soldiers guard American prisoners (POW) walking in a village with their hands raised.