The capture of Avranches, France by U.S. soldiers during Operation Cobra in World War II. The map of Avranches, France superimposed on scenes depicting United States military vehicles moving in Normandy. Half track passes by a road sign “N 137 St. Servan 12 St. Malo 13”. A speeding truck passes by a road sign “Rennes N 137 St Malo”. A large artillery is being pulled by a military vehicle on the N 137 highway in Normandy. Bomber drops bomb over a village in France. View of a map showing “Mortain”. United States infantry engage in street fighting in Mortain, France. A United States soldier fires with rifle upwards during street fighting. A soldier fires bazooka during street fighting. A Churchill Mk VII Crocodile flame thrower tank fires at a house and tree. American soldiers running through burning field during a flame thrower tank attack. Multiple rocket launcher trucks fire rocket artillery. United States soldiers observe rocket artillery on the side of a forest. Map depicts “Argentan” and “Falaise”. Captured German prisoners march away through a destroyed French town. French people welcome United States troops in Paris. Map depicts the Seine River and Paris. Crowds of French men and women giving the “V-Sign” in Paris. French woman clapping her hands. French women crowd a Jeep with U.S. soldiers. Soldiers marching on the Avenue de Champs-Élysées, with the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) behind. Free France General Jacques Philippe Leclerc and an American general salute in the Place de la Concorde (75008 Paris, France). Crowds of Frenchmen cheer and welcome Allied forces after liberation from Nazi Germany. A French man waves his flag while he holds on to tree branches. Map depicting the eastern France, Luxembourg and western Germany superimposed over scenes of marching soldiers. Television host Alexander Scourby delivers a conclusion. Closing credits.
German occupation in Paris France following Battle of France in World War II. French prisoners of war (POWs) remove protective coverings from the Obelisk at the Place de la Concorde. The POWs remove sandbags from around the Obelisk and Napoleon's Tomb. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and Nazi Minister of Armaments and War Production Albert Speer tour the city by car. Hitler and Speer arrive at the Church of Sainte-Marie Madeleine (Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). French policemen salute as Hitler drives by. They visit the Place de la Concorde (75008 Paris, France) and Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). Hitler, Speer and others view the Eiffel Tower(Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France).
A Glen Curtiss Pusher Biplane on field at San Diego in California. American aviator Lincoln Beachey seated on the plane.
A tent at a hilly region in Austria-Hungary region. Austrian soldiers take an injured man and put him on stretcher. Soldiers go on horses. A horse drawn medical ambulance cart departs the scene. Soldiers on horses gather around the cart ambulance at a a medical tent treating injured soldiers.
Austrian Red Cross horse carts passing by a bridge during the 2nd Balkan War. Mountains in the background. Men walk and take the horse carts with their ropes tied on their mouths. Men take water in vessels at a pond. Washed clothes are put on the rocks to dry.
Two officers stand at a on a roadside in Serbia. Prince Alexander I arrives by early model motor car and gets out to greet the officers. The Prince smokes a cigarette as he talks to the officers.
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