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Montage of scenes depicting D-day landings and convoys to Normandy in World War II
U.S. Navy officers and sailors aboard a landing craft still at port in England, pose with chart of their destination in Normandy, France, during World War 2. They all raise their caps for the cameraman. U.S. troops fill deck of a large landing craft infantry (film reversed). Views of other landing craft underway. U.S. troops standing aft on a ship. View of a destroyer escort ship. Landing craft underway in moonlight. Barrage balloon visible overhead. A camouflaged Benham class destroyer passing abeam the camera ship. More views of landing craft and barrage balloons. Officer aboard ship using a telescope. A Destroyer escort and another view of the Benham class destroyer. (These color sequences are reversed) Black and White sequence 02:36 to 03:39 shows members of the Canadian North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment approaching and landing on D-day, at La Rive Plage,Bernieres-sur-Mer, France. Scenes are interposed with some of U.S. troops wading ashore at Omaha Beach. At time code 03:40, Troops of the U.S. Army First Division, the "Big Red One," are seen wading ashore on Omaha beach, from Higgins boats of the transport ship, USS Samuel Chase. (APA-26). U.S. soldiers reaching the beach from the surf, as two fall to German gunfire.
The fishing village of Barfleur shortly after the Allied invasion of Europe (WW2)
Allied troops moving forward during the Allied invasion of France in World War II. Crucifix statue in front of the Church of Saint Nicholas (Église Saint-Nicolas, Rue Saint-Nicolas, 50760 Barfleur, France). View of the Church of Saint Nicholas in the fishing village of Barfleur, which had been spared by retreating German forces. French flag on a building. Boats in the harbor. Barrage balloons in the sky. Buildings on the shore.
French Forces of the Interior (Formerly the Resistance) actively fight Germans during Liberation of Paris in WWII
The city of Paris, France during liberation from German occupation during World War II. Road signs read 'Cherbourg S. Germain' and 'ZUR Normandie FRONT'. A man appears in a window of a building and sets up the French flag. French people look at a poster informing them that the Parisian Committe of Liberation, formerly the Committee of National Resistance, proclaims the formation of a Provisional Government of the Republic of France. The Hotel de Ville. Resistance fighters (now French Forces of the Interior--FFI) position a piece of field artillery on the sidewalk. FFI fighters occupy buildings and fire rifles from the windows. Notre Dame de Paris in the background. Medical personnel carry a wounded fighter on a stretcher. One woman on the team carrys a red cross flag. Onlookers watch a burning German beute FT17 tank on the street. FFI men fire guns. Medical Red Cross team runs to shelter. Several dead German soldiers and civilians on the street. Red Cross team comes to the aid of wounded men. German prisoners being led along the street.
Canadian forces successfully captures Caen, celebrate with flag ceremony (WW2)
Anglo-Canadian soldiers holding the city sign saying “CAEN” after a successful capture from German forces in World War 2. Debris from houses damaged from bombings. Caen almost completely wrecked. Bulldozer clears out debris in the city center. The Abbey of Saint-Étienne, also known as Abbaye aux Hommes ("Men's Abbey"), is seen from the background. A Nazi propaganda poster written in French, depicting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a vulnerable woman. “Aurai-je assez” (“Will I have more”) is written on the poster. Debris and a road sign showing the direction to “Paris Rouen Le Mans Laval” in front of a pharmacy. Anglo-Canadian soldiers perform a mop-up operation near the pharmacy. French locals gathered to raise the flag of Free France (France Libre et les Forces françaises libres) in front of the Lycée Malherbe (building is now the Caen City Council 9 Place Mgr. des Hameaux).
Free French military vehicles and ambulance passing through destroyed buildings in Périers (WW2)
Red Cross ambulances passing through Périers, France during World War 2. Free France Red Cross ambulances driving in a street with buildings destroyed from bombing. French men and women watch the passing Free French M3 half-tracks, ambulances, trucks. Buildings in Périers are almost complete ruins. French civilians cheer and welcome the arrival of French troops in Périers. French soldiers wave back at cheering civilians. M3 half-tracks are named “18 Juin 40”, “14 Juillet”.
Free French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank fires machine gun, POWs captured (WW2)
Free French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank on a street in Antony, France firing its machine gun during World War II. Side view of a Free France M4 Sherman tank on the street as it fires machine gun. Sherman tank advances on the street. Wall nearby reads “A. COUSTY TLPH 0105 BOIS & CHARBONS BUREAU”. Soldiers advance after the tanks move. An injured German prisoner of war holds on to two soldiers’ shoulders as the soldiers escort him. Injured man and soldiers pass by a shop “DESMARAIS FRÈRES”.
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