Distant view of Notre Dame church in Saint Lo (2 Rue Carnot, 50000 Saint-Lô, France) after Allied bombings of World War II. One tower of Notre Dame church blown off by artillery fire. CIC patrol on outskirts of St Lo. Patrol men consult a map. Three soldiers of the 30th Infantry Division take shelter behind a wall. Another soldier looks over city through binoculars.
Air attack by Allied forces passing over French town of Saint Lo in World War II en route to enemy target. View of a United States bomber flying high over the town of St Lo in France.
Wounded soldiers of U.S. and British troops at 42nd field hospital in Saint Mere Eglise France near Normandy after D-Day. Large number of wounded soldiers lie on litters. Field hospital tents can be seen around. Wounded on litters are lifted into a DUKW by group of medics. (World War II period).
View of a United States military tank crossing a pontoon bridge from Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry, to Seine Port, France, during World War 2. . An American Sherman tank equipped with hedge cutter front attachment. Closeup of the attachment and of the tank rolling on its tread while crossing over steel panels on the bridge. Closeup of another Sherman crossing. Soldiers have chalked their names on the side of this one. Another hedge cutter-equipped Sherman crosses the bridge followed by a jeep with red crosses on it. Closeup of gunner in open turret of a Sherman tank, manning a Browning M2HB heavy machine gun. A tank arriving on the muddy opposite shore, and passing other parked military vehicles. Soldiers work with driver of small closed cab artillery tractor pulling a heavy two-wheeled caisson across the bridge. French farmers watch as more tanks cross from Saint-Fargeau.
U.S. Army 'Red Ball Convoy' moves through village of Courville-sur-Eure (Chartres, Eure-et-Loir) France, in World War 2. A sign reads " Red Ball Convoys only-All others keep out." A soldier wearing an arm band, holds a clip board and accounts for the trucks as they pass. A military policeman stands at a traffic control point. He signals the convoy of supply trucks to turn in the village. The convoy of trucks pass along the road. The trucks carry gasoline, ammunition and rations. They are also seen traveling along route nationale 23 (N23) on outskirts of the town. Spires of a church can be seen in the distance.
A rest camp in Bains-Le-Bains, France during World War II. A jeep tows two Allied soldiers on skis down a snow covered slope. The soldiers being towed along a snow covered road. A soldier falls on the snow. Snow covered face of the soldier. The soldiers being towed down the snow covered road.
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