Liberation of Paris at the end of World War II. Army soldiers transported in a military truck. General Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle, General Marie Pierre Koenig and General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque are acclaimed by French civilians. Army troops stand in uniform as the Generals meet the civilians. French civilians sit on tree tops to get a better view. Civilians shout praises and applaud. French Generals salute the gathered crowd. The crowd interacts with French Generals. Children climb over one another with the United States flag in hand.
A Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) seen beached, sideways, on the shore at near the E-1 Draw of Omaha Beach, during resupply operations following the Normandy invasion in World War 2. A bluff rises close to shore in the background, leaving a narrow shoreline and narrow path (draw) through the bluffs. Camera shows Landing Ship Tank (LST), number 281, near the shore with troops on her deck. U.S. troops are seen walking along the shoreline past wreckage of landing craft and their cargoes. Two Amphibious vehicles (DukWs) move from the shore into the water, past the beached hulk of LCI number 434. They appear to be headed toward LST 281, which is shown again.
U.S. Army soldiers coming ashore from D-Day landing crafts during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II. View of some 5th Engineering Battalion soldiers rescued from a wrecked landing craft during the invasion. View of a wrecked landing craft. A landing craft on the shore. U.S. army medics treat the rescued soldiers. Landing craft of LST-51 reaches shore and U.S. soldiers come ashore from the landing craft. A view of the troops on Omaha beach strewn with gear. Some injured soldiers with wound dressings grab inflatables and board the landing craft at shore. Landing Craft Tank 29 (LCT-29) seen at shore. Heavy wind and surf pins a landing craft at shore as it works to free itself and return to ship.
P-47s of the 86th Fighter Group, distinguished by their bright red and white striped enpennages, are seen in operation at the Poretta Airfield, Casamozza, Corsica, during World War 2. Several P-47s (with razor back canopies) are seen parked on the field. One P-47 takes off and another lands.
The Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. Landing vehicle tracked (LVT) underway on Normandy beach. A tank in the background. (LCM) coming up towards the beach. LCM being pulled off the beach. It advances on the beach. A rubbled house. Landing craft in the background. Liberty ship at anchor. Coast Guardsmen standing about a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI). LST alongside the liberty ship. Coast Guardsmen in the background. Two men working on the windlass in the background. A sea going tug towing a caisson. Task Force in the background. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) underway at sea. Normandy beach in the background. Barrage balloons and liberty ship in the background.
The Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. A sign reads: 'US Coast Guard Ruley C.Pho.M.'. Coast Guard Cutter, Task Force and barrage balloons in the background. Men working on a ship. They hold up canned Vienna sausages on the main deck of the ship. Vienna sausages are taken out of can and put onto tray. Deep cliff that drops down to the sea. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) underway in the background. Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) loaded with troops. Sunken ships in the background. Sunken boat with Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) alongside. British trawler with two barges behind it. Patrol boat, sunken ships and another patrol boat in the background. LCI washed upon the beach at Normandy.
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