The first U.S. prison camp in Colleville-sur-Mer after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. soldiers question German prisoners. Prisoners rest on the ground. One of the prisoner being interrogated at a map. American cemetery near Eterville, France shows a grave with flowers. Open graves. Dead bodies of U.S. soldiers on the ground await burial. Wrecked gliders in the background. A soldier writes out a tag for the dead.
A U.S. cemetery near Eterville after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Frenchmen bury dead paratroopers of U.S. 82nd Airborne Division. Wrecked gliders in the foreground.
A U.S. cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer France after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. American soldiers receive communion at a beach. American Honor Guard doing a 3-volley rifle salute for a burial ceremony. A U.S. soldier, a U.S. sailor and a British soldier open tinned rations and eat. A bugler sounds a call. U.S. soldiers assembled for the burial ceremony. The soldiers with their heads bowed. A chaplain speaks. A Catholic priest, Reverend Father William Dempsey, of New York City, prays at an altar set up on a jeep hood. French civilians with flowers at the ceremony, including the Mayor of Colleville, Mr. Poidevin.
French 2nd Armored Division enters the city during the liberation of Paris, France in World War II. The Pont au Change bridge in Paris. French civilians cheer as French troops enter the city. French women climb onto army vehicles and kiss soldiers. German prisoners are marched through the crowd. French people jeer, kick and spit upon the prisoners.
Allied convoy underway in the English Channel for the D-Day landings on Normandy, France during World War II. British sailors on the deck of HMS Belfast (C35). The sailors talk to each other on the deck of the cruiser. The convoy includes LCTs (Landing Craft Tanks), an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry), destroyers and landing crafts. Barrage balloons over the convoy.
Allied troops on a beach after the D-Day landings on Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy during World War II. A sign on the side of a building at Omaha Beachhead reads 'Couseulles and Bayeux'. Allied troops and vehicles on the beachhead.
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