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Truck convoy moves past damaged buildings in a streets in Saint-Lo, France.

Convoy of Allied Forces 'Red Ball Express' in Saint-Lo, France. Truck convoy moves along a road. The trucks move in a line. Convoy moves past damaged streets. Ruined buildings along the street. Rubble lies on the street. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, September 3
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054542
United States M4 medium tank and M8 HMC are fired by U.S. Troops in France.

Soldiers of U.S. 4th Infantry Division in France. The troops advance through woods and fields. Trees in the background. Soldiers crouch behind hedgerows. Three men at an observation post. Two soldiers observe through binoculars. A soldier turns around and gives orders to a tank crew. United States M4 tanks and M8 howitzer motor carriage. The artillery is fired. Smoke rises up due to explosions in the far distance. Crew loads shells into 105 mm howitzer. The howitzer is fired. Smoke rises up in the background. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, August 8
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054559
United States 4th Infantry Division troops walk through a rubbled village in France.

U.S. troops of 4th Infantry Division in France. The troops walk along a road. Trees in the background. A squad walks at the side of a road. Two German prisoners with hands on heads walk behind. A soldier guards them. Soldiers walk through a rubbled village. They pass a road sign. The sign reads 'Cherence le Roussel'. Soldiers move through the streets. Houses in the background. A soldier ties a handkerchief on the end of a stick to mark the location of a mine. The squad walks cautiously through the village. They check buildings and look for snipers. A soldier walks along a street and talks on a walkie-talkie. A soldier reads a paper. Soldiers near a building. ' Cherence le Roussel, Mairie' written on the building. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, August 8
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054560
United States troops loaded on tanks, trucks and jeeps enter the town of Laval, France.

United States troops of 79th Division, 315th Infantry cross a bridge and enter the town of Laval, France. Tanks, trucks and jeeps loaded with other vehicles follow. A huge crowd stands on the streets. French civilians clap, wave and cheer as U.S. soldiers pass through. Several civilians stand with bicycles. The civilians talk to U.S. soldiers. Soldiers standing on a tank throw candies and cigars to the crowd in a public square. A French girl climbs a board truck. Soldiers watch as a lieutenant sitting in a jeep is kissed by a French girl. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, July 8
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054561
French women collaborationists stand with French civilians in the town of Laval, France (WW2)

U.S. troops of 79th Division, 315th Infantry in Laval, France during World War II. A huge crowd stands on the streets. French civilians stand at a roadside. A French woman collaborationist with shaved head walks between two members of the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) after being beaten by the civilians. Damaged houses in view. Several civilians stand with bicycles. A woman collaborationist dressed in a Nazi Swastika flag holding photographs of her German friends is saved from the crowd by the Military Police. They rush her away in a jeep. An elderly woman throws a picture of Adolf Hitler to the ground, smashing the picture into pieces. Civilians gather around a public square.

Date: 1944, July 8
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054562
Basic principles of torsion bar suspension used on army track vehicles are explained in the United States.

Explanation of the basic principles of torsion bar suspension. The vehicle suspension uses a torsion bar as the main weight bearing spring. United States tank destroyer 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage (GMC) M10 and 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M-18 tank destroyer move along an uneven terrain. M-10 uses spring type suspension and M-18 uses torsion bar suspension. A man uses a model to describe the principles of torsion bar suspension used on army track vehicles. He uses a plain piece and a simple model for demonstration of principles. The bar's torsion resistance is demonstrated. Torsion bar and suspension bar are explained by the model.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054568