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Allied Forces advance and French Army takes Paris in World War II.
Animated map shows American forces advancing toward Paris. Views of German troops disorganized and making their way individually among burning and destroyed military tanks and vehicles. A U.S. Army colonel confers with U.S. Armored unit officers, using hood of jeep as a table. U.S. Sherman tanks and tank destroyers moving along dirt roads toward Paris, at high speed and passing beyond the Orleans region. They move rapidly through groups of cheering French citizens in a French town. American armored units moving to bypass Paris. U.S. Army Air Force airplanes dropping maps to the armored units by parachute, because they were moving too fast to be supplied by ground. French forces, armed with American tanks, vehicles, and arms, are ordered to advance and take Paris. As they proceed, U.S. Army Air Forces support them from the air. Formations of P-51 fighter and B-26 bombers are seen. The French forces advance at rate of 25km per day. They are joyously welcomed as they pass through French towns on their way. Scenes of Paris. Local residents in line at a shop. German occupiers are seen beginning to leave Paris. A line of horse-drawn wagons is seen in the street. On August 14, 1944, Paris Police go on strike. They are seen drawn up in formation. August 15, 1944, the Gestapo left Paris. French citizens and police open fire on German Army vehicle. Parisians begin to hang the tricolor from their windows. French resistance fighters seen running in streets of Paris and firing weapons as they work to find remaining German forces. A doctor and several nurses run for cover. Parisians begin to fill the streets during liberation of Paris as elements of the French Army enter Paris. General Charles de Gaulle walking along a street in Paris.
German officers surrender to Allied Forces at end of World War II
Film begins with nighttime bombardments of rockets and artillery. Then at one minute after midnight, on May 9th, 1945, the guns stop. Next, a day earlier, German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel enters a conference room on May 8th, accompanied by German staff officers. He salutes with his Marshal's baton and takes a seat. He signs surrender document. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov stands before being seated. British Air Marshal, Sir Arthur Tedder, is seen signing the document along with Marshal Zhukov. General Carl Spaatz, Commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe, shakes hands with Marshal Zhukov. Several scenes of battlefield cemeteries are seen next. German officer prisoners are seen from the back as they walk with hands behind their heads. Views of Surrendered German senior military officers, including: German Admiral Erich Raeder; German Marshal Walter Model; German Marshal Wilhelm Keitel; and Marshal Hermann Goering (being disarmed).
U.S. soldiers being hit by shell fragments and their recovery after surgery in Naples during World War II.
A film titled 'Soft Tissue Wounds' shows U.S. soldiers being hit by shell fragments and their recovery after surgery in Naples during World War II. Bombs stacked on a field. U.S. sailors work around. A battleship's gun firing salvo. Fragments are removed by surgery from battle casualties. Reports of four cases handled in the Italian campaign of January 1944. The first case shows a soldier hit by a shell fragment. U.S. troops carry the soldier hit by the shell fragment in Italy. A truck moves ahead on a road. Wounded being carried into an evacuation hospital tent. A wound just below the buttock of a soldier. Primary infusion is given to the patient. The bleeding is controlled. The wound is dusted. Dressing completes an operation. The healing of the wound after a few weeks of the operation. The patient walks after healing. A U.S. soldier shows a scar under scapula. A U.S. LST (Landing Ship Tank) fires towards Anzio Harbor. [Note: script refers to British Hospital Carrier Leinster (#37) although footage appears to be of (British) Hospital Ship St. David (#27), later sunk by the Germans at Anzio in January, 1944]. A wounded soldier is carried on a stretcher aboard the hospital ship. Surgery is performed on the wounded soldier. The soldier on a bed after the operation. A ship underway at sea. A Red Cross ambulance and a truck transport the wounded soldiers to a hospital in Naples. The wound after one week of injury. The wound margins are refreshed. The wound edges are stitched. Removal of stitches after eight days. The soldier smokes a cigarette after recovering.
Soft tissue wounds of U.S. soldiers and their recovery after successful surgical operations in Europe during World War II.
A film shows U.S. soldiers being hit by shell fragments and their recovery after surgery in Europe during World War II. A case of soft tissue wound shows a wound on the leg of a soldier who was hit by a shell fragment. Surgery on the wound shows gentle exploration revealing the path of a muscle. The skin incision is enlarged. A blood cord is evacuated. A shell fragment is removed. The wound is dressed. The wound after few days of injury. The wound is ready for skin grafting. The graft being stitched on the wound. Stitches are removed after few weeks and the patient is discharged. A case of multiple soft tissue wound shows a wounded soldier on an evacuation hospital bed. Two wounds on the left arm of the patient. X-rays of the arm of the patient. An incision is made to connect the two wounds. Margins of the wound are divided. Multiple wounds on the hand of a patient. The wound on the left arm after two weeks. The wound is ready for secondary closure or skin grafting. Strapping is done to bring skin margins together. Surgeons operate the same patient. The wound is stitched. The patient shows his hand after healing. A soldier with a wound just below his buttock. A soldier with a scar under scapula. Wounds on right leg and left arm of a soldier. Medics evacuate a wounded soldier. A surgical operation in progress. The soldiers smile after their successful recoveries from soft tissue wounds. U.S. troops during operations of World War II.
U.S. 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division soldiers smoke in a village in Italy during the Po Valley Offensive of World War II.
U.S. 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division soldiers in a shell torn village in Italy during the Po Valley Offensive of World War II. The soldiers stop to take a smoke after more than three days of intensive fighting. The soldiers drink water from a pump. One soldier turns the hand crank as others drink from the well.
Japanese laborers, agrarians and white collar workers listen to speeches held in the Imperial Park in Tokyo.
Speeches held during May Day demonstrations in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese laborers, agrarians and white collar workers gather and listen to a speaker in the Imperial Park. The speaker on a makeshift stand is Mr. Kenichi Ito, Kanto District Trade Union. People listen to the speaker. A group of girls with red bandanas on their head. A group of people sit on the ground and listen to the speaker. Red Cross Japanese nurses. Another speaker is Mr. Yoshira II, a congressman representing the Socialists party. A Communist congressman speaks to the group of workers.
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