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Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters take off for Normandy, United States B-17 bomber crew captured (WW2)

A German map depicting the French, British and Belgian cities located near the English Channel during World War II. German Luftwaffe pilots preparing their Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters. Luftwaffe Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) and night-fighter ace Helmut Lent briefing with officers. Helmut Lent smiling. A fighter spinner propeller begins to move. Helmut Lent’s Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter takes off from the airfield. A group of German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters taking off. German gunmen shooting at Allied aircraft with Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun. German crew with 88-mm FlaK-37 anti-aircraft artillery shooting at Allied aircraft in France. Crash site of a United States bomber shot down by German forces. Bent propellers and smoldering wreckage of crashed plane. A downed Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber captured by German forces after a belly landing. German troops capture United States crewmen standing next to parachutes and wrecked plane. German soldiers frisk captured crewmen. German soldiers lead captured crewmen away.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675079439
United States troops engage in hedgerow warfare in Normandy (WW2)

Operation Cobra in Normandy, France during World War II. United States soldiers sit by hedgerows. Soldier smokes a cigarette. Close view of a soldier’s face looking towards the sky. Soldier communicates on field hand set. Soldiers cover their ears as large artillery fires. Close up of moving tracks on tank. A United States Army M3A1 half-track with troops on top moving. M4 Sherman tanks moves through hedgerow. Another tank goes through hedgerow. United States soldiers walking over a field. The Big Picture host Alexander Scourby introduces the story of Operation Cobra in Normandy. Alexander Scourby holding a book titled “Breakout and Pursuit” by Martin Blumenson.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079444
Adolf Hitler meeting with military officials, United States soldiers fighting in Normandy (WW2)

German Führer Adolf Hitler convenes with Nazi military officials including Günther von Kluge in World War II. Adolf Hitler points to a map. Commanders giving Hitler advice during the meeting. Adolf Hitler walks out of the porch area of a building, possibly at the Wolf's Lair and shakes hands with Hermann Göring. Artillery firing in Normandy, France. A Howitzer fires underneath a camouflage net. Smoke cloud forms from enemy position far beyond field. United States troops put shells into a Howitzer. United States soldiers running. A soldier unrolls a spool of wire. Soldiers crouch while advancing. Bomb explosion in the middle of a road. Soldiers watch an armored vehicle on fire. Troops launching artillery. Artillery barrel “COMBAT CHARLIE” fires shell. A gigantic explosion after building is strafed. United States soldiers cover their ears and look away while firing mortar. Aerial view of marshlands and hedgerows in Normandy. Soldier fires with machine guns on top of an M3 half-track. Rear view of tank. Close up of United States soldier smoking cigarette. A soldier firing a bazooka. United States soldiers firing with an M1919 Browning machine gun. Soldier aiming and firing with a rifle. Soldier creep up behind a tank. M4 Sherman tanks charge up and through hedgerows. Soldier climbs through a hedgerow. Bodies of soldiers lay dead near a tank on fire. Soldier shoots upwards with an M7 Rifle Grenade Launcher. Soldiers firing with rifles. A soldier running in the middle of a field near a tank. Soldiers moving through hedgerows. Gigantic explosion with thick black smoke. Soldiers running. View of an artillery barrel hole showing rifling. A soldier shouts (mounting Fire!) from a field telephone under a camouflage net before an artillery fire. More artillery firing at German positions. Smoke forms in the sky.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079447
A Piper Cub takes off at the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, flies over Arc de Triomphe before landing back in Paris (WW2)

A United States Army Piper Cub takes off from the Avenue des Champs-Élysées after the Liberation of Paris during World War 2. Crowds of Parisians gather to watch the light aircraft take off in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). The United States Army insignia is briefly seen on the Piper Cub’s body as the aircraft takes off. Piper Cub flies in circles over the Arc de Triomphe as people watch the demonstration. Piper Cub lands on Avenue de Champs-Élysées after its demonstration.

Date: 1944, August 27
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079487
French men and women watch as German prisoners on M3 half-tracks are led out of Paris (WW2)

German prisoners are led out of Paris during Allied liberation of Paris during World War 2. M3 half-tracks roll into Paris as French citizens watch from sidewalks in front of the Hotel Scribe at 1 Rue Scribe, 75009 Paris, France. M3 half-tracks carry Allied soldiers guarding captured German prisoners. Union Jack (United Kingdom) flags are hanging on buildings. German prisoners hold their hands up on board a half-track. Happy French men and women cheer and waving.

Date: 1944, August 25
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079488
United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley and French General Jacques Philippe Leclerc mingle with adoring French citizens in Paris (WW2)

United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley and French General Jacques Philippe Leclerc mingle with French citizens near the Arc de Triomphe after the Liberation of Paris in World War 2. General Eisenhower salutes as he approaches a crowd. A French 2nd Armored Division Jeep is parked nearby. French men and women clapping near Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, and Leclerc. Crowds gathered as the three generals stand in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). General Eisenhower board a staff car. Staff car with General Eisenhower drives through the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, being escorted by trucks of soldiers following behind. General Omar Bradley waves and smiles while sitting on the passenger seat of a U.S. Army Jeep. Staff car with Allied flags convoy with military vehicles. General Bradley alights from Jeep. General Eisenhower meets Generals Bradley and Leclerc and more military officers on the sidewalk. A sign reads “Montrouge Radio” can be read behind General Bradley. General Eisenhower boards the staff car. Staff car drives away.

Date: 1944, August 27
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079490