French people of Nemours, France, punish local women who collaborated with the enemy, during the German occupation in World War II. A woman sits in a chair on a pedestal, as a barber shaves her head in the village square, as crowd of spectators watch. Several other women stand together, awaiting similar treatment.
Lieutenant General George S. Patton emerges from a tent, with Major General Lindsey M. Sylvester, Commander of the 7th Armored Division. They converse, as Patton gets into his jeep. General Sylvester salutes as General Patton drives away in his jeep which displays a three-star pennant. A heavy machine gun is mounted in the jeep.
Views of smoke rising from succession of bomb explosions on the City of Brest, France. (World War II period).
A sign identifies field installation of the 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment. A group of U.S. Army medics, wearing red cross helmets, carry a wounded soldier of the U.S. 8th Infantry Division, on a stretcher. They are assisted by a captured German soldier, and followed by an armed U.S. soldier. They carry the wounded soldier into a concrete block building that serves as a field medical treatment center.
Lieutenant General George S Patton talking with Brigadier General Otto P. Weyland and officers of the XIX Tactical Air Command staff, at an airfield in England, prior to the Normandy invasion, in World War 2. He is seen walking across the airfield; standing beside cars; looking at propeller and engine of P-51 aircraft, and watching P-51 aircraft landing.
Views from a U.S. warship shelling shoreline, near Agana, Guam, in preparation for amphibious assault, during World War 2. Smoke rising from shoreline as shells strike. Tracers visible from the camera ship and smoke rising from her guns as she fires. The USS Minneapolis (CA-36) seen close to shore. Smoke rising from naval gunfire, as shells burst at shoreline. A U.S. airplane flies low over shoreline, laying a smoke screen. Heavy barrages from U.S. warships raise heavy smoke as shells strike. Scene shifts to aboard the USS Minneapolis, where her forward triple turrets are seen pointed to starboard towards Guam, as she fires her 8"/55 caliber guns. Sky is filled with heavy black smoke rising from a point on shoreline.
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