Wreckage in France during World War II. A wrecked control tower. Rubble on an airfield. Interior of a damaged hangar. No smoking sign, in French, on wall of hangar (Defense de fumer)
P-47s of the 86th Fighter Group, distinguished by their bright red and white striped enpennages, are seen in operation at the Poretta Airfield, Casamozza, Corsica, during World War 2. Several P-47s (with razor back canopies) are seen parked on the field. One P-47 takes off and another lands.
Wreckage of vehicles in southern France, near St. Maximin in Provence during World War II. Wrecked vehicles at a roadside. Vehicles move on a street past the wrecked vehicles. French bicyclists on the road. A truck moves past.
A French Air Force P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft on an airfield. Damaged tail of the aircraft. A pilot in the cockpit of the airplane. Aircraft taxis short distance with wrecked tail, as debris near a wrecked hangar blows about from the prop wash. French and American soldiers examine the wrecked tail of the aircraft. (World War II period).
American fliers who escaped internment in Switzerland, pose in front of a C-47 aircraft at Annecy Airfield in World War 2. They wear clothes provided by sympathetic civilians, and kid about the way they fit. They are accompanied by a Free-French Commandant (equivalent to U.S. rank of Major) who wears rank insignia on shoulders of his uniform and the Cross of Lorraine and rank insignia on his black beret.
A training film 'Military Police Town Patrolling' on functions of military policemen during a town patrolling in the United States during World War II . Soldiers wade ashore. Smoke from firing and bombardment on a battlefield. Soldiers aboard Jeeps and trucks. A military policeman directs traffic. MPs handle prisoners of war. The prisoners are marched. They guard supplies in a supply line. They also patrol captured towns. Buildings along a street side. Vehicles drive past on the street. Men playing on a field. Houses in the background. MPs stand in a line. An officer inspects them. He inspects their uniforms. The officer talks to a military policeman. They march. The MPs are headquartered in a local police station. The MPs enter the police station. Interior of the police station. A desk sergeant at work. The MPs with a criminal. The desk sergeant takes information from him. The criminal is then put behind the bars. The MPs stand in a line at attention in the police station. A patrol sergeant inspects them. He instructs them about town patrol. He says that they should help soldiers whenever they need help and should maintain order and should coordinate with them.
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