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Allied troops isolate the port city of Saint Malo in France (WW2)

Allied forces entering the port city of Saint Malo, France, during World War II. Smoke from explosions. Allied soldiers load and fire artillery. Tanks, damaged buildings, and soldiers in the streets. Soldiers fire machine guns and rifles across a street in the city. Soldiers in a building. Two soldiers take a wounded comrade to safety. A soldier attends to a wounded comrade lying on the ground. Nazi German prisoners are marched on the streets.

Location: Saint Malo France
Date: 1944, August 10
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020668
Plywood used to make crafts, boats and airplanes for the Invasion of Normandy during World War 2

Plywood used to make war material for the Invasion of Normandy. Birch, maple and mahogany logs are boiled for 24 hours. The logs are rounded on rollers and then peeled into long sheets of veneer. Women war production workers take out thin sheets of wood made from the logs. The sheets are then put into drying ovens to reduce the moisture. Women make an alternating wood and glue pile. These are stacked and put into a machine press to make the finished plywood. Workers put together and weld the prepared plywood. The plywood is used to make landing crafts, boats, pontoons, army holding boards, gliders and fighter planes. Men construct boats and crafts. A glider takes off. Worker under the plane. British de Havilland Mosquito bombers parked in a row. The plywood was a major component of the Mosquitoes .

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020670
French and U.S. troops celebrate Bastille Day in liberated Cherbourg.

U.S. and French troops parade in liberated Cherbourg on Bastille Day. The troops and civilians gathered in a city square. Men, women and children watch. Soldiers and civilians hold flags. The US, French Navy and French Forces of the Interior (FFI) march alongside. The band plays. People watch from their homes. General Charles De Gaulle present at the celebration. 'Vive De Gaulle' on a banner. The square is renamed 'Place General De Gaulle.' Soldiers and policemen salute. Children hold flowers. People sing and dance in the square. Musicians play their instruments. (World War II period).

Location: Cherbourg Normandy France
Date: 1944, July 14
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020671
Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and Commander of the Luftwaffe Hermann Goring inspect air raid damage in Berlin.

The German Swastika flag. Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and Commander of the Luftwaffe Hermann Goring inspect air raid damage in Berlin. Soldiers prepare to fire an antiaircraft gun. A gathering in Berlin. Hitler takes the stage. Military officers, dignitaries and soldiers at the gathering. Soldiers with flags. Hitler and other officers stand at attention. (World War II period).

Location: Berlin Germany
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020672
U.S. General Dwight D Eisenhower celebrates the Liberation of Paris at the restored Arc De Triomphe (WW2)

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces General Dwight D Eisenhower celebrates the Liberation of Paris at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. View of the Arc De Triomphe. General Eisenhower and French officers arrive at the venue. Allied officers and soldiers gathered around. General Eisenhower lays a wreath at the French Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. French soldiers give a sword salute. He addresses the gathering regarding the Liberation of Paris by the Allied and French Forces of the Interior (FFI). Photographers take pictures. Soldiers seated on tanks. General Eisenhower presents the Shield of Honor to the people of Paris in World War II.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020673
General Jean De Tassigny presents Military Medals to the men and women of the French Forces of the Interior in Marseilles.

Liberation of Marseilles during World War 2. French Colonial Troops march through the streets. Civilians gathered to welcome the troops. Allied flags on buildings. Civilians cheer and greet the soldiers with the V for victory sign. Soldiers in military jeeps greeted by people. Liberated Russian workers who were forced into slave labor by the Germans. A parade in honor of the French Underground. Soldiers and tanks. Commander of the French Forces, General Jean De Lattre de Tassigny presents Military Medals to the men and women of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI).

Location: Marseilles France
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020674
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