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WW2 German defensive preparations on French coast; Allied invasion scenes; Allied bombing over Germany

Slave laborers digging during the construction of the Atlantic Wall in World War II. German engineers oversee the construction. Men working around a large gun turret. Nazi German fortifications, bunkers, and artillery posts along coasts facing the Atlantic Ocean in Europe. The 380 mm gun at the Todt Battery near Cape Gris-Nez, Pas de Calais, France. 40.6 cm SK C/34 gun “Battery Lindemann” (German unit MKB 6 / MAA 244) as part of the Dover Strait coastal guns. German emplacements and troops marching along Normandy in France. A German soldier uses binoculars to watch the English Channel. Adolf Hitler and a Nazi German general. Adolf Hitler greets Benito Mussolini as the latter exits a plane in Vichy France. Allied leaders Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and General George C. Marshall at the Tehran Conference in 1943 during World War 2. Armies from various European countries march and prepare themselves for war against Germany. Supreme Commander General Eisenhower and other Allied generals during a meeting. Fleet of ships in sea ready to land in Normandy on D-Day. Navy and coastal command aircraft drop bombs on Nazi German submarines. Anti-aircraft guns fire at Nazi bombers. Docks damaged by German bombing receive aid from Allied countries. Cranes and hooks lower relief supplies, medicines and warfare material at dock. Warships loaded with artillery and warplanes lowered in ships by hoists. A locomotive train is being lowered from a ship. A military band plays music in a dock. Soldiers move towards the ships. British and Royal Canadian and Australian bombers at their base take off for bombing on Nazi bases at night. A soldier directs a bomber taxiing in runway. Aerial views of British bomber aircraft bombing targets in Germany at night, with immense explosions.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037076
Montage of scenes covering Versailles Peace Conference, American, French, and German troops in World War I.

Opening scene shows international diplomats gathered at the 1919 Peace Conference in the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) at the Palace of Versailles, France. Next is an exterior view of the U.S. Capitol Building and then of the Congress in session inside. U.S. Army troops, with full field packs including bedrolls, are seen embarking on a troop ship bound for France. Others with full field gear are seen boarding a troop railroad train. A train filled with soldiers who wave to friends and family as they depart a railroad station. U.S. troops march along dirt road after arriving in France. French soldiers stand amidst piles of coal being shoveled into rail cars. French troops seen from the rear, advancing along a road, in large numbers. Next, they are seen from the fromt and them from the side. French artillerymen riding in horse-drawn wagons, pulling 75mm field pieces ("French 75s"). German Field Marshal August von Mackensen and aides walk casually past a relaxing group of German soldiers sitting on the ground during World War 1. Suddenly, a motorized column of German World War II armor is seen moving along a dirt road. Closeup of a German Panzer II tank (German Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf.F) is seen, passing the camera. A momentary glimpse of several German Messerschmitt Bf 109s in formation.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039555
Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at Tehran conference; also Yugoslavian and French resistance fighters.

General Secretary of the Communist Party Joseph Stalin, President Franklin D Roosevelt of the U.S. and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the UK seated on porch of Soviet Embassy building in Tehran, Iran, 28 November 1943, during World War 2. Scene shifts to group of Yugoslav Partisans and closeup of their leader, Marshal Tito, at their mountain headquarters. Yugoslavian Marshal Tito smoking a pipe while standing on the porch of his headquarters with American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Officer, Army Major Linn M. Farish, U.S. Liaison to the Partisans, and British Brigadier General Fitzroy Maclean, Winston Churchill's special envoy to the Yugoslavia leader. Next scene shows French resistance fighters with their flag on a mountaineer's pick. It reads,""Vaincre ou Mourir"" and displays a cross of Lorraine. Closeups of French resistance fighters at attention and also relaxed, smiling, and singing. Scenes of various such groups joining in the June 6, 1944 Allied invasion at Normandy, France. Aerial glimpse of D-day task force crossing the English Channel. Animated map shows Germany being attacked by Russian forces from the East, by the other allies from Britain in the West and from Italy, in the South. Allied forces moving across a pontoon bridge and engaging German forces in France. A U.S. M3 Gun Motor Carriage firing its 75mm gun. American troops firing machine guns, carrying wounded on stretchers and using flame throwers. Troops, including ambulatory wounded moving under enemy fire. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division in France. One carries a wounded buddy. American troops firing a variety of artillery from under camouflage netting. French underground forces engaged in Paris. Closeup of one wearing a French Adrian helmet firing a rifle. Another throws a grenade out an apartment window. An American tank moving under the base of the Eiffel Tower as French Resistance fighters run across the area. French citizens celebrating the liberation of Paris. View from an American jeep as French people cheer. Closeups of French people. A bombed out bridge. A battlefield cemetery. Destruction and death in the wake of combat. Fallen French civilians lying on pavement. A U.S. tank slowly driving through a masonry wall. Soviet forces advancing through destroyed buildings. Chinese troops marching along the Great Wall. British troops on parade in tropics. Asian ally troops marching. Huge formation of marching U.S. soldiers. United Nations flags in the breeze.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040075
English and French Armies move towards the Ruhr Area to meet the German advance during World War II.

The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. The main part of the Battle of France campaign beginning 10 May 1940. Massive columns of German soldiers lined up in Berlin. Hundreds of young soldiers in uniform. Close-ups of some German soldier faces. An animated map depicts the movement of the English and French Armies across the French city of Lille towards the Ruhr Area in Germany. Allied vehicles move to meet the German advance. British Expeditionary Force troops, French, Belgian, Dutch, and colonial troops move to the front in railroad train cars, trucks, and on foot. Allied soldiers on motorbikes on a street. Soldiers stand guard at a check post. Tanks, military trucks and motorbikes cross the check post. The convoy moves along. Troops in a train. Tanks on the streets. Soldiers on tanks. Hundreds of Allied French and British soldiers march ahead in France. Soldiers man artillery and guns. Soldiers use detonators to set off explosions.

Date: 1940, May 10
Duration: 4 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021741
Wright brothers' success in aviation

1902 Still photo of glider made by Wright brothers in which they used wing warping technique for balance in flight. 1903 Still photograph of Orville Wright's first flight and plane on the ground. 1908 Newspaper headline and front page story of Wilber Wright's flights in France along with pictures. Wilbur Wright works on a transporting wheel of his plane in France. Horse tows plane across a field in France.

Date: 1908
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025925
Allied ship convoys and preparations underway in English Channel before Normandy invasion during World War 2

Anchor being raised on an allied military ship. Ships at sea. Floating piers of concrete and steel being towed across channel. Barrage balloons over ships. Allied Troops on landing craft. Wake of a Coast Guard cutter. Allied bombers in the air heading toward targets in France. Soldiers seated and standing on landing craft, and quietly contemplating the task ahead. Antiaircraft guns firing at German warplane. German warplane destroyed and parachuted pilot descending. Ships in convoy heading for coast of France. Views of religious services being led by chaplains on the decks of Allied ships, before the D-Day invasion of France in the Normandy region.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031066