United States B-26 bombers return to home field after bombarding German installations in France during World War II. Injured crew men being removed from the planes and placed on litters. They are moved to military ambulances. Wrecked aircraft parts due to flak explosion. Crew men leave the field on bicycles.
German prisoners explain captured artillery pieces to Allied soldier in France during World War II. United States military truck being towed by a vehicle. Gliders land and are concealed by trees. Military trucks, ambulance and troops on the move.
German prisoner of war talks about captured artillery pieces to a U.S. Army soldier in France during World War II. In a separate scene, two U.S. Army soldiers enter through the door of a United States glider in a field. Views of the soldiers inside the glider as they examine the cockpit contents, search for information, and remove some papers from the seat back. Additional footage follows of the German POW explaining captured German artillery pieces to the American soldier.
Two British seamen recount their D-Day Normandy invasion rescue to a Women's Army Corps (WAC) Captain in Plymouth, England in World War II. Seaman on the left tells how after a British carrier hit a mine and the American soldiers had to swim to the shore. Seaman on the right tells that the carrier, on which he was there, was hit at the beach broadside and the men had to swim through rough seas. Most of the men were picked up by a United States landing ship and returned to England.
A man with a pair of binoculars observes something in background while on board a United States ship in Portland Head, England. A half track vehicle being loaded on a landing barge. Soldiers and sailors on deck of a landing barge. Three American soldiers clean weapons aboard a landing craft at the pier. Truck is raised to the deck by elevator. M4 High speed tractor with soldiers atop pulls a 90mm Anti-aircraft gun on the dock and boards the landing ship, tank. Sailors and others are seen seated at the bow of the vessel.
A United States medic reads out a prayer from a book after burying an allied soldier in France. Other soldiers stand with their heads lowered. (World War II period).
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