Few C-47 tow gliders flying low over beachhead. View of 42nd Field Hospital U.S. where large number of wounded soldiers lying on litters surrounded by many field hospital tents, following D-Day Invasion in World War 2. Closeup view of Airborne patches of 101st and 82nd airborne units sewn to the arm sleeves of U.S. Army soldiers. Wounded soldiers on stretchers eat rations. (World War II period).
U.S. troops reach Northern coast of France to invade German-occupied France. Large number of United States soldiers enter the LCM boat to reach from ship to shore. View of armed soldiers in LCM moving towards shore. Soldiers wading ashore. Soldiers dig in near beach wall and climb up ridge. (World War II period).
Large group of German prisoners lined up. German prisoners are segregated according to rank by British soldiers. Prisoners are then marched to barbed wire stockade area for interrogation. Long cue of prisoners can be seen marching. Close view of few prisoners. (World War II period)
An American cameraman walks among the group of German prisoners. Cameraman speaks to a number of prisoners who served in Chancellor Hitler's labour battalion as forced labors. Cameraman notes down the details on a document. Prisoners talking to each other. (World War II period).
As film begins, elements of the U.S, ("Essex Troop") are seen passing under an overpass. The first is an M3 Half-track. Then several armored vehicles are seen from behind as they cross a pontoon bridge from Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry, to Seine Port, France, en route to Paris during World War 2. Soldiers, directing traffic across the bridge, stand beside it on grassy slope. Closeup of an M7 tank crossing the bridge. More views from the Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry side of the bridge as armored vehicles casually move across toward Seine Port. Front view of an M3 half-track heading toward the camera, crossing the bridge.
View of a United States military tank crossing a pontoon bridge from Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry, to Seine Port, France, during World War 2. . An American Sherman tank equipped with hedge cutter front attachment. Closeup of the attachment and of the tank rolling on its tread while crossing over steel panels on the bridge. Closeup of another Sherman crossing. Soldiers have chalked their names on the side of this one. Another hedge cutter-equipped Sherman crosses the bridge followed by a jeep with red crosses on it. Closeup of gunner in open turret of a Sherman tank, manning a Browning M2HB heavy machine gun. A tank arriving on the muddy opposite shore, and passing other parked military vehicles. Soldiers work with driver of small closed cab artillery tractor pulling a heavy two-wheeled caisson across the bridge. French farmers watch as more tanks cross from Saint-Fargeau.
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