Montage of scenes at advanced airbase Denain-Prouvy Airdrome (A-83) France, during World War 2. A pet dog sits atop a bomb on the ground. A U.S. Airman of the 323rd Bombardment Group pets the dog. Next, an Airman is seen fastening fins on a bomb. A Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft is towed along a taxiiway. Camera goes back to a bomb now being loaded under a B-26. Armorers remove belts of 50 caliber machine gun ammunition from cartons and load into aircraft cannisters. Another bomb being positioned for upload into a B-26. Slate appears noting location as A-83. Ground crew refueling a B-26 from a fuel truck, using hoses over its wings.
Camera follows Martin B-26 Marauder bombers taking off from Denain-Prouvy Airdrome (A-83) France, during World War 2. They are a Squadron of aircraft from the U.S. Army Air Forces 323rd Bombardment Group (displaying white tails of the 323rd). Camera tracks them each as they complete their respective take offs in succession. Afterwards, the aircraft are seen beginning to assemble in formations high overhead.
French President Charles de Gaulle visits Moscow. President de Gaulle shakes hands with civilians of Moscow who cheer for him. The same year de Gaulle evicts North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from France. Frenchmen flee their homes due to large army installations. Civilians migrate with their belongings.
Strategic Secret Intelligence teams operate with U.S. 7th Army in the southeast France during World War II. An officer talks to another officer. Strategic Secret Intelligence teams look at weapons. 7th Army soldiers come out of a building. They get in a jeep. The jeep drives along a road. French people wave at them. Soldiers and officers look at a map during a briefing. Cars driven out of a headquarter building. Infantry moves up for an attack. Artillery is fired. A car damaged due to firing by enemy machine guns. Engineers construct a bridge. The soldiers enter a building. An officer and SSI team members seated around a table. SSI teams greet the officer as they return back. An officer checks identity papers for recruitment of male and female agents. Liberated French people and SSI teams patrol the roads. A man rides a bicycle.
The RAF (Royal Air Force) visits France to demonstrate to the foreign ally one of the most mobile emergency hospitals yet developed. An RAF Blackburn Beverley transport aircraft taxis at a French airfield. RAF officials seated at the airfield. Medical field unit members disembark from the aircraft. Equipment is unloaded by men and tents are set up. Men carry stimulated stretcher cases into the tents.
French troops and equipment move along the Siegfried Line in France during World War II. French troops on bicycles as they advance along the Siegfried Line. Tanks being loaded onto flat railroad cars. A soldier puts a cover on a tank. A railroad car pulls away. Tanks being loaded onto trucks and the convoy of trucks moves along the Siegfried line. The troops march ahead along the line.
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