U.S. troops of 4th Infantry Division in France. The troops walk along a road. Trees in the background. A squad walks at the side of a road. Two German prisoners with hands on heads walk behind. A soldier guards them. Soldiers walk through a rubbled village. They pass a road sign. The sign reads 'Cherence le Roussel'. Soldiers move through the streets. Houses in the background. A soldier ties a handkerchief on the end of a stick to mark the location of a mine. The squad walks cautiously through the village. They check buildings and look for snipers. A soldier walks along a street and talks on a walkie-talkie. A soldier reads a paper. Soldiers near a building. ' Cherence le Roussel, Mairie' written on the building. (World War II period).
United States troops of 79th Division, 315th Infantry cross a bridge and enter the town of Laval, France. Tanks, trucks and jeeps loaded with other vehicles follow. A huge crowd stands on the streets. French civilians clap, wave and cheer as U.S. soldiers pass through. Several civilians stand with bicycles. The civilians talk to U.S. soldiers. Soldiers standing on a tank throw candies and cigars to the crowd in a public square. A French girl climbs a board truck. Soldiers watch as a lieutenant sitting in a jeep is kissed by a French girl. (World War II period).
U.S. troops of 79th Division, 315th Infantry in Laval, France during World War II. A huge crowd stands on the streets. French civilians stand at a roadside. A French woman collaborationist with shaved head walks between two members of the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) after being beaten by the civilians. Damaged houses in view. Several civilians stand with bicycles. A woman collaborationist dressed in a Nazi Swastika flag holding photographs of her German friends is saved from the crowd by the Military Police. They rush her away in a jeep. An elderly woman throws a picture of Adolf Hitler to the ground, smashing the picture into pieces. Civilians gather around a public square.
An Italian war orphan celebrates the anniversary of her adoption at destroyer escort USS George E. Davis in Florida. Nine year old Maria LaVecchia is the foster daughter of 200 men crew. She cuts a cake. The crew eats the cake. She is surrounded by the crew men. She is adopted under the 'Foster Parent Plan'. The foster fathers kiss her on the adoption anniversary.
Emperor Hirohito's garden party at his palace in Tokyo, Japan. Emperor Hirohito's post war garden party is attended by 1500 guests. The Imperial family, government officials, foreign dignitaries and diplomats gather in the palace gardens. People talk and laugh. Traditional pageantry in view.
Air Corps Demonstrations team during tour of Command Schools United States. Inspection of aircraft equipment by Congressmen and other Government officials. United States Assistant Secretary of War for Air F. Trubee Davison talks to U.S. Brigadier General Benjamin Foulois and other staff. Men stand together in front of the aircraft parked on a field. Bombs lying on the ground. Two men arrange them. A sign near the bombs read 'Danger'. Two men fuse bombs in an aircraft. U.S. Army Air Corps attack aircraft Curtiss A-3 Falcon in flight. The planes frag bomb on targets. Smoke rises up due to explosions.
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