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United States Coast Guardsmen bring mail to a troop ship in England during World War II.

United States troops in England during World War II. United States Coast Guardsmen bring sacks of mail from United States aboard a Coast Guard Troop Ship at a port in England in April, 1944. They carry sacks from one of the Troop ship's Higgins boats and carry them up the ship's ladder, to the deck.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944, April
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051455
Jungle rescue operations in Burma during World War 2.

Jungle Rescue mission in Burma. U.S. soldiers examine the wreckage of U.S. C-47 in jungle. Soldiers wade through water. Smoke is emitted from flare on ground. Aircraft overhead. Smoke spreads through area. Soldier talks into radio. Stinson L-5 Sentinel drops supplies by parachute. A Stinson L-5B Sentinel serial number 44-16876 carrying a crash survivor, taxis after landing, followed by an Army ambulance and a C-47 aircraft. Injured soldier on stretcher is carried to ambulance from plane. Words written on side of plane read "Spirit of Lafayette School." "Lincoln Park, Michigan. Donated by Pupils to the Army, Mar 17th 1944."

Location: Burma
Date: 1944, June 20
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052234
United States troops aboard ships heading for Leyte in Philippines.

U.S. Third Fleet underway at sea, heads for Leyte in October 1944. Sailor in ship's radio-telegraph room receives coded Top Secret message directing task force to change course and attack the Philippines. U.S. officer in room and men at typewriters. Officer marks positions on map. Marine Captain refers to map as he briefs about the planned assault at Leyte, Philippines. U.S. personnel aboard ship underway at sea. U.S. flag on aircraft carrier. U.S. personnel seated on flight deck pray and reflect during religious services on board ship. U.S. troops resting in staging areas. A soldier shaves, drinks beer, packs and writes letter. Waves crash on shores. Troops march. Troops aboard ships. Troops rest aboard ship. Aircraft lands on carrier's deck. (World War II period).

Location: Leyte Philippines
Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052673
Liberation of Paris. French civilians gathered near The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France (WW2)

New York Daily News, August 26, 1944, headline reads 'Nazis yield, Paris freed'. United States soldiers carry American flag on a tank into Paris during World War II. Celebrating French population cheer on Allied soldiers after the withdrawal of German forces from the French capital. Aerial view of huge crowd near The Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France).

Location: Paris France
Date: 1944, August 26
Duration: 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053395
Gunfire from pockets of German resistance cause panic among Parisians near the Notre Dame cathedral after Free French General Philippe Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division enters Paris during World War II.

Opening scene shows crowds of Parisians surrounding tanks of Free French General Philippe Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division and elements of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division enter Paris, on August 25, 1944, during World War 2. General Charles de Gaulle is seen with French officials in the crowd during liberation of Paris. A Free French soldier speaks to a tank driver and points to the source of some lingering German resistance gunfire. The crowds drop to the ground as gunfire erupts. A French tank fires its gun at a building harboring the German resistance elements. Some persons take shelter behind jeeps. People scramble for shelter in the courtyard of the Notre Dame cathedral. Smoke rising from targeted buildings. People lying down en masse on the ground as gunfire continues.

Location: Notre Dame France
Date: 1944, August 25
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675053984
Funeral, in World War II, for German Major General Adelbert Schulz, Commander of the 7th Panzer Division.

Funeral in Germany for German Generalmajor (Major General) Adelbert Schulz killed in action on January 28, 1944 during World War 2, after taking Command of the 7th Panzer Division, only a month earlier. A brass band can be heard playing the mournful strains of the song, "Ich hat ein Kameraden. Front and rear views of soldiers dressed in black, accompanying a German Panzer III tank, bearing the flag-covered coffin of the diseased. Glimpse of German Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein, saluting with his baton, as pall bearers approach carrying the flag-covered coffin. Brief view of the military brass band playing the funeral music. The coffin resting beside the open grave. Contingent of 7th Panzer Division troops assembled behind the grave. View from rear of Marshal von Manstein and two other officers with bared heads in respect. Soldiers standing in front of the tank. Closeup of some soldiers. Field Marshal Von Manstein salutes with his baton and then with help of a soldier, places a large wreath by the open grave. Banner on wreath includes words "Pz. Rgt. Rothenburg", short for Panzerregiment Rothenburg or Panzer Regiment Rothenburg. (That was the nickname of the 25th Panzer Regiment, part of the 7th Panzer Division, in honor of General Karl Rothenburg, who commanded it until he was killed in 1941.) A large honor guard fires three volleys from their rifles. Film ends with Closeup of General Shultz's military decorations

Location: Germany
Date: 1944, February
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675054009
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