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Allies continue push across Normandy in summer of 1944, during World war II

One month after D-Day, Allied forces continue advances across Normandy,France. German General and high ranking staff surrender to U.S. Major General Lawton Collins. U.S. artillery pounds German positions. On shell has 'Happy 4th Adolph' written on it. General Eisenhower greets and American soldier in the field, as Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, stands nearby. Church bells ring and French population celebrates Bastille Day (July 14th). American soldiers join in dancing at a town square during the celebrations. U.S, troops march along a road, one wearing a bowler hat. U.S. troops, firing machine guns, mortars, and recoiless rifles engage the Wehrmacht 352nd Division and other German defenders in costly battles amongst the hedgerows of Normandy. German troops surrendering. Wounded U.S. troops being treated. U.S. Sherman tanks and infantry moving along the hedgerows. A fallen U.S. soldier inside a hedgerow. U.S. troops enjoy a lull in battle. One naps in a farm field, while another chases a chicken. One GI reads the Stars & Stripes newspaper and another reads a letter from home. Several U.S. soldiers bathe in a creek while being protected by armed sentries.

Location: Normandy France
Date: 1944, July
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024434
Canadian troops wade ashore from landing craft on Juno Beach in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944.

View of Canadian troops on D-Day huddled in a landing craft approaching Juno beach in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944, in World War 2. The landing craft reaches the beach and all the Canadian infantry leave the boat, two or three at a time, and wade ashore during the invasion of Europe by Allied forces. Steel obstacles placed by the German forces can be seen on the beach. Several houses, stand along the beach. Two other landing craft with Canadian soldiers arrive near beach and soldiers wade ashore. The troops advance on the beach.

Location: Normandy France
Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038894
Morning in Paris, with the River Seine, Eiffel Tower, Place de la Concorde, and a busy street

Dawn and morning time in Paris. Sunrise in Paris. A bridge over the River Seine. Clouds over the city. A Statue of Liberty replica on the Ile aux Cygnes Island (Pont de Grenelle, 75015 Paris, France). Men sleep on the riverbank. The Eiffel Tower (Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France) on the riverbanks. Two pillars flank a road. Smoke from a stack. The Rue Royale, the Obelisk and a fountain at the Place de la Concorde (75008 Paris, France). Trucks spray water around the fountains. A man sweeps the street. Women push a cart full of baked goods. A busy market street. Men carry heavy load, push, and pull carts. A mail man at a window. Children walk to school with book bags. 1920s and 1930s cars moving on the roads, as seen from unusual point of view of a moving camera at low level, just a few feet above the road surface.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1933
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031159
German troops reinforce defenses in Southern France after Allied 1944 invasion of Normandy in World War II

Film opens with map of western coast and towns in France. Camouflaged trucks filled with German infantry drive along rural French road in World War 2. Closeup of smiling soldiers in one truck. A makeshift sign reads (in German) "One-way street to the front." A soldier passes out newspapers to other soldiers riding bicycles. Closeup of a soldier reading the newspaper. Closeup of the paper has headline reading (in German) "Eisenhower has not surprised us." Troops on bicycles ride through a village. Large wooden sign warns (in German) that the enemy understands things you might say about military activities. Camouflaged vehicles drive along a road, passing overturned civilian vehicles at the sides of the road. View from rear of German soldier on motorcycle, with foliage on his helmet, looking skyward for aircraft. Formations of Allied aircraft are seen overhead, and German troops seek protection in ditches at side of the road. Scene shifts to German troops firing anti-aircraft guns at the planes. Black flak clouds are seen near the Allied airplanes. A lone B-17 bomber is seen overhead. Next, burning wreckage of an aircraft is seen strewn across a field. No markings are visible on the wreckage. A sign identifies the town of Avranches in Southern France. German infantry enter the war-torn town on civilian cars and other vehicles of opportunity and motorcycles. A German half track personnel carrier tows an artillery field piece.

Location: France
Date: 1944, July
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078950
Charles De Gaulle on Free French Destroyer, La Combantte,in the English Channel. Admiral d'Argenlieu and General Henri Giraud

The Free French Destroyer, La Combantte crossing English Channel with General Charles De Gaulle, Admiral d'Argenlieu and General Henri Giraud aboard during World War II in France. The Cross of Lorraine flag of on the stern of the warship La Combantte. The French seamen stand in a line and salute. General De Gaulle in front of the seamen. The General awards medal to a French naval officer. All officers and crew wear the Cross of Lorraine on their uniforms. General De Gaulle seen with Admiral d'Argenlieu and General Henri Giraud. Several seamen of the crew. General Charles De Gaulle aboard the vessel. A DUKW (amphibious truck), flying the Cross of Lorraine ensign, with General de Gaulle and his party of Free French officers on board, heads toward shores of Normandy. Several other vessels in the sea.

Location: France
Date: 1944, July 14
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054761
Captured German soldiers are taken away by truck in Granville, France (WW2)

French men and women watch truck loaded with German prisoners in front of the Hotel de la Gare in Granville, France (135 Rue Couraye, 50400 Granville, France ) during World War 2. German prisoners on truck are taken away from Granville, located in the Normandy region. Frenchmen riding their bicycles on the streets after the captured German soldiers are taken as prisoners by the Allied forces. A woman walking with her bicycle as her daughter leads on the street. Storefronts are boarded-up. Signs of storefront are written in French. An Allied Jeep drives past on the street. A dog lazes in front of a store with sign saying “WE SELL BEER BIERE”. A French woman crosses the street. Frenchmen stand near a road sign for the direction and distance to towns of Saint-Pierre-Langers and Avranches.

Location: Granville France
Date: 1944, August 1
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079344
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