A map shows area around Orel in Russia. German forces fall back from Orel. Military trucks and trains carry material to the front. German tanks, artillery, antiaircraft guns, buses and aircraft. German soldiers in a field. Soviet prisoners. A German officer talks to a captured Soviet soldier. The Soviet prisoners stack arms. Large quantities of captured armor and equipment and arms. German Pz.IV Lang tank beside a cottage. Soldiers sit in a group as one plays an accordion. German soldiers bathe, get a haircut and clean themselves. Two German soldiers read a newspaper with a German Shepherd dog beside them. Others eat and drink. (World War II period).
August 1944, Paris: Parisians along the streets of the city. A convoy of Allied troops and vehicles passes by. Civilians cheer and greet the troops. Men remove road blocks and barricades erected by the Germans. Tanks and military vehicles on the streets. 25 August 1944: A large crowd gathered to greet the French 2nd Armored Division led by General Philippe Leclerc. Soldiers on tanks wave to the crowd as they cheer and welcome the troops. U.S. soldiers and tanks amidst the crowd. The convoy approaches the Eiffel Tower. Girls, women and children kiss the soldiers. Street fighting between the FFI, Allied troops and German soldiers. Soldiers run across the street. Civilians take cover. A man clicks photographs. Germans fire. People take cover. The Allied convoy on the road. Soldiers in the streets fight back. German snipers shoot from a building. Nazi officers and soldiers taken prisoners. They are marched out of the Institute of German, used as their headquarters. Prisoners sweep the street outside Hotel Majestic. Allied soldiers and civilians watch. French and U.S. troops ride past Parisian monuments including the Notre Dame Cathedral, Palace De La Concorde, Champs Elysees, and approach the Arc De Triomphe. Collaborationists are rounded up, hissed at, and man handled. French crowd deals roughly with a female collaborationist: Men paint a woman's face and pull her by the hair. Male collaborationists are also led away. German General Dietrich Von Choltitz, Commander of the Paris region, and his German Garrison surrender. The German soldiers are marched through the streets past. The people of Paris celebrate. Civilians hold banners and read the newspaper headlines as they celebrate and cheer. (World War II period).
Major General Alexander Vandegrift, USMC, who, as Commanding General of the 1st Marine Division, also commanded other U.S. military units involved in the invasion of Guadalcanal in World War 2. He discusses those joint U.S. military operations. The U.S. Destroyer, USS Blue (DD-387) seen bombarding Guadalcanal.A B-17 bomber overhead. U.S. Marines decend rope net into landing craft of the attack transport, USS George Clymer (APA-27), later seen with the USS Harry Lee (APA-10) and numerous landing craft around them. A landing craft from the Harry Lee arriving and Marines jumping out. Many U.S. troops wading ashore from landing craft. Troops carrying supplies ashore. Officers salute as American flag is raised on rugged flag pole. Numerous Japanese prisoners of war marching and in outdoor confinement. Japanese prisoners being processed. Japanese soldier using shoe clamps to quickly climb a tall palm tree. Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr.decorating a flyer with the Distinguished Flying Cross. View of the medal.Halsey decorating marines, including Major General Alexander Vandegrift, USMC, seen wearing the Navy Cross. Sign on palm tree reading: "Hospital Station C-1-Med." Wounded inside hospital tent. Troops gathered for religious service. U.S. troops dug in and moving along jungle path. Fallen Japanese soldiers on shore of Guadalcanal.Smoke rising from Japanese bombing of Henderson Field and construction continuing with heavy equipment. A B-17 bomber landing on the field. Names on B-17s at the field, including: "Spook," "Leis-Lady,"and "Boomerang." A Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft taking off from Henderson field. Film concludes with parade of warships and overflight of warplanes (including a biplane).
German invasion of France during the Battle of France in World War II. German army units advance in the Somme department. Horse cavalry, and soldiers in horse carts advance. Artillery bombards French positions. Soldiers fire machine guns across the fields. They take cover in the thick undergrowth. Soldiers push artillery on a road. Wrecked and abandoned Allied tanks and artillery. One knocked out tank with name "Terrible I." A German convoy moves across a bridge over the Canal de la Somme. Aircraft in flight overhead. Many captured French prisoner of war soldiers advance on foot under German guard. German soldiers march in formation with rifles over their shoulders as they enter a French town, while prisoner of war French soldiers standy and watch on the sides of a street. German tanks and other units move through the ruins of Fecamp commune. Soldiers on tanks amidst ruins. Smoke from burning buildings. Artillery units advance. Soldiers amidst rubble and debris. They take cover in a field. A soldier surveys the area with binoculars. They cross hills.
The Allies advance after amphibious landings in France during World War II. Allied tanks blast a German pillbox. Nazi gun crews surrender. A nazi soldier with a white flag. The prisoners marched by the Allied soldiers. Allied soldiers search German prisoners and confiscate their belongings. FFI (French Forces of the Interior) soldiers greet and talk to Allied soldiers. The men with the FFI sleeve patches. Allies advance further inland. Citizens of the town of Frejus come out to welcome the Allied troops. They greet and cheer the soldiers. Soldiers on tanks greet the civilians.
United States 35th Infantry soldier guards Korean prisoner carrying a wounded prisoner in Yongdongpo, Korea during the Korean War. Men trod over crest of hill. Gunner of Company 'A ' fires .30 caliber air cooled machine gun. Soldier half-kneeling against mound of dirt near fence. Company 'B' of 35th Infantry walk on road and approach a traffic circle in town. View of North Korean flag and banner on decorated arc in Yongdongpo, Korea.
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