Charles de Gaulle visits the United States. An aircraft lands at Washington National Airport in Washington DC. People at the airport. The leader of the Free French Forces General Charles de Gaulle disembarks from the aircraft. He is greeted by dignitaries. U.S. Army General George Marshall, U.S. Army Air Forces General Henry Arnold and U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest King salute as the French National Anthem is sung. De Gulle also salutes and shakes hands with these and other dignitaries. He gets in a car and leaves for the White House. At the White House he is greeted by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, his daughter, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes and U.S. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal. He visits Arlington National Cemetery to pay tribute at the Grave of Unknown Soldier. In Manhattan people line the streets and cheer as De Gaulle's car moves towards the New York City Hall. He addresses the people of the New York City from the top of the RCA Building. (World War II period).
Japanese Kamikaze pilots attack U.S. warships in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Kamikaze aircraft in flight. Burning aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) is seen. The kamikaze aircraft crashes into the burning carrier. A huge cloud of smoke rises from the carrier. Firemen on the deck of the burning carrier. They try to douse the fire.
Japanese Kamikaze pilots attack U.S. warships in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Thick black smoke rises from a fire burning on light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24). The Carrier, USS Franklin (CV-13) also burning from Kamikaze attack is seen in the background. Sailors on the deck of the burning ship.
Establishment of a beachhead in Normandy, France during D-Day, the Invasion of Normandy. Mix of some dramatic acting portrayals but mostly actual footage. Barrage balloons over a U.S. ship underway at sea. A sailor puts on his helmet on the deck of a ship. The setting sun in the background. A clock shows 12 midnight. Navy officers and soldiers look at the clock anxiously. The clock shows twenty minutes to six in the morning. Explosions as guns are fired from ships. A man talks over a phone. The rising sun. Barges and landing crafts loaded with soldiers in water. Guns are fired at a coast. Smoke comes out of the stacks of a ship. Aircraft in flight to provide air cover. Rockets are fired at the shore. Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel ( LCVPs ) reach the beach and drop their ramps. Soldiers unload from the crafts. Aircraft provide cover. More landing crafts approach. LCIs ( Landing Craft Infantry) loaded with soldiers reach the beach. Troops going ashore on beaches of Normandy under fire from German shore positions. Views from landing crafts in water near shore as troops run up beaches. Landing crafts return to ships. Debris and dead floating in water near beach. A ragged U.S. flag flutters on a U.S. Coast Guard rescue cutter. The Coast Guards take care of the wounded and the dead. A military officer types on a typewriter while smoking a pipe in the United States. Crates of medical supplies for the soldiers. U.S. Medical Field Units reach the shore. Wounded are carried to hospital ships and transports. Wounded are carried on stretchers. Soldiers come down a net on the side of a ship. Soldiers in a barge. Soldiers wade ashore. A wounded man is carried on a stretcher. Men wade ashore. (World War II period).
Establishment of a beachhead in Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) reach the shore. Equipment is unloaded from the LSTs. Army vehicles roll on the beach. Supplies are unloaded from the ships. The beachhead is established. Shot of a Nazi German flag being lowered and replaced by the United States flag. U.S. forces move inland. French children watch the soldiers. Men walk through a cemetery.
A moment of comedy during the Invasion of Normandy. A soldier directs traffic at an intersection while a G.I. bothers him to light his cigarette. The lighter doesn't work, and the G.I. throws it on the ground. A truck drives past them. The soldier approaches a woman for a light instead. Sign on a building reads, 'Penchurch S'
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