French civilians waving at Allied soldiers on top of moving M4 Sherman tank after the Liberation of Paris during World War II. Tank passes by a Caisse d'Epargne bank and a banner advertising Lux soap. French civilians clapping and cheering for Allied troops in Paris. Allied soldiers on top of tanks wave back at civilians. A man holds on to a street sign to watch. French Second Armored Division pass by cheering crowds in celebration.
United States 3rd Army Division M4 Sherman tanks move towards Cologne city center in Germany during World War II. A tank moves past a destroyed streetcar. Sherman tanks firing while in motion. U.S. Army infantry soldiers follow the tanks. A pair of German soldiers surrender to United States soldiers near Cologne. Soldiers near a bus station. More German soldiers raise their hands as they surrender to Allied forces.
A map of Western Europe showing the location of Strasbourg, France in World War II. The Raven Bridge or Pont du Corbeau over the Ill River in Strasbourg. A destroyed apartment with gaping hole in roof from damage. Two Allied soldiers read a Nazi German wall graffiti “Angloamerikaner und Bolschewisten bringen Chaos, Not, Hunger, Anarchie, Arbeitslosigkeit. Der Nationalsozialismus kampft bis zum Endsieg fur Freiheit und Brot unseres Volkes!” (“Anglo-Americans and Bolsheviks bring chaos, misery, hunger, anarchy, unemployment. National Socialism will fight to the final victory for the freedom and bread of our people!” in English). An M4 Sherman tank moves on the street, passing by the Oberlin Buchhandlung or Oberlin Bookstore (19 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 67000 Strasbourg, France) which is presently an LCL Bank building. Soldiers on top of the tank are seen. French troops and United States Army 15th Corp soldiers in Strasbourg after liberation from German forces. Slight damage on Strasbourg Cathedral (Pl. de la Cathédrale, 67000 Strasbourg, France). The Rose window and damaged clock of the Strasbourg Cathedral. Civilian German men, women, and children carry their belongings as they enter temporary prisoner of war stockade at Lycée Fustel-de-Coulanges ( 1 Pl. du Château, 67061 Strasbourg, France. )
An M4 Sherman tank drives past the camera, a U.S. Army soldier visible in the hatch, with a ruined building in the background. In an open field, plumes of smoke rise from distant explosions. In the final shot, a military jeep transports a soldier wounded in battle. A medic holds an IV bag above the wounded soldier, whose face is visible.
Camera man slate indicates location is near Mussolini Canal. Past a tree line and ruined building, distant explosions cause smoke to rise. In the next shot, a steady line of German prisoners of war (POW) march toward the camera, many with hands behind their backs, captured by the First Special Service Force (FSSF, or sometimes referred to as SSF or "The Devil's Brigade") (elite joint American-Canadian commando unit) during their attack in Italy, World War II. FSSF soldiers march alongside the prisoners, holding rifles ready. A smaller group of prisoners, all with their hands on their heads, march past armed FSSF soldiers and a tank. In the next scene, FSSF soldiers march away from the camera, passing a knocked-out U.S. Army M4 Sherman tank. Later, a group of soldiers inspects three knocked-out Panzer IV tanks on the side of the road. Some soldiers are seen using shovels at the edge of the road. The final shot zooms in on a destroyed German Panzer IV tank.
"Bombing Raid on Port Darwin". An animated map with Japanese writing shows course of Japanese Air Force bombing mission (probably from Poeloeti-Penfui Airfield, West Timor) against Port Darwin, Australia, during World War 2. Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bombers taking off on the mission. Airmen on the field wave their hats at the departing planes. View from nose greenhouse of a bomber breaking ground on takeoff. Formation of G4Ms in flight. View inside, of pilots in cockpit. Pilot holding control yoke. Japanese writing on cloth fastened near right cockpit window.Crew members eating lunch en route in flight.
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