U.S. troops advance towards Cherence Le Roussel. SOldiers fire at the enemy. A soldier scouts for enemy soldiers through binoculars. Smoke from artillery fire. Explosions across the terrain. Soldiers stand on a camouflaged tank. Barrel of a tank jutting out of the bushes. Soldiers load and fire artillery. Soldiers march on the road and through fields. A sign board for 'Cherence Le Roussel' amid ruins and destroyed buildings. (World War II period).
6 August 1944: A U.S. armored column on the outskirts of Mayenne on their way to Paris, France in World War II. Soldiers in trucks, jeeps and half tracks. Soldiers prepare to fight, push artillery across a field. Troops march into Mayenne. Civilians welcome and greet the soldiers. U.S. troops and a van on the road. The troops and tanks enter Laval. Civilians greet the soldiers. Civilians on bicycles wave to soldiers in a truck. Soldiers and civilians at a bombed bridge. Soldiers fire at Nazis across the river from behind a wall. Civilians with French flags on the streets. A woman collaborationist surrounded by French men, holds pictures and has a Swastika on her dress front. A woman holds a broken picture of German leader Adolf Hitler. People with US, British, and French flags in a building window.
Texas' contribution in the World War II worker effort on the home front. Cattle and sheep ranches, dairy farms, rice fields, turkey ranches, oil fields, wheat fields, fruit farms and power plants in Texas. Many oil derricks or oil wells close together in an area. Cranes operating in a ship yard. Women work at shipyard building United States navy ships. Men work on wings in an airplane factory. Oil pumped in an oil well. Rice farmers use tractors to harvest the crop. Magnesium made from rocks and sea water. A man stacks finished magnesium blocks. Dams in Texas. Farmers pick cotton by hand. A man picks cotton by operating a mechanized cotton picker. Farmers harvest a field of sorghum. Helium cylinders seen at the Amarillo Helium Plant. Thick black clouds seen due to burning of carbon black in the manufacturing of synthetic rubber.
French troops and refugees in China during World War II. A train carrying refugees and French troops approaches. The men seated inside and on top of the train. Annamite French Colonial troops at a train station. They load sides of beef, bags of rice, celery and onions on pack horses. Loaded horses leave the area.
French Colonial troops in China during World War II. The troops and natives on a highway during a light rainfall. They walk on wet muddy roads. Horses laden with food. The troops in boots. They cross a rice paddy. The troops pass through a Chinese cemetery and the walled city of Shihp'ing. Natives and children inside the city. Troops move ahead with the horses and carts.
French Colonial troops in China. A train approaches the train station. Smoke from the engine. People on the platform The French troops board the train. Frenchmen seated in train. A soldier smokes. Large bundles of supplies in the train. The train amidst hills. It passes through a tunnel. Soldiers seated on the train roof. (World War II period).
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