Opening scene shows crowds of Parisians surrounding tanks of Free French General Philippe Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division and elements of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division enter Paris, on August 25, 1944, during World War 2. General Charles de Gaulle is seen with French officials in the crowd. A Free French soldier speaks to a tank driver and points to the source of some lingering German resistance gunfire. The crowds drop to the ground as gunfire erupts. A French tank fires its gun at a building harboring the German resistance elements. Some persons take shelter behind jeeps. People scramble for shelter in the courtyard of the Notre Dame cathedral. Smoke rising from targeted buildings. People lying down en masse on the ground as gunfire continues.
The soldiers of 369th infantry regiment 93rd Division of the U.S. Army (also called the "Harlem Hellfighters") during World War I. The African American soldiers at their positions at the western front. The troop walking through channels of trenches. Soldiers having a meal in a battle trench.
Development of early airplane. The most successful competitor of Wright brothers Henry Farmen and his airplane, in 1908. Men working on it. Farmen fills gas tank of hi s plane while other persons on ground watch. Farmen flying machine takes off in a ground.
Two United States patrol men talk to each other. One patrol man enters a house. View of a building in the town of St Lo. Patrol men walks through wreckage in Saint Lo. Many views of massive destruction done by allied bombings. A soldier tries to get inside a building. View of Rabbits in cage left by germans. (World War II period).
View of U.S. Army members of 15th Engineer Regiment in a recon car. They look through binoculars to observe enemy territory. (World War II period).
Group of civilians manning a water pump in street. French firemen put up ladders against a building which was hit by shell during World War 2. Firemen climb up the building and direct water from a hose into the building.
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