The capture of Avranches, France by U.S. soldiers during Operation Cobra in World War II. The map of Avranches, France superimposed on scenes depicting United States military vehicles moving in Normandy. Half track passes by a road sign “N 137 St. Servan 12 St. Malo 13”. A speeding truck passes by a road sign “Rennes N 137 St Malo”. A large artillery is being pulled by a military vehicle on the N 137 highway in Normandy. Bomber drops bomb over a village in France. View of a map showing “Mortain”. United States infantry engage in street fighting in Mortain, France. A United States soldier fires with rifle upwards during street fighting. A soldier fires bazooka during street fighting. A Churchill Mk VII Crocodile flame thrower tank fires at a house and tree. American soldiers running through burning field during a flame thrower tank attack. Multiple rocket launcher trucks fire rocket artillery. United States soldiers observe rocket artillery on the side of a forest. Map depicts “Argentan” and “Falaise”. Captured German prisoners march away through a destroyed French town. French people welcome United States troops in Paris. Map depicts the Seine River and Paris. Crowds of French men and women giving the “V-Sign” in Paris. French woman clapping her hands. French women crowd a Jeep with U.S. soldiers. Soldiers marching on the Avenue de Champs-Élysées, with the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) behind. Free France General Jacques Philippe Leclerc and an American general salute in the Place de la Concorde (75008 Paris, France). Crowds of Frenchmen cheer and welcome Allied forces after liberation from Nazi Germany. A French man waves his flag while he holds on to tree branches. Map depicting the eastern France, Luxembourg and western Germany superimposed over scenes of marching soldiers. Television host Alexander Scourby delivers a conclusion. Closing credits.
Franklin D Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of Navy during World War 1. United States soldiers aboard a transport ship leave for Europe (France) during World War I. View of young Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking. United States Army troops disembarking in France. Shipbuilding operations underway in the United States. Views of partially completed warship hulls in a line at a shipyard. World War 1 trench fighting scenes. Soldiers fire guns and throw hand grenades. Views of American and German troops engaging in battle. Explosions and dirt flying. Soldiers taking cover in protection of trench. Germans fire machine gun. Many short views of First World War combat. A biplane aircraft falls after being shot down and crashes into the earth. Battle scenes with body of soldier falling back into a trench and a Renault FT tank approaching a trench line. Narrator indicates Roosevelt keeps track of the United States forces and went to France to meet General Foch. U.S. Navy 12 inch gun mounted on rail platform fires.
View of a wrecked and ruined Saint Lo town after the allied bombings of World War II. Damaged buildings of the town. Two United States soldiers of the 60th Engineer Combat Battalion, 35th infantry division enter the block house.
The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. A map depicts the location of Somme, Paris and the Weygand Line in France. Germans advance into France. German forces move through Hangest-en-Santerre, France. A bullet ridden sign for Hangest-en-Santerre. German soldiers take cover. Smoke due to several explosions. Bomb damaged buildings and rubble strewn on the streets. German soldiers in a 5 cm sIG 33 (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf B, sometimes called a Sturmpanzer I Bison self-propelled gun as it makes its way through the streets amidst enemy fire. Machine gun fire. Tanks advance on the streets. German soldiers run for cover. Bomb damaged buildings and ruins. Soldiers amidst rubble. German Junker Ju 87 Stukas, He-111 and Ju-88 medium bombers bomb Allied positions in France. German pilots release bombs. The bombs descend to the ground and explode causing huge clouds of black smoke. View of bombing and smoke rising from targets as seen point of view from inside plexiglass nose section of German bomber aircraft. French MS-406 fighters and German Me-110 and Me-109 fighter aircraft dogfight. The crew inside a Stuka in flight. A French aircraft is hit and is seen nosediving toward ground. It crashes with a large explosion. German aircraft bomb the Weygand Line. German artillery bombards the Line.
French dignitaries arrive at the Murat Mansion (28 Rue de Monceau 75008 Paris, France) in Paris, France. These include French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau. The dignitaries arrived to greet United States President Woodrow Wilson during his visit to France for the Paris Peace Conference. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Marshal Joffre presides at a celebration in honor of Mr Edward Shearson, American philanthropist and Chairman of the American Committee of the Fatherless Children of France. Marshal Joffre is seen at a party held by the committee of Fraternite Franco-Americaine, where he was present to thank the children of America for aiding orphan children of France in World War I. Joffre stands with William Graves Sharp, American Ambassador to France, who holds a glass in hand. Joffre talks to the people in the party. Also present at the party: Captain Charles Carroll of Carrollton Maryland, from the American Red Cross; Admiral Fournier, Andre Tardieu, French High Commissioner to the United States; Louis LaFerre, French Minister of Public Instruction.
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