A film titled 'Mediterranean: Progress in Southern France' shows the wrecked buildings and port in Marseilles in France from Allied bombing and demolition by retreating German forces during World War II. Ruined buildings, warehouses, docks, and ships scuttled to prevent entry to the harbor. Allied forces detour around a destroyed bridge.
A railroad yard demolished by retreating German forces, in Vallon, France, during World War II. U.S.Army Combat Engineers are machine-gunned as they attempt to build a bridge across the Rhone River, in Lyon, France. They return fire as civilians seek cover. Allied soldiers in trucks enter the city as huge crowds welcome them. U.S. troops riding in M4 Sherman tanks. Knocked out German tanks and 88mm guns mounted on half tracks. Captured German Panther tank of 11.Pz.Div in Meximieux, abandoned Pz.III and Hummel 150mm SP Howitzer. General Patch's Army and the United States 3rd Army troops enter the city of Bourg. Thank You banners are displayed at two windows.
On or soon after D-Day invasion of Normandy France, a United States LCM ship approaches and hits the coast in Normandy, France as ramp splashes in water. B-26 bombers fly over head. Troops stand in a ship. LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel) or Higgins boat underway in water. It is seen turning around and returning from shore to ship as three men bail out with buckets. A dead man is seen floating in the water. United States Coast Guard rescue boat USCG-59 approaching a ship. Two medical staff work on an injured soldier partially covered in a blanket. (World War II period).
U.S. landing crafts on D-Day near the shore at Omaha Beach in Normandy France as smoke is seen rising from a hill on the shore. View of 1st Infantry soldiers crouched down in landing craft (LST) as it nears the beach during invasion of France. View from the sand, close to the high rock wall embankment, out toward the exposed beach and water. Several landing craft askew in the water and bodies and debris floating in the distance on the edge of the beach. Camera pointed at edge of beach as more soldiers are coming ashore from landing crafts. Several U.S. soldiers are hit by enemy fire as they run ashore, and they drop to the ground. A wounded soldier with a bandage around his torso being helped by another soldier who tends to a wound on his back. A medic treats an injured soldier with a bandaged head on the ground . (World War II period).
United States Army medic gives first aid to a German prisoner after assault on Omaha beach in Normandy, France on D-Day. Three Nazi prisoners captured by United States 1st Infanty - 3rd Battalion, 16th regiment troops during invasion of France. American soldiers huddled together on a narrow beach. Medic gives blood plasma to an injured soldier. A soldier digs a fox hole as another soldier lies in a fox hole in the background. U.S. Soldiers prepare dynamite fuses. (World War II period).
Clergy along with United States Navy sailors offers prayers at a catholic mass in Normandy, France, soon after the invasion of France by the Allies. Priest at the altar, at the weather deck of a ship, as sailors stand for prayers behind him.
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