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Winston Churchill, Jan Christiaan Smuts and Field Marshal Montgomery view Allied positions in France.

Allied troops in France during World War II. An Allied soldier watches through binoculars. Allied troops move into action. Troops walk in a trench. Army tanks in the background. A large crowd of French civilians gather as a French officer addresses them. French people show 'V' sign for victory. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of South Africa Jan Christiaan Smuts and Commander of Allied 21st Army Group British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery view Allied positions.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072017
French civilians welcome United States troops in Rennes, France.

United States troops enter Rennes, France during World War 2. Sign board reads 'Rennes Centre Autres directions and Chateubriant Angers'. Soldiers enter town with tanks and artillery. French civilians welcome the United States soldiers. The Rennes City Hall (Place de la Mairie, Rennes) from the side of the Rue de l’Horloge displays the flags of France, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Prisoners move raising their hands. Women and children dance on street. French men and women wave heir hats and flags of the United States as military vehicles drive by. People cheering near the Dressoir shop on the Rue d l’Horloge. Captured German soldiers being made to march after their surrender. A group of United States soldiers restrain an outraged French man from attacking captured German prisoners. German prisoners sitting. French women Nazi collaborators raise their hands up and leave the Cinéma Royal (Place du Calvaire, Rennes) after their surrender, with crowds booing at the women. Angry French man in the crowd. Angry French mob tries to attack an apprehended militia chief, only to be restrained by soldiers. French women and men holding their hands dancing. Crowds outside the Café Poncel (4 rue de Coëtquen, Rennes, France).

Date: 1944, August 6
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043448
Robot bomb damage in England; launching sites and wide gauge tracks for transporting bombs in Cherbourg, France (WWII)

U.S. Army 9th Air Force North American P-51 Mustang fighters in flight and tracking a V-1 Flying bomb to shoot it down over Southern England, United Kingdom, during World War II. Crowds inspect damage caused by V1 flying bombs and V2 rockets, also known as “robot bombs.” A crater formed by a German robot bomb. A U.S. Army soldier collects fragments while inspecting the bottom of the bomb crater. British and American soldiers and British civilians inspect the damage. Aerial and ground views of an unfinished German V-1 and V-2 launch site on the Cherbourg Peninsula in Normandy, France after its capture by Allied forces. The main rocket ramp is seen on the launch site. A crane at the unfinished launch site. A concrete strip under construction. An unfinished section at the Cherbourg rocket launch site. The rich concrete mixture used in the construction of the massive installation is reinforced by lattice-type steel rods (half inch thick woven in squares). Unfinished and destroyed platforms from 29 rocket launch installations made by German forces at Cherbourg before the Normandy landings. Large solid underground structures intended as showrooms for shells and equipment. Unfinished or damaged narrow-gauge railroad used for supplies and construction. Carts are seen on the railroad. Netting laced with metal leaves to prevent fading is used for camouflage. A soldier arranges green coverings outside a bunker. A man stands on a crater. Wide gauge tracks to bring bombs to the platform. Some parts of the installation are bombed by Allied bombers.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044559
P-51 Mustangs and B-17 Flying Fortress planes attack German aircraft plants during World War II.

U.S. Army Air Force bombers attack Germany during World War II. View of U.S. P-51 Mustang aircraft in flight line at U.S. Air Base in England, United Kingdom. Aerial views of a formation of B-17 Flying Fortress planes and P-51 aircraft in flight over Germany. Bombs fall on German aircraft plants. Ruins of German aircraft plants after facing the bombings. Scene changes to show German war production workers building new Focke-Wulf aircraft (e.g., Fw 190) at production factory in Germany.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047529
A technical group attends a meeting to carry out investigations for U.S. Army chemical warfare tests on San Jose Island, Panama.

U.S. chemical warfare tests on San Jose Island, Panama during World War II. Close-up view of U.S. 6th Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber flying low over islands near San Jose Island. More distant shot of formation of B-25 bombers in flight. A field located near San Jose shows a bomb dump. U.S. airmen load bombs on a bomber aircraft. A technical group consisting of U.S. NDRC (National Defense Research Committee) scientists, trained officers of United Kingdom's Army and Navy and U.S. Army Air Force officers attend a meeting in front of a chart.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060517
United States and British military officials convene for a high-level meeting (WW2)

Front pages of various American newspapers such as the New York World Telegram and Journal American reporting World War 2 related news with headlines such as “INVASION FLEETS AT STATIONS”, “INVASION “IMMINENT”! FLEET SET FOR ACTION” “ROOSEVELT, CHURCHILL MAP INVASION STRATEGY”, and “INVASION THRUST AT EUROPE EXPECTED HOURLY IN LONDON”. United States and United Kingdom senior military officers gather for a meeting. Two officials read a report together.

Date: 1944
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079279