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Secretary of State, Cordell Hull and General Omar Bradley travel through town of Carentan to Omaha beachhead

Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley travel by jeep through the town of Carentan to the Omaha beachhead in France. Houses and buildings line the streets. A man walks on the street. A statue at a small square in center of town. A wheel cart nearby the statue. The jeep arrives at a bluff overlooking the beachhead, where General Bradley points out places and things of interest. Secretary Hull dons a steel helmet. They drink some refreshments. Below them the U.S. Army has a contingent of soldiers bivouacked on the beachhead. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, July 17
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027619
French civilians mistreat British and U.S. prisoners of war as they are marched through the streets of Paris by German guards (WW2)

Mistreatment of Allied prisoners in Paris, France during World War II. A long column of British and U.S. prisoners of war marched through the streets of Paris under German guard. French policemen and civilians stand by and watch. The prisoners marched through commercial areas. German soldiers keep guard. French civilians strike and kick the prisoners as they pass. The prisoners lined up.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031306
A fleet of warships, amphibious vehicles, LCM, LCI, LST underway to Normandy on D-Day invasion during World War II.

Normandy invasion Religious Service before D-Day invasion during World War II. A fleet of warships and amphibious vehicles cruise the sea to reach the beach of Normandy in France. LCM, LCI, LST in the sea water. A warship anchored in the sea.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037048
United States Army soldiers of 1st Infantry Division -16th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion on narrow beach on D-Day

During the D-Day invasion of Europe. American troops land on a beach in Normandy in France as they carry away injured soldiers on a stretcher. Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division - 16th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion sit on a narrow beach shore shielded against a chalk embankment. A landing craft nears a wider shore of Omaha beach shore as soldiers of the 3rd battalion dig fox holes. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038164
World War II Allied invasion of Normandy as seen from the German perspective

German civilians read newspaper headlines about Allied invasion in Normandy, France, during World War 2. The German newspapers also contain stories about German military operations in Russia. German radio operators wearing headphones in communication centers, being warned of Allied bombers during D-Day operations and relaying information by radio and morse code. German soldiers rush from underground bunkers, grabbing helmets and rifles, to man battle positions in Atlantic Wall defenses. German soldiers running in underground tunnels. Anti aircraft guns being fired at Allied aircraft. Guns aboard German ships being fired at Allied vessels and aircraft at night. Explosions occur causing fiery flashes.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675038266
U.S. 705th Ordnance soldiers use scrap metal from beach obstacles to construct hedgerow cutters.

View of beach obstacles which were used to block Allied landing forces on the beaches of France. United States 705th Ordnance soldiers use welding torches to cut up beach obstacles for use as hedgerow cutters. Welders attach hedgerow cutters on M5A1 light tanks. Tank is about to be tested. The hedgerow cutter design came from Sergeant Curtis G. Culin, of the 102nd Reconnaissance Squadron. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, July 19
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038870