French Prime Minister Pierre Laval inspects French troops in a review in France. French soldiers armed with rifles march in columns followed by a parade of French cavalry. The soldiers salute past the high ranking French officers. (World War II period).
Fighter pilots of the United States 9th Air Force, 354th Fighter Group, with their P-51s in France. A dugout with camouflage netting. Three soldiers come out of the dugout. A man in a glass enclosed tower behind the dugout. A bomb marked with 'To der Fuhurer mit love' attached under a P-51. Pilot lieutenant W B King, of 355th Fighter Squadron, leans over wing of his P-51, 'Atlanta Peach.' A crew chief paints additional swastikas to record German aircraft kills on a P-51. A man shaves while looking in a mirror. The sign on the mirror reads 'Hitler turned Europe upside down.' (Note: Pilot, William B. King, an ace of the 355th Fighter Squadron, "The Pugnacious Pups," was officially credited with 5 1/2 confirmed aerial victories, and was awarded the Silver Star. He was from Atlanta, GA.) (World War II period).
The Allied spearhead drives forward on the Western Front. British tanks move forward in France. Anti mine tanks move in front. Smoke in the distance. Allied bombers fly through flak to strafe and bomb ground installations. Allied planes bomb an enemy convoy off Helgoland, Germany (Heligoland). Enemy ships at fire. Allied spearhead advances forward. Half tracks and tanks move through a rubbled French town. The soldiers march. An Allied soldier picks and reads a leaflet. Allied tanks followed by soldiers. Soldiers aim and fire. A soldier marches a captured Nazi soldier. Allied planes bomb German supply vehicles. Explosion and fire as the bombs hit the targets. (World War II period).
General George S Patton inside Check Point near Pithiviers in France. General Patton enters jeep and drives away from CP. General stops along road to speak with soldiers. General Patton decorates Major general Walton H Walker and Colonel W A Collier of the XX Corps with bronze star. Lt. General Patton shakes hands with Major General Le Roy Irwin of the 5th Division. (World War II period).
General George S Patton in jeep crosses ponton bridge over the Seine river in France. General Patton enters liaison plane. Plane takes off.
Newsreel titled 'Nazi Defense Crumbles in France'. A fighter airplane strikes the ground and gets destroyed by huge explosion. American soldiers take guard as fierce infantry firing goes on at a battle field. Soldiers firing artillery at the enemy positions. U.S. soldiers advance under the guard provided by the artillery and infantry firing. A German soldier moves out of bushes with his hands raised up in surrender. U.S. soldiers guards a marching troop of surrendered German soldiers. Medical aid the wounded soldiers. Bodies of those who died during the battle and a dead horse. Ruins of the city where fight took place. Destroyed houses and rubble all over the streets. Destroyed German artillery and equipment. Tanks and U.S. soldiers in a truck and on foot moving towards the next frontier. (World War II period).
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