War ruins in Rouen, the capital city of Normandy in France, during World War II. A German General survey the city. Smoke from burning buildings. German soldiers fire guns and battle the enemy across the canal. Soldiers take cover behind sandbag barricades. Pillars of a damaged bridge. Soldiers use binoculars to survey the area. They load and fire artillery. Smoke from explosions on either side of a canal. Smoke from burning buildings. Jets of water put out fire in damaged Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen (Pl. de la Cathédrale, 76000 Rouen, France). Ruins and rubble on the streets. Soldiers clear debris from the streets. They use water hoses to put out the cathedral fire. The damaged structure of the cathedral. Bomb damaged buildings. French prisoners marched on the streets. Military vehicles enter a gate. A sign for Paris beside the gate. The smoke shrouded skyline.
Arrival of the American delegation at the Brest Harbour in France for the Paris Peace Conference. Commander of the Atlantic fleet, United States, Admiral Henry Braid Wilson , and other members seen on the ship. Chief of U.S. Naval Operations Admiral William S. Benson seen with French minister of Marine George Leygues and his wife. President Woodrow Wilson acknowledging the salute of the convoy of warships employed to escort the USS George Washington at the Brest Harour in France. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
German Prisoners of war in France in World War 2. They come to surrender to American forces at a junction set up tor the purpose. They arrive on all kind of vehicles, including supply trucks, command cars, fuel trucks, horse wagons and bicycles. Enemy war materiel and assets, including livestock and other supplies, are confiscated. Some prisoners are marched to locations. At one outdoor enclosure, a sign reads 'German Enlisted Men.' Documents and weapons are confiscated. A stack of rifles. German POWs stand disarmed. Prisoner discusses map of American and German positions with a U.S. Army Sergeant. Prisoners are questioned and searched. Some wounded German prisoners are carried by other German soldiers. Others are transported by Americans. A wounded prisoner lies on a stretcher. A jeep with Red Cross flag carries wounded. Group of German prisoners of war eating a hot meal. Others eating regular U.S. rations.
France under Nazi rule during World War II. A French delegation visits young Frenchmen working in a German ammunition factory. The delegation arrives. They discuss a document and then enter the ammunition factory.
Scenes from a tour by Gerd Von Rundstedt and Field Marshall Erwin Rommel and his staff of Atlantic Wall in France during World War II. German heavy railroad gun Krupp K5 (Leopold) is wheeled out from a covered fortification. Various views of the German officers touring heavy gun emplacements, fortifications, and command centers of the Atlantic Wall forts. Group of officers walks by turnstile of heavy railway gun. Heavy artillery guns including barrel of a 12 inch gun elevated and pointed toward the sea. Many views of German heavy gun barrels being raised.
General Sir Alan Brooke, Prime Minister of UK, Winston Leonard S Churchill and General Jan Smuts on a ship sailing towards a beachhead in France. Views of Generals talking.
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