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General Omar Bradley with other generals, United States soldiers before the start of Operation Cobra (WW2)

United States General Omar Bradley emerges from a bunker with other generals in Normandy during World War 2. United States generals walking as a group, with General Bradley speaking with General Eisenhower. Television host Alexander Scourby says with regard to Operation Cobra, “No plan in war is fool-proof. But this one is bold, and if it worked it would enable the Allies to break the stalemate in which they have become bogged down”. “Brittany was still the eventual goal” says Alexander Scourby as he points to the region of Brittany in France on the map. United States troops resting and doing chores during their free time. A soldier gets a haircut. A young soldier reads a letter. A soldier doing laundry using a washboard and metal tub. A soldier polishes his leather boots. Soldier cleaning a spot from his uniform. A United States soldier wearing a bowler hat reads a newspaper. Daily News headline reads “OWN OFFICERS BOMB HITLER; PURGE STARTS” after the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks to a crowd at rally. A group of German military troops, with an officer wearing the Iron Cross, convene for a meeting in a forest. A German soldier with machine gun rounds slung over his shoulders smoking a cigarette. German soldiers smoke cigarettes while resting. Shirtless German soldiers digging a trench. German soldier spreads butter on bread. A German soldier drinks water from a bucket. A group of German troops, with close ups showing tired faces. United States General Omar Bradley shakes hands with another officer before boarding a Jeep. Soldiers sitting beside a hedgerow. United States soldiers sitting in a ditch next to a hedgerow and smoking. A soldier holds a pocket watch. A soldier lights up another’s cigarette. A formation of B-17 flying fortress bombers in flight. Close view of bombs dropping towards ground. Aerial view of explosions on ground. A German soldier uses binoculars. A tank on the field. Soldiers creep up beside hedgerow. Soldiers hiding while wearing camouflage. German commander commands troops to fire. German soldiers firing artillery. German soldier puts shell into artillery. Artillery fires behind shrubs. General Omar Bradley observes battle from afar. General Omar Bradley listens to Major General J. Lawton Collins, who is describing how the city of Cherbourg was taken. German armored vehicles covered in camouflage driving. German half-tracks moving.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 5 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079449
A Piper Cub takes off at the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, flies over Arc de Triomphe before landing back in Paris (WW2)

A United States Army Piper Cub takes off from the Avenue des Champs-Élysées after the Liberation of Paris during World War 2. Crowds of Parisians gather to watch the light aircraft take off in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). The United States Army insignia is briefly seen on the Piper Cub’s body as the aircraft takes off. Piper Cub flies in circles over the Arc de Triomphe as people watch the demonstration. Piper Cub lands on Avenue de Champs-Élysées after its demonstration.

Date: 1944, August 27
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079487
French men and women watch as German prisoners on M3 half-tracks are led out of Paris (WW2)

German prisoners are led out of Paris during Allied liberation of Paris during World War 2. M3 half-tracks roll into Paris as French citizens watch from sidewalks in front of the Hotel Scribe at 1 Rue Scribe, 75009 Paris, France. M3 half-tracks carry Allied soldiers guarding captured German prisoners. Union Jack (United Kingdom) flags are hanging on buildings. German prisoners hold their hands up on board a half-track. Happy French men and women cheer and waving.

Date: 1944, August 25
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079488
United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley and French General Jacques Philippe Leclerc mingle with adoring French citizens in Paris (WW2)

United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley and French General Jacques Philippe Leclerc mingle with French citizens near the Arc de Triomphe after the Liberation of Paris in World War 2. General Eisenhower salutes as he approaches a crowd. A French 2nd Armored Division Jeep is parked nearby. French men and women clapping near Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, and Leclerc. Crowds gathered as the three generals stand in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). General Eisenhower board a staff car. Staff car with General Eisenhower drives through the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, being escorted by trucks of soldiers following behind. General Omar Bradley waves and smiles while sitting on the passenger seat of a U.S. Army Jeep. Staff car with Allied flags convoy with military vehicles. General Bradley alights from Jeep. General Eisenhower meets Generals Bradley and Leclerc and more military officers on the sidewalk. A sign reads “Montrouge Radio” can be read behind General Bradley. General Eisenhower boards the staff car. Staff car drives away.

Date: 1944, August 27
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079490
U.S. Army Piper Cub takes off from Avenue des Champs-Élysées, pilot smiles after landing (WW2)

A United States Army Piper Cub air show over the Arc de Triomphe after the Liberation of Paris during World War 2. Piper Cub takes off from the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). The light aircraft circles over Arc de Triomphe. A motorcycle drives in Avenue des Champs-Élysées. U.S. Army Piper Cub moving towards the Arc de Triomphe in Avenue des Champs-Élysées after its touchdown. The Piper Cub slightly turns. Pilot of the Piper Cub smiles before getting off the aircraft.

Date: 1944, August 27
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079492
U.S. soldier on top of an M4 Sherman tank shares K-ration biscuit with a French girl in Paris (WW2)

A soldier rides a bicycle alongside French civilians at the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. The Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) is seen on the background. Two French women cross the road. A huge French Tricolor flag hangs behind the Arc de Triomphe. A soldier rides a bicycle alongside a French woman. Soldier and woman sweetly place their arms around each other while both are riding their bicycles. Men and a soldier sit on a moving car. Men sitting on moving car hold the United States flag. A man gets a cognac bottle from a French woman, pours cognac for soldier. A soldier drinks cognac. A United States soldier opens his pack of “Breakfast” K-ration. Soldier gives K-ration biscuit to a French girl. French girl eats K-ration biscuit as American soldier smiles. (Timeframe of liberation of Paris.)

Date: 1944, August 27
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079495