Trial of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain and other French officials in Paris, after World War II. All rise as the Court President enters the courtroom. French General Bergert is called to the witness stand. He comes forward, takes the oath and sits. Prosecutor Mornet addresses the court. The Court's President takes notes. American officers at the trial.
Rennes in Brittany falls to Allied troops. Civilians in the streets. Military vehicles pass by. Forces of U.S. General George S Patton liberate the city from Germans. U.S. soldiers in trucks and jeeps as the crowd welcomes them. French policemen among the crowd. U.S. paratroopers freed by the Germans are welcomed back. The troops are greeted and kissed by French women. (World War II period).
Renault and Citroen auto and truck factories in Paris. The Renault sign on a broken wall. The destroyed auto factory on the river bank. Interiors of the factory. Machinery and equipment in ruins. Tanks in the factory. The Citroen factory. A cable car. Men work on mini trucks. They work on truck engines, bodies, cabins and tires.
Allied troops land in Normandy during reinforcement operations in June 1944, in the weeks after D-Day, in World War 2. The U.S. 3rd Armored Division on Landing Ship Tanks (LST) heads towards Normandy. Tanks, trucks, vehicles and equipment on the LSTs. British crew and officers including the Captain on deck. The Captain looks through binoculars. A sailor looks through a telescope. The beach at Normandy filled with battle ships, carriers and Landing ships wait for the tide to recede off shore to avoid unloading equipment in deep water (landing ramps having been destroyed by earlier storms). Barrage balloons overhead. Soldiers build ramps on the beach. Half tracks, trucks and other vehicles driven off the LSTs and across the ramps on the beach.
Allied troops on the French coast shortly after the Allied Invasion of Europe in World War 2. Abandoned fortifications built by slave labor. A soldier looks at metal fences. Officers and soldiers walk through the fort. German weaponry destroyed by retreating German forces. A soldier walks on rubble in Granville. Observation post of the U.S. Navy. A lighthouse that separates Normandy from Brittany. A U.S. soldier on the lighthouse looks out to the sea.
Allied assault force tied up, prior to the invasion of Normandy. Soldier mans 20mm on craft. Landing Ships Tank (LST) and Landing Crafts Utility (LCU) underway. Barrage balloons flying overhead. A sunken liberty ship. 20mm gun mount in the foreground. Officer of the Deck (OOD) walks up with a pair of binoculars and looks out over assault force. Four wounded soldiers on stretchers being hoisted by crane; enlisted men look on. The wounded being received on another ship as sailors look on. The soldiers being lowered on to deck. Navy Lt. in charge of receiving injured men looks on. (World War II period).
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