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Americans capture Fort Obergentringen and turn its guns on Germans in Thionville, France, during World War II

American soldiers of the U.S. 90th Infantry Division, walking atop captured Fort Obergentringen, Near Thionville, on the west side of the Moselle River, in World War 2. Next, the Fort's German Krupp 105mm guns are seen firing numerous shells at German positions in Thionville, east of the river. American soldiers with binoculars observe the shell strikes from the fort. Smoke rising from the shelling. [Note: A September 17, 1944 wireless report about the fort's capture , to the New York Times, by Frederick Grahamby, stated that "The fort's name is Gingringen and from 1870 to 1919 it belonged to Germany." However, it is actually Fort Obergentringen (Fort Guentrange) on the hills of Guentrange, overlooking Thionville, and built in 1899.]

Location: Thionville France
Date: 1944, September 16
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055086
German soldiers march U.S. 82nd Airborne and 8th Infantry Divisions prisoners captured in Normandy, France during World War II.

German Army fights the Allied infantry and tanks on the French border of the Western Front, during World War II. German soldiers take prisoner members of the U.S. 82nd Airborne and 8th Infantry Divisions, captured in Caen village in Normandy. Germans soldiers guard American prisoners (POW) walking in a village with their hands raised.

Location: Normandy France
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675056379
Allied Forces in amphibious assaults, at Normandy, France, on D-Day during World War II

British forces in amphibious assault boats,at Normandy on D-Day, during World War 2. They fire at houses on the beach. American forces encountering German-placed obstacles and fire from pillboxes at Omaha Beach during their D-Day landings. They seek shelter under the Chalk Cliffs. Medics treating American wounded. In the British sector. Special Army engineers leave a landing craft first, followed by medics and troops. Securing the beachhead, the British troops move inland. A second wave of U.S. troops landing at Utah Beach, where German resistance was lighter. Landing craft from the USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13) carrying troops to Utah Beach. U.S. troops wading a long way to a Normandy beach. U.S. LCI(L)-537, discharging troop reinforcements. A landing craft (Higgins Boat) from the USS Thurston (AP-77) landing troops at Omaha Beach. Sherman tank equipped with deep wading gear and a bulldozer blade comes ashore at Utah Beach. U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 aircraft, in D-Day paint stripes, attacking ground targets.

Location: Normandy France
Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058847
German forces battle invading Allied forces along the coastal areas of Normandy,France, during World War II

German newsreel with Portuguese narration and periodic English overlay translation. Beginning of the battle for Europe, in World War 2. German Panzer IV tanks moving across a field in Normandy and firing against invading Allied Forces. German infantry following, some carrying Panzerschreck (bazooka) antitank weapons. Views of fires burning and knocked out tanks and armored vehicles. A German soldier guards two American tank crew members who are carrying a wounded, fellow U.S. Army soldier. German armor ascending a hill overlooking battlefield. Heavy fighting in coastal towns and the Bayeux area. German troops firing heavy machine guns. German soldier throwing a hand grenade. More destroyed armor. German soldier ordering battery of rocket launchers to fire. Explosions, fire and destruction.

Location: Normandy France
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059374
Graves being prepared for fallen U.S. troops at the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, in France, during World War II.

German prisoners of war at work digging graves for fallen American soldiers, at the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944, shortly after the D-Day invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord). This is the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II, and located on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach and the English Channel, east of St. Laurent-sur-Mer and northwest of Bayeux in Colleville-sur-Mer. (It is now the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.) Vertical posts with dog tags attached, mark the gravesites of the fallen troops. American soldiers sit near covered dead bodies of the fallen and perform tasks of identification and grave assignment. Covered remains of one soldier are carried across the field on a stretcher. Barrage balloons are seen in the sky overhead.

Location: Normandy France
Date: 1944, June 11
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059457
Liberated French soldiers return to Paris, France towards end of World War II.

Liberated French soldiers return to Paris. French honor band playing. Liberated French soldiers return. French officer shakes hands with liberated soldiers. Wounded U.S. soldier on a stretcher. French soldiers and civilians return after liberation. Liberated Frenchmen march off an airfield after having disembarked from U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain transport plane. French band plays in honor of liberated men.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1945, April
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060157
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