With the 82nd Airborne Division in the days following D-Day. Dead bodies of the German soldiers at a field in France. Location is vicinity of Amfreville-Gourbesville, and west of the Merderet River. U.S. Army soldiers talk among themselves. Dead bodies of German soldiers lie near abandoned gun. French civilians load bodies into a truck, including the body of a U.S. Army soldier. United States Army soldiers in jeeps, trucks and motorbikes pass on the street. Civilians pick up a dead body beside a road. (World War II period).
French General inspects French soldiers in a review in France. Troops lined up in queues head inside a building. High ranking French officer makes his speech. Large crowd gather outside the building and hear the speech through loudspeakers. (World War II period).
Nazi German symbol on a curtain near a building during World War II. French military band plays on the streets in France. Civilians dressed in native clothing gather in large numbers. A French politician addresses the crowd and makes his speech.
Shows French military personnel and civilians gathered in large numbers at a function in France during World War II. The participants listen to speeches. Nazi German symbol on curtains in stage's background. French military band plays under supervision of a conductor.
French Prime Minister Pierre Laval inspects French troops in a review in France. French soldiers armed with rifles march in columns followed by a parade of French cavalry. The soldiers salute past the high ranking French officers. (World War II period).
Fighter pilots of the United States 9th Air Force, 354th Fighter Group, with their P-51s in France. A dugout with camouflage netting. Three soldiers come out of the dugout. A man in a glass enclosed tower behind the dugout. A bomb marked with 'To der Fuhurer mit love' attached under a P-51. Pilot lieutenant W B King, of 355th Fighter Squadron, leans over wing of his P-51, 'Atlanta Peach.' A crew chief paints additional swastikas to record German aircraft kills on a P-51. A man shaves while looking in a mirror. The sign on the mirror reads 'Hitler turned Europe upside down.' (Note: Pilot, William B. King, an ace of the 355th Fighter Squadron, "The Pugnacious Pups," was officially credited with 5 1/2 confirmed aerial victories, and was awarded the Silver Star. He was from Atlanta, GA.) (World War II period).
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