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Allied Winter campaign prior to entering German heartland, during World War II

U.S. Army soldiers arriving in Army trucks, one company at a time, for 24 hours rest on the West band of the Moselle River, after combat on the East bank, during World War 2. The soldiers receive a hot meal, a hot shower and shave,issue of clean clothing, and get to attend a movie.(Poster advertises the film Bathing Beauty, starring Esther Williams and Red Skelton.) The next morning, troops board trucks to return to the front line again. Scene changes to U.S. troops in snow, as winter arrives. Squadron of British Spitfire aircraft seen on snow-covered field as airmen refuel them from hand-carried gas cans. An American Army woman nurse clears snow from military vehicle in Paris. General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Commander of French Army B, consulting with Major General Wade Haislip, Commander of the U.S. XV Corps, during Winter campaign in Vosges Mountains. French forces firing a mortar. British forces entrenched and machine gunner trying to keep warm. Uniformed British women volunteers trying to keep warm in their office bunker. Allied infantry entrenched and moving across a field. American soldiers in the Ardennes forest suddenly find themselves under attack by German artillery and tanks (Battle of the Bulge). Shells exploding near camera position. Camera shakes. Soldiers taking cover and a jeep driving by as an explosion rocks the area immediately behind it in the trees of the forest.

Date: 1944, December
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060111
General Jacques Philippe Leclerc of Free French Forces speaks to a crowd in Paris during World War II.

General Jacques Philippe Leclerc of Free French Forces and French troops enter Paris during liberation of Paris in World War II. Tanks pass along a road in Rambouillet. General Jacques Philippe Leclerc of Free French Forces speaks to a crowd in the city. French civilians along a road. German prisoners are marched on a street.

Date: 1944, August 23
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060382
French troops and General Jacques Philippe Leclerc of Free French Forces enter Paris duringWorld War II.

General Jacques Philippe Leclerc of Free French Forces and French troops enter Paris during World War II. French civilians greet arriving French troops. The troops on army vehicle move past crowd lined up on the streets in front of the Lion of Belfort in the Place Denfert-Rochereau.

Date: 1944, August 23
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060383
German ski troopers climb the French Alps during World War II.

German ski troops advance in the French Alps during World War 2. Troopers climb a snowy mountain. Various views of troops using ropes to climb over the mountain.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675061208
German Forces continue resistance against Allied advances two months after the D-day invasion of Normandy in World War II

Opening scene shows a German half track (Sd.Kfz. 251) racing through sandy areas in Normandy during World War 2. Closeup of the half track. It is followed by a Panzer III tank. View across a grassy field of shells exploding in the distance. Glimpse of a German soldier's helmet as he ducks down to fire an artillery piece. Close view of a shell exploding and throwing debris into the air. A destroyed building in the background. View from top of closed up self-propelled gun as it fires.Shell exploding in near distance, raising dense smoke. Closeup of a knocked out smoking Allied tank. German soldiers silhouetted against background, as they run from area filled with white smoke. German tank firing from camouflaged position nested in huge pile of twigs. German infantry advancing along sides of a road in a rural village and running past some bombed out buildings including some on fire.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078954
Allied aircraft drop bombs, ships land in Normandy during D-Day in WW2

Allied ships and aircraft prepare land in Normandy during D-Day in World War 2. Formation of Allied gliders are towed towards the coast of Normandy. Douglas C-47 pulling a glider. Allied warships sailing in rough, choppy waters off the coast of Normandy. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator drops six bombs. Various United States Army aircraft fly with distinctive “D-Day markings” (three white stripes and two black on the wings and fuselages). Bombs explosion. A formation of Martin B-26 Marauders. A ship fires rockets while being covered by smoke. B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. British infantrymen, wearing Pith helmets, on an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) sailing towards Normandy. An LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) ship sailing. Allied aircraft flying over the English Channel.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078791