Houses and buildings in Toulon, France. With smoke rises from behind a building as Allies shell a German fort. Palm trees in foreground as shelling continues and smoke rises upwards.
After Allied occupation of Toulon, France members of FFI ( French Forces of the Interior ) questions civilians outside a house. A French flag hoisted outside the house. German prisoners march on a street as Allied soldiers guard them.
A large crowd gathers outside the City Hall (17 Rue de la République, 06500 Menton, France) in Menton, France during World War II. Barber shaves hair of a girl collaborationist as people stand in the background look at her and mock her. Another female Nazi German-collaborator stands among the viewers. A barber shaves the head of a young woman as she sits in a chair and large crowd watches her outside the City Hall.
Aerial views of the city of Menton in France. Houses in the city with mountains in the background. Shoreline of Monaco, Monte Carlo. A French soldier looks at the view from above the shore. (World War II period).
French soldiers in a half truck on a highway. Custom Officers and French soldiers talk to each other. American patrol soldiers march towards Menton, France as they walk on paved path along a road. Soldiers at the Franco Italian border look over into Italy. (World War II period).
'Normandy: Air borne invasion of fortress Europe ' Allied invasion of Normandy. Lieutenant General William S Knudsen introduces the film to be presented, expressing thanks to makers of the glider aircraft used in the invasion, who are the intended audience of the film. Field Order no1, 9th Troop commander Carrier. A man puts a Top Secret seal on the order. The Captain of United States 82nd Air Borne Division briefs men about the terrain with the help of a mosaic. A map of Europe shows principle cities of the continent. Map and narrator describe German Atlantic Wall coastal defenses on European continent. A giant concrete coastal gun emplacement. A large German railroad coastal gun moved out of a concrete shelter. Various concrete structures, sandbag structures of coastal guns. A concrete base gun turret revolves. Huge coastal guns protrude from concrete gun emplacements. Huge steel and concrete tank barriers stretched across. Large concrete and steel structures built along the coast to prevent assault craft from landing. Combined Chiefs of staff of the United Nations at a meeting. George Marshall and Henry Arnold at the head of the table during the meeting. A map shows invasion area near Le Harve. Troop Carrier units departing for Allied invasion on Sicily, Africa on 10 July, 1943. The United States C-47 aircraft take off towing gliders from an airfield in Africa. Troops transported from British 1st Air Borne division and United States 82nd Air Borne division. Dust rises as aircraft take off from a desert field. Demolished gliders on field and beside water. Multiple views of demolished gliders. C-47 in flight and paratroopers jump from the plane in New Guinea. Instructor trains paratroopers in United States. Discussion and demonstration of improvements in glider equipment and usage after Sicily Invasion and prior to D-Day Normandy invasion. Two men attach link nose chain to glider. Parachute extended and held open by men. Pilot of a glider talks to the pilot of the plane towing the glider over intercom.
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