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.
German newsreel opens with a map of France. French peasants drive their cattle to a safer place from Normandy after the Allied invasion of the area. German Mechanized Forces and German armor move forward to combat the Allied invasion as they pass amidst a herd of cattle. Allied airplanes bomb a French city as smoke rises due to bombing. People dig through debris and remove dead bodies. French civilians leave the city. Damaged buildings in the city. Women move away with their belongings. American prisoners march in Paris as French civilians kick and strike the U.S. soldier prisoners of war following the Allied bombings in France. Narrator explains the belief that it is clever film cutting propaganda and that this kind of reaction by the French was rare.
The German invasion of France during World War II. A map of France. Nazi fighter aircraft take off and in flight to strike Allied supply lines. The aircraft in flight as they fire at Allied positions. A bomb drops and impacts. A German soldier looks through binoculars. Camouflaged German tanks advance on a field. Bombs explode and smoke rises. German soldiers fire artillery and guns. Wrecked American tanks. Soldiers fight against the Allies in a town.
Dead German soldiers in France during World War II. A sign reads ' Rhone' A wrecked bridge across Rhone river in France. A French colonial soldier on the bridge. Wrecked German planes on a field. Nazi swastika on the aircraft. German prisoners lying and sitting on ground. Dead horses lying by roadside. People on a wrecked bridge. Streets in the city decorated with flags. American soldiers advance into a town as children look on.
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