French people celebrate the liberation of Paris from Nazi Germany during World War II. Army Jeeps drive towards the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). United States troops, in formation, marching along the Avenue des Champs Élysées toward Arc de Triomphe. Women along sidewalk clapping and flashing the “V” for Victory hand sign. United States Army trucks, with field pieces and soldiers, moving around the Arc de Triomphe. Formation of M20 armored cars. Soldiers in jeeps, shaking hands with French men and women alongside road; field piece being pulled by the jeep. United States troops on trucks extending their hands down, shaking hands with crowd as they move by the Avenue des Champs Élysées. French military band performs in front of the Arc de Triomphe. Little girl on parent’s shoulder claps while watching parade. Two United States soldiers holding flags (one was the United States flag) while marching. M4 Sherman tanks with the United States flag move away from the Arc de Triomphe.
United States General Omar Bradley emerges from a bunker with other generals in Normandy during World War 2. United States generals walking as a group, with General Bradley speaking with General Eisenhower. Television host Alexander Scourby says with regard to Operation Cobra, “No plan in war is fool-proof. But this one is bold, and if it worked it would enable the Allies to break the stalemate in which they have become bogged down”. “Brittany was still the eventual goal” says Alexander Scourby as he points to the region of Brittany in France on the map. United States troops resting and doing chores during their free time. A soldier gets a haircut. A young soldier reads a letter. A soldier doing laundry using a washboard and metal tub. A soldier polishes his leather boots. Soldier cleaning a spot from his uniform. A United States soldier wearing a bowler hat reads a newspaper. Daily News headline reads “OWN OFFICERS BOMB HITLER; PURGE STARTS” after the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks to a crowd at rally. A group of German military troops, with an officer wearing the Iron Cross, convene for a meeting in a forest. A German soldier with machine gun rounds slung over his shoulders smoking a cigarette. German soldiers smoke cigarettes while resting. Shirtless German soldiers digging a trench. German soldier spreads butter on bread. A German soldier drinks water from a bucket. A group of German troops, with close ups showing tired faces. United States General Omar Bradley shakes hands with another officer before boarding a Jeep. Soldiers sitting beside a hedgerow. United States soldiers sitting in a ditch next to a hedgerow and smoking. A soldier holds a pocket watch. A soldier lights up another’s cigarette. A formation of B-17 flying fortress bombers in flight. Close view of bombs dropping towards ground. Aerial view of explosions on ground. A German soldier uses binoculars. A tank on the field. Soldiers creep up beside hedgerow. Soldiers hiding while wearing camouflage. German commander commands troops to fire. German soldiers firing artillery. German soldier puts shell into artillery. Artillery fires behind shrubs. General Omar Bradley observes battle from afar. General Omar Bradley listens to Major General J. Lawton Collins, who is describing how the city of Cherbourg was taken. German armored vehicles covered in camouflage driving. German half-tracks moving.
United States troops enter Rennes, France during World War 2. Sign board reads 'Rennes Centre Autres directions and Chateubriant Angers'. Soldiers enter town with tanks and artillery. French civilians welcome the United States soldiers. The Rennes City Hall (Place de la Mairie, Rennes) from the side of the Rue de l’Horloge displays the flags of France, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Prisoners move raising their hands. Women and children dance on street. French men and women wave heir hats and flags of the United States as military vehicles drive by. People cheering near the Dressoir shop on the Rue d l’Horloge. Captured German soldiers being made to march after their surrender. A group of United States soldiers restrain an outraged French man from attacking captured German prisoners. German prisoners sitting. French women Nazi collaborators raise their hands up and leave the Cinéma Royal (Place du Calvaire, Rennes) after their surrender, with crowds booing at the women. Angry French man in the crowd. Angry French mob tries to attack an apprehended militia chief, only to be restrained by soldiers. French women and men holding their hands dancing. Crowds outside the Café Poncel (4 rue de Coëtquen, Rennes, France).
United States Missouri, destroyer warship Buchanan. Allied representatives French General Jacques Leclerc, United States Lieutenant General Robert C Richardson, Australian General Sir Thomas Blamey, United States lieutenant General Jonathan M Wainwright, United States lieutenant General Robert L Eichelberger, Netherlands Admiral C E L Helfrich, Canadian Colonel L Moore Cosgrove, United States Lieutenant General James H Doolittle, General Douglas McArthur, Richard K Sutherland. Japanese representatives foreign minster Shigemitsu, and General Umezu. Bow of warship Buchanan. (World War II period).
Cameramen adjusting still image cameras and motion picture cameras and equipment just before the Joint Chiefs of Staff enter a conference room. The officers take their seats at a table in front of a row of flags. Seated at the table from the left---General Fred C. Weyand, United States Army ; General David C. Jones, United States Air Force ; General George S. Brown, United States Air Force ; Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Admiral James L. Holloway, United States Navy ; General Robert E. Cushman, United States Marine Corps. Cameramen take pictures. An inverted image of the officers is seen on a camera viewfinder.
The United States Air Force and Army rescue operations during an avalanche in the Alaskan Mountain Ranges in the United States. Snow covered Mount McKinley in Alaska, United States. A ski equipped Piper Cub plane lands and taxis along with wooded area in the background. A United States U-6A aircraft takes off. Men in the foreground as an aircraft taxis along. A C-47 Skytrain in a low level flight over the staging site. A boy being carried by a United States Air Force Major. A C-45 H aircraft taxis and takes off. A C-47 Skytrain taxis with a C-45H in the foreground. Men unload supplies from a plane.
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