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Allied aircraft bomb the city of Caen in France as Germans prepare to engage invading Allied forces.

German forces defend against invading Allies, in France, during World War II. German antiaircraft batteries swing into action. A German soldier looks through binoculars at high altitude formations of Allied aircraft in flight over the city of Caen, France. Anti aircraft guns being fired at the airplanes. U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 aircraft seen in formation dropping bombs at lower altitude. Smoke rises from bomb bursts. German gunners fire FLAK vierling 38 antiaircraft gun from an open railway car. German soldiers look at the B-26 bombers as they fly overhead in several flights of 6 aircraft each. Several German FW-190 fighter aircraft pass overhead and engage the U.S. bombers at high altitude, leaving myriad contrails visible in the sky. American Air Forces aircraft attack over a bay of the Seine River. German antiaircraft fire continues. An FW-190 aircraft passes low overhead. Burning wreckage of an airplane in the forest. In the city of Caen, a tall monument can be seen, still standing, topped by a winged figure holding aloft a laurel wreath in each hand. Residents leaving the city of Caen carrying all their belongings. Damaged buildings in the city. German troops move about the city in trucks and on motorcycles. German Pz.IV's of Panzer Lehr Division advance with intent to surround the invading Allied forces. German troops firing heavy field artillery. Allied paratroopers being taken prisoner in a field of flowers. Wrecked Allied Sherman Firefly tank on a field. Sweat shirt displayed with "Canadian Armoured Corps" written on it.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059373
Allied paratroopers drop and soldiers make an amphibious landing at a beach in Normandy, France during D-Day of World War II.

Allied invasion of Normandy, France on D-Day during World War II. Allied transport aircraft take off from England. The aircraft in formation flight as bombs are dropped. Bombs impact and billows of smoke rise up. The transport aircraft in formation flight as paratroopers jump. The paratrooper forces descend. An Allied Destroyer fires at a beach of Normandy France. An 8 inch gun fires at the beach. Allied troops transfer from a ship into an LCM ( Landing Craft Mechanized). Hospital medics in a landing craft. A cruiser fires at the coast. Allied soldiers disembark down a landing net into a landing craft. Troops aboard an LCM. A cruiser fires at the Normandy beach. An LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) loaded with troops underway towards the beach. A battleship fires at the beach. LCVPs near the beach. A heavy cruiser fires at the beach. Hits being made on the beach and explosions occur. The troops disembark into surf and wade through it to land at Normandy. An LCU ( Landing Craft Utility ) underway in the English Channel. An LCI ( Landing Craft Infantry) underway at sea. An officer hollers into a megaphone from the bridge of a ship. The LCU and the LCI underway at sea. Men on the open bridge of a ship.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059443
A smashed port after Allied bombings in Corsica, France during World War II.

Corsica, France during World War II. A smashed port in France. Corsican children play and swim in the water. A sign on a building reads 'Bar Napoleon'. A German graveyard. An Italian woman carries a bundle of sticks on her head as she walks down a road. A view of Corsica. Civilians at a pump as mules drink water.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059801
Pilots of P-47 aircraft in cockpit while in flight over Corsica, France during World War II.

P-47s in flight over Corsica, France during World War II. A pilot in the cockpit of a U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 in flight. Pilot of P-47 wearing an oxygen mask. P-47s in flight as they peel up over Alto Air Base in Corsica, France.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059808
U.S. airmen wash clothes and bathe in Corsica, France during World War II.

United States airmen in Corsica, France during World War II. Airmen in a jeep as it pulls away. Airmen in bathing suits as they wash clothes at a river bank in Corsica, France. A truck with American troops moves past. A man stands near a community washing machine. Clothes on lines. A spillway of a dam across a stream. Four airmen in a shower. A man puts his clothes into a community washing machine.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059809
The battle of Mortain, France, during World War II.

German panzers and infantry preparing to defend against advancing American forces by cutting their supply routes from the coast of France,following the invasion of Normandy. Animated map shows Allied and German opposing objectives converging at mortain, France. American armor bogged down near Mortain. An American crew abandoning a Sherman tank that has been hit and is burning. American infantry taking cover at side of a road. A U.S. Army Captain leading soldiers forward. German artillery fire striking center of a road. An American armored vehicle burning in a field. U.S. infantrymen moving cautiously through fields. Wounded American soldiers being carried off the battlefield on stretchers. British Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter bombers attacking German positions with rockets from above. RAF Typhoon aircraft being rearmed and continuing to attack large concentrations of German armored units North of Mortain. American infantrymen firing numerous mortars from a field.American soldiers firing rifles, bazookas, and machine guns.US M7 Priest self-propelled gun firing. U.S. M-16 anti-aircraft halftrack firing quad .50 caliber machine guns. U.S. infantry entering war torn town of Mortain.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060104