Report on African American troops of the 923rd Aviation Engineers in France in World War 2. It is part of the 1st tactical Air Force serving in France. Troop activities are shown with background soundtrack music of an Army chorus singing African American folk music (such as "I've been working on the railroad") and gospel spiritual music. African American engineers walk along the sides of tents. Military vehicles parked on ground. They sit on the vehicles and the vehicles move. An engineer repairs the wheel of a vehicle, other engineers repair other parts. Engineer welds a part of vehicle. They work on the construction of runway for the aircraft. Trees in the background. Large group of African American soldiers walk in a line and enter a mess tent for food. Engineers dig and lift concrete using cranes and construct the runway. Airplanes parked on the runway in construction. A P-51 Mustang aircraft with name "Cissy Three" on nose lands on the new airfield.
German troops in occupied France. Map of the French Invasion Front. German troops in camouflaged trucks. A sign on a tree. German soldiers on bicycles collect newspapers from another soldier. Newspaper headline reads "Eisenhower has not surprised us." Trucks and jeeps filled with German soldiers in Normandy. Overturned vehicles and damaged artillery on the roadside. Soldier with camouflaged helmet looks up to the sky. Aircraft in flight overhead. Artillery fire. German Soldiers load and fire anti aircraft guns. A charred aircraft in a field. German soldiers arrive in Avranches, France. A sign for Avranches. German Soldiers ride a bike among the commune ruins. Soldier seated on a wrecked car. Buildings in the area. A soldiers keep vigil by a damaged cathedral. Stained glass windows. A German soldier plays the organ keyboard in the cathedral. Interior of the French cathedral.
German troops defend against invading Allied forces in France, during World War II. German Marshal Erwin Rommel confers with officers about defenses in France. German troops relax prior to an engagement. They string wire for communications and use it for artillery direction. German heavy artillery firing. German armored half tracks on captured UNIC chassis. Devastated British Sherman tank. German troops load and fire artillery and dig foxholes.
A film titled 'Northern France and Belgium' shows United States 1st Army Engineers construct spans over a river in France during World War 2. Soldiers cross over Pontoon and Bailey bridges. Tanks fire fiercely at the enemy targets, causing fire and smoke.
German planes are strafed by American aircrafts in France during World War II. German aircrafts explode in mid air emitting fire and smoke. A grounded German aircraft is strafed by American aircraft as smoke and fire emerges from it. Near coastal France 3 days after D-Day Invasion.
German Fieldmarshall Gerd von Rundstedt and Field Marshal Rommel in a room in France. Field Marshall Erwin Rommel and his staff on an observation tour of Atlantic Wall fortifications in France during World War II. Tank obstacles, gun emplacements, bunkers, fortifications, command posts, and artillery gun emplacements are seen. Rommel and von Rundstedt tour the facilities. German soldiers perform readiness drills, moving defensive obstacles into place, running to stations to prepare for battle, and moving wheeled artillery into place.
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