The sea shore in Concarneau, Brittany (Bretagne), France. Men seated on rocks in the old medieval Ville Close. Sail boats in the harbor in the background. Men, women and children near houses. Two elderly men talk to each other in Breton as one smokes a pipe. Two men row a boat with people in it. The boat reaches the shore and people get off, mostly women and children. They walk up a cobbled sidewalk. Their wooden shoes or clogs click loudly as they walk. Women talk in Breton, laugh and shout as they wash clothes. They use brushes and beaters. A young girl washing clothes. Women dry out the clothes on a lawn and hedge.
German battleship Bismarck in sea near Saint-Nazaire, France. Views on British warship of lower deck, bombs are lifted by means of hoist. Guns aboard British warship are fired. Views of burning ship Bismarck in ocean in distance, explosion on Bismarck can be seen. British naval observers on bridge of ship. Views of German wounded sailors recovered from Bismarck being carried up gangway after having been rescued at sea. British aircraft carrier 'Victorious', biplane aircraft Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber on the deck of British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (91). British battleship at dock, two British Navy Officers shake hands. British sailors raise their hands and salute. Views of battleships. Sailors on board HMS Ark Royal raise a plaque celebrating the defeat of the Bismarck, above a Sebastopol 1854 plaque. (World War II period).
A documentary depicts parade by the students of an elite military academy at Saint Cyr in Western France. Troops of students at the training school of the French Army. Troops raise their swords to salute their flags. Commanders inspect troops. Marching troops preceded by cavaliers salute the Commanders of French Army.
U.S. 1st Army troops pass an abandoned German pill box near Cambrai, on their way to the Belgian border, during World War 2. U.S. tanks advancing along road to Saint-Quentin on September 1, 1944.Road sign points toward St. Quentin. Some French civilians watch as troops ride into the city aboard military vehicles. American flag is seen at window of a building.September 2nd, lead elements of the 1st Army pass road sign marking boundary between France and Belgium. A road sign on ground at the old formal border reads "Douane Belge." American tanks speed across Belgian fields in pursuit of retreating German soldiers.US units firing tank guns and machine guns at German positions.Smoke rising.Destroyed and burning German artillery, tanks, halftracks, and other vehicles and equipment along side of road.Destroyed civilian automobile and wagons. American troops entering town where Belgian flags fly. German Army Captain, accompanied by U.S. troops, urges his soldiers to surrender.He steps over wire fencing into a field where German soldier are coming forward. View of numerous German prisoners of war being held in a meadow.
United states Army 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers roundup and capture German soldiers in Saint Marcouf, France. One German has a bandaged hand. The U.S.paratroopers interrogate and search a German soldier. 101st Airborne (Screaming Eagle) paratroopers driving a pair of French Armored Carrier UE artillery tractors captured in use by German troops.The troopers questioning German prisoner. (World War II period).
United States gliders taxi along the runway before taking off from Saint Marcouf in France. Planes take off and seen in flight.
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