Outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle" shot in France. After a mission in France. A B-17 in flight with its number-3 engine smoking. A formation of B-17s. The planes leave vapor trails behind.
From "The Battle of the Somme." British Army at the Battle of Somme in France during World War 1. British infantry and cavalry units wait to move forward and get into trenches near Fricourt Mametz in France. At Bray platoons of Buff, Bedford, Suffolk and a battalion of Royal Welish Fusiliers lined up and march forward. Cavalry units also move forward. French farmers in fields, they tend the artillery horses and make them drink water. A General stands with a live fox in his arms (or possibly a slender dog), as soldiers stand beside and behind him in the background.
British Army at the Battle of Somme in France during World War 1. A Divisional General mounted on a horse addresses the Lancashire Fusiliers and Royal fusiliers and a Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment before the Battle of the Somme in France. British gunners firing 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns at very low elevation (almost point blank direct fire). As the guns fire, the recoil drives them back considerably on their heavy wheels, which are arrested by chocks.
British Army at the Battle of Somme in France during World War 1. A 6 inch Howitzer fired at German first line in Mametz, France. Explosions occur and smoke rises. A Canadian 60 pounder fired at German positions. Soldiers fire the 60 pounder from behind sand bag mounds. Shrapnels burst over German trenches. Infantry and cavalry units of London Scottish and East Yorkshire march forward for the battle area. A Priest conducts a prayer service as soldiers stand around him in a circle before the Battle of Somme.
British soldiers during the Battle of Somme, World War 1 in France. British Lancashire Fusiliers occupy a sunken road in no man's land in France. Soldiers with rifles at the road. Close-up views of British soldiers. Warwick Regiment soldiers (Warwickshires) advance up a captured German trench.
A stream and culvert under a road in France. View from a hill of river below. An open staff car displaying one star on its windshield, carrying Brigadier General Palmer E. Pierce, Commander of the 54th Infantry Brigade. The car is stopped as he confers with Allied officers, during the 2nd Battle of the Somme in World War 1. Scene shifts to Chateau de Raincheval, U.S. Army Headquarters in Piccardy, France, where General Pierce stands in a gateway conversing with Major General John F. O'Ryan, Commander of the U.S. 27th Infantry Division, AEF. Several other officers accompany them. Senior Allied officers outside a bunker labeled "Commanding General." They converse and look at documents.
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