Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Normandy, France during World War II. General Eisenhower with officers as he tours a rugged U.S. Army tent camp. He walks along a path between tents. (The path has deep side ditches for water runoff.) General Eisenhower near a car. Close behind him stands Major General Henry Aurand. General Eisenhower talks with a Colonel. Eisenhower in another area, talks with a very tall soldier, holding a mess kit. Major General Aurand, is in the group of officers behind Eisenhower, as he converses with soldiers eating from their mess kits. General Eisenhower proceeds to his car.
Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Cherbourg, France during World War II. General Eisenhower tours camp Old Gold and Camp Lucky Strike as officers follow him. Lieutenant General Ben Lear, in an overcoat, talks to an Army Captain. General Eisenhower and accompanying officers walk, through fog, past trees along camp path. He stops to talk with soldiers. He inspects the interiors of tents, accompanied by an unidentified Major General. General Eisenhower converses with a Colonel, who smiles as he speaks. Eisenhower and party walk on wooden walkways in the camp. A WAC (woman soldier) watches as Eisenhower walks past. He and his escorts descend wooden stairs and stand on pierced steel plank as Lietenant General Ben Lear speaks to Eisenhower. Accompanied by a Captain, General Eisenhower tours a reinforcement and ordance depot. Major General Henry Aurand, accompanies them.
A swimming meet in Toulouse, France. A man stands at a podium near a swimming pool. Swimmers swim across the pool during an event. A female swimmer stands in the pool after winning an event. A Men's event gets underway as participants jump into the pool. Winners pose after the event.
A ceremony at a military cemetery near the site of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France(6th June 1944) to mark the 30th anniversary of the D-Day. British and French Army units parade. Gravestones and memorials in the foreground. Spectators stand holding flags. The troops salute. French President Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing lights a flame with others.
A ceremony at a military cemetery near the site of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France(6th June 1944) to mark the 30th anniversary of the D-Day. A band of the United States Air Forces in Europe(USAFE) marches. Girls bring wreaths. U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley and other Allied officers lay wreaths at a memorial. The officers salute.
French General Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle returns to Paris, France during World War II. A crowd of the French civilians on a street as General Charles de Gaulle's car enters. Parisian motorcycle corps surround the car. The car en route along the Champs Elysees. Charles de Gaulle gets off the car amid cheers from people. He salutes a French officer standing in front of a line of personnel carriers. Officials and Charles de Gaulle walk past the line of personnel carriers and tanks and move towards the Arc de Triomphe. The crowd cheer the name of De Gaulle, celebrating the liberation of Paris.
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