Wrecked railroad train in France during World War II. Men work on a demolished section of a railroad track and a wrecked locomotive in the background. Demolished buildings in a French town. A wrecked train loaded with torpedoes after it was hit and burned. Torpedoes on ground near the train. German sign on the side of the damaged railroad train.
Allied capture of Cherbourg, France, on June 25th, 1944, in World War 2. German prisoners of war marching under guard, with hands on their heads following surrender. Aerial vies of the Cherbourg harbor, extensively sabotaged by the Germans. Allied engineers working to repair the port. Power shovels, welders, and divers seen at work. Troops moving up the peninsula from Cherbourg. Weapons being distributed to French members of the Maquis guerilla resistance, in Allied occupied areas. French irregular soldiers firing against German forces in mountains, and sabotaging German facilities. Numerous dead bodies of French civilian villagers, killed by a Battalion of the Nazi SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment "Der Führer" (an infantry regiment of 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich"), and destroyed buildings in the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane where the massacre took place. Temporary stakes marking their graves.
U.S. officials arrive at U.S. 1st Division headquarters in France during World War II. U.S. Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson and U.S. Army Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell are greeted by Commanding General Clarence Huebner of U.S. 1st Infantry Division as they arrive at the headquarters.
Several American P-47 aircraft landing at a rough dirt airfield in France during World War II. They are painted with D-Day invasion stripes. After landing one of the P-47s blows large amounts of dirt and dust with its propeller, as it parks.
U.S. army evacuation hospital in France during World War II. A woman who has just given birth is tended by staff of the 128th Evacuation Hospital, as she is lying on a cot with her newborn infant. Medical officers exiting the tent.
U.S. troops prepare to embark for the United States from France at the conclusion of their service in Europe during World War II, but before the end of the war, so it is regarded as a 30 day furlough. Soldiers stand in line and receive awards and recognitions for their service. The troops go through a chow line and eat food. Soldiers march and smiling U.S. Army soldiers board waiting trucks. The soldiers carry barracks bags as they board troop transport ships, embarking on the voyage back to America. Narrator notes that they will still be needed to help in the fight against the Japanese.
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