U.S. 3rd Armored Division elements entering towns in France, during World War 2. Sign for town of "Pre En Pail". Group of captured German soldier prisoners of war sitting on side of road. Houses are decorated with French flags. Various vehicles pass along the street, including an M10 Tank destroyer. Tanks and vehicles entering town of Ciral. Sign reads "Ciral". Civilians wave to passing vehicles. American troops on a tank pose with a woman standing next to it. One U.S. Army soldier on the tank holds a little French girl. A French man stands near his daughter as the little French girl poses on a tank holding a homemade American flag.
U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower and others en route to visit a beachhead in France during World War II. A U.S. warship underway at sea. General Eisenhower, U.S. Army General George C. Marshall, U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest King and U.S. Army General Henry H. Arnold on the warship in the Atlantic Ocean en route to the beachhead. A navy personnel watches towards the sea through binoculars. General Eisenhower, General Arnold and General Marshall talk. General Eisenhower and General Marshall talk.
U.S. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, en route to Camp Mourmelon, France, after Operation Market Garden,in Holland, during World War 2. They stop briefly near Borg Leopold, a former Belgian Army Depot, East of Brussels, where they receive coffee and doughnuts from a Red Cross Clubmobile. The troopers line up with their personal mess cups and receive hot coffee and donuts. Various views of the troopers receiving their refreshments and mingling together as they enjoy them. One view from inside the clubmobile, looking out at the troopers.
Ships carrying supplies to Allied forces in France, during World War 2. The deck of one is filled with Lockheed Hudson light bombers displaying British markings. Views of ships in the convoy. Change of scene to Adolf Hitler looking over maps with General Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff of the German Army and other Generals of the high command. German submarine (U-boat) being launched. German U-boat crews being instructed in hit and run tactics in a classroom. Brief view of map showing disposition of Nazi U-boats to attack allied shipping. Allied convoy seen in aerial view from aircraft overhead. A formation of German Heinkel He 111 bombers seeking Allied convoys to attack. View of crew member at his station inside a bomber. View from a bomber descending to examine an Allied ship, making a low pass over several in the convoy, and ostensibly radioing U-boats to attack with torpedoes. Glimpse of a Heinkel He 111 climbing and a flight of them in formation.
Bugler sounds alarm announcing start of emergency drill for crew and American troops (passengers) aboard the SS Leviathan on the way to France, during world War 1. Crew members begin lowering life boats from davits at side of the Leviathan. Soldiers and sailors in life vests are seen proceeding to assigned emergency stations on Deck C, under supervision of ship's officers and crew. They assemble beside life boats as crew members man them and lower them part way in the exercise.
American 3rd Division, 30th Infantry Regiment forces in Aix-en-Provence France, while pushing northward through Southern France in World War II. Group of French civilians with flags in hand, including a French flag with FFI symbol, walk near Town Square. Two cars drive past among huge crowd. Men and women collaborationist prisoners held at gun point by FFI forces and forcibly marched in public in area of Place de l'Hotel de Ville near the Aix-en-Provence City Hall (Pl. de l'Hôtel de ville, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France) as crowd jeers them. U.S. Army forces stand on a balcony of the City Hall as French citizens below cheer and wave. View of Belfry bell tower in background of shot, at Place de l'Hotel de Ville. Civilians with flags in hand. Men with various handguns in hand hold an accused collaborationist and forcibly move his head. Men, women, and children gather near the Fontaine de la Rotonde fountain (Place du Général de Gaulle, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France) at the bottom of the Cours Mirabeau. They wave and cheer happily at American Army tanks, trucks, and forces passing through Aix-en-Provence.
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