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U.S. 7th Army and French FFI during the recapture of Metz, Strasbourg and Belfort in France during World War II.

U.S. 7th Army and French troops recapture French cities during World War 2. French troops parade in Metz. The troops march in formation through the city streets. U.S. Army Major General Walton H. Walker, who led the U.S. Army and the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) in the capture of the city from the Germans. General Walker with other officers walks out of a building. French soldiers stand in a formation during a ceremony in which the city is to be returned to the French. In the official ceremony, General Walker returns the city to French Lieutenant-General Andre-Marie-François Dody, acting for his country.The crowd cheers. The Generals walk away. Scene shifts to Strasbourg, where Provost Marshal McIntyre, of the U.S. 7th Army, accepts the surrender of Two German Battalions (5 thousand troops) from their commanding General. The surrendered German soldiers are lined up in the street. German officers waiting to get into trucks. In another sequence, a sign on a street in Belfort reads 'N.463 Montbeliard'. French 1st Army troops on tanks advance through the streets in Belfort. A sign showing the direction to Belfort Castle. French troops fire at the castle in Belfort. Soldiers behind a wall and an M-3 Stuart tank and an anti-tank gun fire from behind the Theatre Granit building at the Belfort Castle. Explosions occur at places in the castle. An underground tunnel of the Belfort Castle is inspected by a French General. Several officers walking with the General. The French flag hoisted on the castle. U.S.Major General Walker proceeding with officers over a bridge. The officers on a path on a hill. Aerial view of buildings.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069989
Military band playing music during the liberation ceremony in Belfort, France (WW2)

Military band playing music at the Place de la République in Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France during World War II. Musicians playing with drums, cymbals, and trumpets. Moroccan soldiers blowing trumpets. The mayor of Belfort and a nun watch the liberation ceremony from their windows. The United States flag hang from the mayor’s window. French soldiers march past the Monument to the Three Sieges of Belfort (République, 90000 Belfort, France). French civilians crowd the streets of Belfort, celebrating liberation of France from Nazi German occupation.

Date: 1944, November 26
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080476
French troops marching during the liberation ceremony in Belfort, France (WW2)

Civilians watch marching French soldiers at the Place de la République in Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France during World War II. A policeman controls the crowd during the liberation ceremony after German surrender. Women and men cheering in front of the Monument to the Three Sieges of Belfort (République, 90000 Belfort, France). French military officials ride a Jeep. Allied flags hanging as garlands over the street. Monument to the Three Sieges of Belfort at the Place de la République. People running on the street in Belfort. French and Allied flags hang from windows. Marching band playing music as townspeople follow them.

Date: 1944, November 26
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080475
French civilians gather to watch liberation ceremony in Belfort, France (WW2)

Townspeople gather for the liberation ceremony at the Place de la République in Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France during World War 2. The Monument to the Three Sieges of Belfort (République, 90000 Belfort, France) is seen on the left. People holding French flags and signs watch the ceremony from apartment windows. French Brigadier General Carpentier inspecting French troops. Allied flags hanging as garlands over the street. A marching military band plays music. The French flag is being raised on top of a flagpole at the Belfort Place de la République.

Date: 1944, November 26
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080474
Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers dropping bombs during an aerial raid of Mulhouse, France (WW2)

Allied bombers bombard railways in Mulhouse, France a month before the Normandy invasion (World War 2). Animated map shows the location of Mulhouse, near the Franco-German-Swiss border. Bombers flying to Mulhouse. United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombers in flight. Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and North American P-51 Mustang fighters escort the heavy bombers while flying over France. A German fighter aircraft is shot down by a P-47 as seen from a distance. A German pilot is very faintly seen parachuting after ejecting from fighter. Two United States fighters fly away. Aerial view of Mulhouse, Belfort, and surrounding communes. Bombs dropping over Mulhouse and its freight yard. Pillars of smoke rise from Mulhouse. Another aerial raid to Mulhouse took place on May 25, 1944, two weeks after the initial raid. Aerial view of bombs dropping over Mulhouse. Thick clouds of smoke forms over Mulhouse freight yards. A formation of Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers in flight.

Date: 1944, May
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079835
Soldiers of 2nd Moroccan Division and French 5th Armored Division move behind an M-4 tank and fire guns in Belfort, France.

French troops advance in Belfort, France during World War II. French troops of 2nd Moroccan Division and French 5th Armored Division advance behind an M-4 tank. The soldiers fire 30 caliber light machine guns. A dead German soldier in a ditch. A wounded German soldier lies in a ditch. French soldiers arrive with a group of German prisoners.

Date: 1944, November 20
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070148
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