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Omaha Beach, after the Allies secured the beachhead, during the invasion of Normandy, France, in World War Ii

Scenes on and around Omaha Beach after it had been secured, following the Allied D-Day amphibious invasion of Normandy in World War 2. Several U.S. soldiers move along the beach in a DUKW amphibious vehicle. A bulldozer seen in the background. About 25 German prisoners of war are seen awaiting evacuation, behind barbed wire on the beach,guarded by a U.S.military policeman. As a shell whines overhead they all instinctively drop to the ground and the shell explodes somewhere out of sight. An 83 ft. U.S. Coast Guard rescue cutter looks for Allied survivors in the water. The British Hospital ship "Prague" and others are seen at anchor, ready to receive patients. Wounded soldiers being carried on stretchers to a landing craft on the beach. A wounded man being transferred from a damaged LCI to another one. Wounded being hoisted in groups of 4 each, from the crippled and sinking LCI(L)85. The are lowered to deck of the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26). Navy Rear Admiral, John L. Hall, Jr., observing the transfer of wounded. Sweeping views of Omaha Beach after the beachhead was secured. Numerous support vessels are seen close offshore. Trucks move along roads; war materiel is stockpiled in open areas; barrage balloons fly aloft; and soldiers move everywhere. Closeup of the LCI(L) 92 ,on the beach,showing the holes blown in her. The LCI(L)553, beached sideways in the sand. Seen beached and damaged, is LCI(L)87, flagship of Coast Guard Captain Miles E. Imlay, deputy commander of the Coast Guard's Omaha Assault Group O-1. Mechanics working to repair the screw from a boat.

Location: Normandy France
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065483
Gun crew of the U.S. 93rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion in Weitbruch, France, during World War II

Artillerymen of the U.S. 93rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion are seen carrying 105mm artillery shells in their stowage cases. They dump them onto the ground near their 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 (aka Priest) parked under camouflage netting. Change of scene shows two soldiers removing shells from a parked delivery vehicle. Several other soldiers stand around a camp fire. Another vehicle and a couple of tents are seen. The horizon is clear and unbroken except for three widely separated trees and two pointed objects (possibly church steeples) in the distance. Four soldiers relax and converse around a campfire. One smokes a pipe.

Location: Weitbruch France
Date: 1944, December 6
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069536
U.S. airmen who escaped internment in Switzerland pose at Annecy airfield, France, during World War II

American fliers who escaped internment in Switzerland, pose in front of a C-47 aircraft at Annecy Airfield in World War 2. They wear clothes provided by sympathetic civilians, and kid about the way they fit. They are accompanied by a Free-French Commandant (equivalent to U.S. rank of Major) who wears rank insignia on shoulders of his uniform and the Cross of Lorraine and rank insignia on his black beret.

Location: Annecy France
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070351
Allied troops amidst crowds of civilians near the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris, France.

Several days after the liberation of Paris in World War II. Several M3 (M3A1) Stuart Light tanks parked at the side of road. Parisians stroll near the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral (Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II, Paris). Nurses and medics in white garb and U.S. soldiers in a Jeep in front of the cathedral. Armed French civilians drive German soldiers away in and open truck. A crowd of civilians milling about in front of the cathedral. A white Red Cross ambulance van passes through the crowd. American troops on military vehicle, in midst of crowd.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1944, August 23
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071134
French civilians gather to welcome Allied forces at a park in Paris, France (WW2)

French Forces of the Interior (FFI) and Allied banners on top of a pole after the Liberation of Paris during World War II. A man climbs down ladder. French civilians gather and crowd to see Allied soldiers on a moving car in park. Hanging shop sign reads “Tabac”. French civilians waving to the camera during celebration.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1944, August 24
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080340
Allied soldiers waving at cheering civilians from their tanks in Paris, France (WW2)

French civilians waving at Allied soldiers on top of moving M4 Sherman tank after the Liberation of Paris during World War II. Tank passes by a Caisse d'Epargne bank and a banner advertising Lux soap. French civilians clapping and cheering for Allied troops in Paris. Allied soldiers on top of tanks wave back at civilians. A man holds on to a street sign to watch. French Second Armored Division pass by cheering crowds in celebration.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1944, August 24
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080341
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