Two U.S. Army 119th Infantry soldiers crawl over hedgerows and pass through fields. (World War II period).
Allied campaign against the Axis powers in 1944 during World War II. People gathered outside the Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy celebrate their liberation from occupation by Nazi Germany. Allied soldiers in trucks move past the cheering crowds. Pope Pius XII addresses the people from a balcony. Victory parade in Paris, France at the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) on August 26, 1944. French children clapping. People cheer as they carry banners. In Bucharest, Romania soldiers loaded onto trucks drive past crowds cheering after their liberation. On 3rd of September 1944 people cheer on the streets of Brussels, Belgium as Allied troops enter. A woman sits on top of a moving Jeep. In Belgrade, Yugoslavia on October 20, 1944 people celebrate their liberation. In Athens, Greece women carry a Greek flag and a flag being hoisted after their liberation.
U.S. Coast guard supply operations near invasion beachead, France, during World War II. Various landing ships and patrol boats moving about. Army officers board a ship from a small craft. Large crane on supply ship transfers supplies to smaller boats. Landing craft with armored vehicle loaded on board. "US 59" painted on back of vehicle.
Allied forces invading Normandy France, during World War 2. Formations of U.S. A-20 bombers from the 416th Bomb Group, in striped paint, fly over the Allied invasion task force in the English Channel. Allied warships begin bombarding the French coast. Allied troops climb down rope nets from their transport ships into landing craft, and head toward the beaches. A landing craft is struck and sinks with troops aboard. Troops on landing craft from the USS Bayfield (APA-33) hit the beach. U.S. soldiers on the beach being hit by German machine gun fire. Others seeking refuge under a cliff where they treat the wounded.
Allied invasion of Normandy France, during World War 2. About 15 German prisoners with hands on their heads, are lined up under guard on a sandy beach area, behind barbed wire, where they are being searched, one-by-one, by an American military policeman. Suddenly, they drop to the ground, as a low flying airplane passes overhead (unseen). They get back on their feet again. Next, a burning army truck is seen with a dead soldier lying nearby. (He wears an armband and is likely a medic.) American soldiers wade ashore from a landing craft tank (LCT) through surf, at what appears to be low tide. Another LCT (#587) is beached nearby. Larger landing ships are seen further offshore.
The bombed out train station of St.Pierre des Corps, Tours, France. French citizens climb over the rubble. A train on the track behind the destroyed station. Views from a high window overlooking the Champs Elysees in Paris. Arch of Triumph in the distance. A mixture of civilian and German military Traffic and pedestrians along the Champs Elysees. People enter and leave a metro underground subway station. German troops move along the boulevard in trucks and half-tracks. Eiffel Tower. Armed German soldiers on bicycles. Point of view shot from moving bicycle of group of armed German soldiers on bicycle moving through the city. Red Cross Ambulances near the Arc de Triomphe.
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