Opening scene shows French General Charles de Gaulle and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill as they leave a French Headquarters building in Paris, France, after its liberation in World War 2.. It is snowing. An American soldier, bugler, is blowing a salute. Another U.S. soldier holds the door of a staff car open. Among those following Churchill and de Gaulle, is British Field Marshal Sir Alan Francis Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. And (behind two French civilian officials), is French General Marie-Pierre Kœnig. Next, is seen an honor guard of American soldiers, rendering rifle salutes with right shoulder arms. Alternating Closeup glimpses of Churchill, de Gaulle, and company with those of the honor guard. Very close view of Churchill. Scene shifts to French military drum and bugle corps playing. Closeup of Churchill, de Gaulle, Brooke, and French General de Lattre, all saluting, and a French military color guard dipping colors in salute as others render rifle salutes. More views of French honor guard. Next, a jeep carrying General de Lattre, in front and Churchill and de Gaulle in the rear, passes by with occupants saluting. Glimpse from rear of French military honor guard. The jeep passing between troops in formation and a line of American Sherman tanks with their crews standing in front of their tanks. Views from various angles of the scene.
During the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Landing crafts approach the French shoreline. The crafts underway off the coast of Normandy. A rocket is fired from a naval vessel offshore. Water splashes due to a fire. A landing craft and an invasion fleet move towards the beach. U.S. troops in the landing craft.
During D-Day Invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. troops land on a beach. They carry a wounded on a litter. The soldiers of 3rd Battalion land on a very small parallel beach. They are trapped against a chalk embankment on which were Nazi German machines and guns. The soldiers dig foxholes on the open beach. The soldiers are seated in a group on the beach. Landing crafts near the shore. U.S. soldiers in a landing craft. A group of soldiers advance across the beachhead. Two of them are hit by enemy fire and fall. A U.S. medic gives first aid to the wounded.
Allied troops during the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, France in World War II. A United States Army medic gives first aid to wounded soldiers. Three Nazi German prisoners are captured by U.S. 3rd Battalion and U.S. 16th Regiment troops. Blood plasma given to the wounded. Soldiers huddle together on a small beach. The three Nazi prisoners are seated separately. The soldiers dig a foxhole in the foreground. One soldier in the foxhole in the background. The soldiers prepare dynamite fuses.
German soldiers surrender in France during World War II around the time of the D-Day Normandy invasion. The equipment of soldiers in the foreground. The U.S. Armysoldiers on tanks move in the background. The soldiers seated and a few of them stand on a beach. U.S. soldiers and medics question wounded German prisoners. A landing craft underway. German soldiers surrender. One soldier comes out of a dugout. The prisoners are searched by American forces.
314th Infantry Regiment of the 79th Infantry Division of the United States Army entering Haguenau, France during World War 2. An M4A3(75) medium tank moves cautiously along street, keeping close to structures at side of road. Another medium tank is ahead in the background. The lead tank fires its gun. An M4A3(76) positioned in front of a house. Several infantrymen seen moving into position; one with an M1917 .30cal machine gun. A left side close up of an M4A1(75) tank moving slowly in the village. (Of note is the age of this particular tank, given the original running gear which was realized on the first version of this tank to see service in WWII.)
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