Free French 2nd Armored Division vehicles driving through the streets (Town Quay) of the port city of Southampton, England during World War 2. A French soldier on a motorcycle passes by a Kemsley Newspapers store, advertising the Daily Sketch newspaper as well as the Sunday Chronicle, Sunday Times, Sunday Graphic, Sunday Chronicle, and Empire News). Army Jeeps follow the motorcycle. British men and women watch the convoy of Free French vehicles traveling to the port. Free French Army Jeeps and trucks carrying supplies and soldiers driving in Southampton. Free French troops on motorcycles turn in front of the Clyde Building at East Gate on Town Quay, Southampton SO14 2NY to a docked LST.
United States troops mine clearing operation near Saint-Germain-sur-Sèves, Normandy during World War II. A United States soldier carries a mine detector . Other troops walking on road. A sign in German reads “Minen!” ((Land) mines in English). A soldier with a dagger finds a land mine. Finger points to a land mine. A soldier probes the mine using his knife. Soldier removes mine in front of a German sign with skull and crossbones symbol reading “Minen!”. Soldier holds the antipersonnel land mine, which was new and rarely seen at the time. Several disarmed land mines together on ground.
United States General Omar Bradley emerges from a bunker with other generals in Normandy during World War 2. United States generals walking as a group, with General Bradley speaking with General Eisenhower. Television host Alexander Scourby says with regard to Operation Cobra, “No plan in war is fool-proof. But this one is bold, and if it worked it would enable the Allies to break the stalemate in which they have become bogged down”. “Brittany was still the eventual goal” says Alexander Scourby as he points to the region of Brittany in France on the map. United States troops resting and doing chores during their free time. A soldier gets a haircut. A young soldier reads a letter. A soldier doing laundry using a washboard and metal tub. A soldier polishes his leather boots. Soldier cleaning a spot from his uniform. A United States soldier wearing a bowler hat reads a newspaper. Daily News headline reads “OWN OFFICERS BOMB HITLER; PURGE STARTS” after the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks to a crowd at rally. A group of German military troops, with an officer wearing the Iron Cross, convene for a meeting in a forest. A German soldier with machine gun rounds slung over his shoulders smoking a cigarette. German soldiers smoke cigarettes while resting. Shirtless German soldiers digging a trench. German soldier spreads butter on bread. A German soldier drinks water from a bucket. A group of German troops, with close ups showing tired faces. United States General Omar Bradley shakes hands with another officer before boarding a Jeep. Soldiers sitting beside a hedgerow. United States soldiers sitting in a ditch next to a hedgerow and smoking. A soldier holds a pocket watch. A soldier lights up another’s cigarette. A formation of B-17 flying fortress bombers in flight. Close view of bombs dropping towards ground. Aerial view of explosions on ground. A German soldier uses binoculars. A tank on the field. Soldiers creep up beside hedgerow. Soldiers hiding while wearing camouflage. German commander commands troops to fire. German soldiers firing artillery. German soldier puts shell into artillery. Artillery fires behind shrubs. General Omar Bradley observes battle from afar. General Omar Bradley listens to Major General J. Lawton Collins, who is describing how the city of Cherbourg was taken. German armored vehicles covered in camouflage driving. German half-tracks moving.
Italian fighter pilots train in Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) crewmen put on helmets and climb the ladder of a fighter jet. United States Air Force instructors and Aeronautica Militare students in Mess dress watch the fighter jet taking off. Italian Air Force pilots wave at their colleagues from the tarmac. Italian Air Force pilots visit The Alamo Mission (300 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78205, United States ) during their free time in Texas. A car passes by the Italian Embassy (2700 16th St NW, Washington, D.C., DC 20009, USA) in Washington DC. A man exits the Italian Embassy. Italian Ambassador to the United States, Manlio Giovanni Brosio, speaks from his office. Ambassador Brosio speaks about his role as the Italian ambassador in raising awareness of Italy in the United States. Ambassador Brosio says that Italy known in the United States not only for its art, history, natural beauty but also as a modern and productive country- the new, postwar Italy is known in America today.
Modern Italian industries practice the American “Factory System”. Italian workers working on an assembly line inside a Vespa factory (Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, 25, 56025 Pontedera PI, Italy) in Pontedera, Tuscany, Italy. Factory workers attach motor parts of a Vespa scooter. Worker rotates a suspended white Vespa. Body-less Vespa scooters in an assembly line. Workers arrange Vespa scooters of various colors. Workers pack finished Vespa scooters in wooden crates bound for New York.
Park roads in the Rocky Mountain National Park (Rocky Mountain National Park 1000 Highway 36 Estes Park, CO 80517-8397) in Colorado, United States. National Park Service constructs a new scenic highway inside the Rocky Mountain National Park. The Bureau of Public Roads supervises the construction of the highway within the national park. A ditch digger unloads soil into a horse drawn cart. Ditch digger moves and unload more soil. A scenic view of a lake on the road leading to the Fall River Pass.
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