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German paratroops, mechanized troops and infantry near Saint-Lo (WW2)

German paratroops prepare to aid mechanized troops and infantry moving up near Saint-Lo during the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II. Luftwaffe General der Fallschirmtruppe (Paratroop General) Eugen Meindl meets the paratroopers of the 3rd Division of the 2nd Parachute Corps. General Eugen Meindl talks to German officials. Troops perform the Nazi Salute as General Meindl on a camouflaged vehicle drives away. German infantry and mechanize troops deliberate on plan and prepare for mobilization. Road sign reads “N174 Saint-Lo”. Camouflaged German tanks, one a Panzer IV, taking the N174 highway to Saint-Lo. Close up of German officer with soldiers in tank. German troops smiling while marching on foot. German soldier in camouflage holding a Panzerschreck (German bazooka gun) grabs a trench shovel from a comrade and runs to his position. German troops use trench shovels to dig in. German soldier uses binoculars. Two soldiers fire a mortar. German soldier sits under a tree. A German soldier uses a field telephone. A German soldier wears a “Backpack” infantry radio behind his back. A group of German soldiers sitting. A German soldier communicates through morse code. German troops reading a map. Medics carry an injured German soldier. German SS soldier with a limp leg speaking to other soldiers.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675079441
Operation Cobra bombardment and attack begins in Normandy (WW2)

A bomber takes off from an airfield for Normandy during World War 2. A group of bombers in flight. Free French 2nd Armored Division soldier looking up the sky. B-17 bombers flying. A German soldier looks up to see bombers. Bomber dropping bombs. German troops get out of a camouflaged truck. Close up of bomber pilot flying. Bomber cockpit with view of bomb sight. Bombs falling. A B-17 bomber dropping multiple bombs from its bomb bay. Anti-aircraft guns firing at bombers. A bomb lands on a factory. Aerial view of bombs landing onto crossroads. More B-17 bomber planes dropping bombs simultaneously. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers dropping bombs over Normandy. Multiple bombs fall on Normandy, creating clouds of explosion. United States General J. Lawton Collins and General Omar Bradley (wearing glasses) ascend stairs. United States troops remove camouflage branches from a Jeep. An M4 Sherman tank moves. Soldiers began moving as Operation Cobra has begun. “Marigny” and “St. Gilles” are highlighted from a map of Normandy. United States soldiers moving through a village with destroyed houses. A German soldier in foxhole aims his rifle. United States M4 Sherman tank passing stone house on road. German soldier with deep scar on his face. German soldier fires a rocket launcher (Raketenpanzerbüchse 54). Multiple explosions on field. German troops fire artillery at United States soldiers. German commander observes field using binoculars. German soldiers prepare to attack Allied troops. German soldiers running. A German soldier fires a Maschinengewehr 34, also known as the MG 34, machine gun. A German soldier throws a hand grenade. A Panzer IV firing at Allied positions. Explosions and thick smoke. United States soldiers crouch beside a hedgerow for cover. Soldiers carry supplies after fighting ceased for the day. Soldier sitting while holding a pistol. Soldiers moving and running with rifles. Tank artillery firing. An M4 Sherman tank drives through a forested road. United States soldier climbs a hedgerow. Soldiers firing artillery from under camouflage nets. A group of United States soldiers climb a hedgerow. Soldiers on top of a moving M4 Sherman tank. Two soldiers fire a mortar from a foxhole. An M4 Sherman tank moves across a field. American commander directs troops to climb over hedgerows. United States soldiers firing at Germans from behind a hedgerow. Soldier firing an M9 Bazooka. A soldier firing with an anti-tank rifle grenade launcher (M7 grenade launcher). Soldiers firing with an M1919 Browning machine gun. An M4 Sherman tank pass by a house. An Armored Column with M4 Sherman tanks enters the town of Saint-Gilles. Most houses in Saint-Gilles are damaged. Piles of rubble in Saint-Gilles. United States 7th Corps soldiers engage in street fighting with German troops in Saint-Gilles. Destroyed houses in Saint-Gilles. Tank firing at a house. Soldiers running far. United States soldier firing with machine gun behind bushes. A tank climbs up a hedgerow. United States soldiers climbing hedgerows. Soldier puts more shell into an artillery. Map of Normandy showing the town of Avranches.

Date: 1944, July 25
Duration: 6 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079450
U.S. Army soldiers getting mails and an U.S. Army officer on an Observation Post relaying instructions.

Mail is loaded into cargo carrier which moves forward. Letters are distributed among U.S. Army soldiers. Few soldiers rest and read letters. U.S. Army officer looking through binoculars at forward Observation Post. Officer relays instructions to radio operator as a rifleman stands guard (World War II period).

Date: 1944, August 10
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039022
P-47s flying low over an airfield and over water in Corsica.

A squadron of P-47s flying in formation low over an airfield in Corsica. Their moving shadows clearly visible on the ground. Flight of four P-47s, illuminated by sunlight , as they fly over dark smooth, unseen, water. View from P-47 as it circles and then strafes a bridge over a river.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051885
Camera positions in P-47 aircraft at Alto Air Base.

Pilot sits in cockpit of P-47 aircraft. Pilot's hand at the instrument panel, turning lens of GSAP (Gun Sight Aiming Point). Four positions of camera on P-47 shown. Camera in wheel well, in wing, behind pilot and under wing. Gun Shot Aiming Point in wing.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051889
Views of destruction and privation in Italy. Views of Corsica and Alta Air Base, there, during World War II.

Camera positions in aircraft P-47. Camera installed behind pilot, under the wing, in the wing, and the wheel well. Pilot's hand at instrument panel. Actor James Stewart reads a passage from a book about the film'Thunderbolt' depicting U.S. Air Forces operations flying P-47 aircraft, during World War II. A ship in a harbor. Ruined buildings at Italian port town. Italian civilians pass on street. Ruined buildings in town. Horse-drawn carts pass along road. Men and women in rubble. Face of an old lady. Refugees on Kimble Bridge. Children in rubble-strewn street. Skeleton of dead bombing victim in rubble. Clouds settled over mountains. A river and waterfall as seen from aircraft. Aerials of town on banks of river. Ruins of Italian towns. Wrecked train. Map highlights Corsica, Mediterranean Sea and Sicily. Island of Corsica. A family with animals being watered at a fountain. Several people posing outside the "Bar Napoleon."Corsican people on street. A graveyard containing German war dead. Man climbs control tower at Alto Air Base in Corsica. Crew at work on airfield. Unfuzed bombs are casually rolled off a moving trailer onto the ground. Man refuels P-47. A soldier sleeps in tent. Men in tents and outside get ready for mission in morning. Airman looks into mirror. Airmen wear uniform and comb hair. Men wash faces and shave. Men brush teeth. Also shows morning activities of a Captain. Aerials of Alto Air Base. Men on look out tower. A Lieutenant smokes pipe. Airmen enter tent and get instructions from officer. Men around chart.

Date: 1944
Duration: 9 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051966