United States soldiers march towards Carentan, France during World War II. A sign on a board reads Carentan. German Prisoners of War march under United States Military Police guard.
Allied gliders in flight in France during World War II 5 days after D-Day. Gliders land, and thereafter are concealed among trees. U.S. Army 9th Division soldiers march forward toward the battle front in France.
German prisoners explain captured artillery pieces to Allied soldier in France during World War II. United States military truck being towed by a vehicle. Gliders land and are concealed by trees. Military trucks, ambulance and troops on the move.
German prisoner of war talks about captured artillery pieces to a U.S. Army soldier in France during World War II. In a separate scene, two U.S. Army soldiers enter through the door of a United States glider in a field. Views of the soldiers inside the glider as they examine the cockpit contents, search for information, and remove some papers from the seat back. Additional footage follows of the German POW explaining captured German artillery pieces to the American soldier.
U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers march past on a road with a sign board pointing way to St. Marie Du Mont and Carentan. Soldiers enter the town of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and are greeted by civilians as some of them show victory sign. Close-up views of the American soldiers marching past the towering church of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont.
The HMS Nightingale, a British Mining Tender, flying the Royal Naval Ensign, approaches a pier in Plymouth England. Several Royal Navy officers and sailors are aboard along with a number of Allied soldiers who were rescued after their ships were sunk during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Most of the rescued soldiers appear relatively unhurt. However, some are ambulatory wounded and others, more seriously injured, are carried off the boat on stretchers, by British sailors. All proceed up a gangway to a processing center. (Note:The soldier seen at 2 minute mark, fiddling with his gloves, is Private 1st class Paul Knor of E company, U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion, whose boat was sunk while headed for Pointe Du Hoc. He rejoined his Battalion, soon afterwards.)
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