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U.S.troops advance to Saint Lo in operation Cobra. U.S. 3rd Army advancing rapidly into Rennes, France, in World War II

Map showing path of Allied advance after D-day invasion in World War 2. German Marshal Rommel with staff. German artillery and armor firing. American heavy artillery, armor, and infantry advancing toward St. Lo in operation Cobra. Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, Lieutenant General Lesley James McNair, and Major General J. Lawton Collins, walking near the battle front. U.S. Army Air forces B-26 bombers dropping bombs at the front lines.(General McNair was killed by friendly bombers on July 25th in these operations.) U.S. infantry entering Saint Lo. House to house fighting and German soldiers taken prisoner.U.S.Sherman tanks firing point blank at houses and buildings.Large number of German prisoners being marched under guard with their hands over their heads. A wounded Allied officer being helped into a vehicle. Women and children refugees walking and in horse drawn wagons.French woman sorts through rubble trying to salvage some belongings. African American tank crewmen of the 761st Tank Battalion, operating with the U.S. 3rd Army, seen relaxing against a stone wall; cleaning their tank guns; and driving their Sherman tanks at high speed along dirt roads.General George Patton, Commander of the 3rd Army, looking through binoculars. French civilians waving enthusiastically as American armor drives through their villages. American forces arriving in Rennes, France, greeted by huge crowds and church bells ringing.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060103
Adolf Hitler receives the French surrender from General Huntziger in the form of the Second Armistice at Compiegne in France.

The Second Armistice at Compiegne after the German victory in the Battle of France during World War II. A WWI monument covered with a German flag in Compiegne. German soldiers near the monument. German troops stand at attention. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler, President of the Reichstag Hermann Goering, German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and other German officers arrive at the venue. The leaders and officers walk past the soldiers at attention. Hitler gives the Nazi salute. Hitler and the other officers enter the WWI Armistice railway car. French General Charles Huntziger and other French officers and officials arrive at the venue. The German and French officers seated around a table inside the WWI Armistice railway car. Hitler receives the French surrender from General Huntziger on June 22, 1940. The Second Armistice on the table. An animated map depicts Frankreich. Bells toll at a Parisian cathedral. Adolf Hitler with several German officers inside the cathedral. Arches, pillars and carvings in the cathedral.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021758
French crowd celebrates victory on the streets of Paris, France at the end of World War II in Europe.

V-E Day and Victory celebrations in Europe at the end of World War II in Europe. Civilians celebrate on the streets in Brussels, Belgium. Victory celebrations in Paris, France show a church bell ringing. French, American and British flags are raised. Cheering French crowd on the streets in Paris. French General Charles de Gaulle visits the Arch de Triomphe and pays homage at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier. British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery receives German surrender at Lundberg.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075250
French civilians gather at Town Square in Aix-en-Provence to stage celebrations as the city is liberated in World War 2

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.

Date: 1944, August 20
Duration: 3 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022699
U.S. soldiers of the 18th Infantry examine huge bomb crater. U.S. occupied trenches and defenses.

Elements of the U.S. 18th Infantry in France during World War I. Soldiers gather around huge bomb or shell craters. A soldier inspects the crater. Barbed wire barriers. Troops in lattice-reinforced trenches and dugouts. A soldier stands in trench. An alarm bell seen next to him. (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065332
World War 1 aircraft in flight and views of famous German ace pilot Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron)

Heinkel HE-57 amphibian monoplane in flight. Point of view shot from camera behind pilot as plane performs aerial spinning dive. Changing view of ground from cockpit of aircraft. Pilots with parachutes land on field. A model aircraft in flight. At timecode 1:00: Paul von Hindenburg and other German dignitaries present at the December 1925 re-interment of Manfred von Richthofen in Invalid's Cemetery (Invalidenfriedhof Cemetery) in Berlin, Germany. (He was originally buried in France following his 1918 death). At 1:04: Scene from before his death: Manfred Von Richthofen (The Red Baron) smiling and conversing with other German pilots. Clip ends with brief view of Fokker Dr.I Triplane like that flown by Manfred von Richthofen.

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022511