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German soldiers defend the coastline as Allies invade northern France on D-Day in World War 2.

German propaganda newsreel depicting German perspective defending against Allied Invasion of northern France on D-Day (June 6, 1944). German citizens at newsstand reading newspaper headlines announcing the Allied invasion of France. A map of northern France. Scenes from June 6, 1944 as Allied bombers attack the French coast during D-Day operations. German sailors on ships monitoring incoming Allied invasion. German Navy sailors and German soldier radio operators communicate, listening with headphones and operating morse code transmitters and radios as the Germans sound the alarm. German soldiers take their positions at coastal fortifications of the Atlantic Wall. They pile up shells and use search lights. German coastal guns and submarines fire at the Allied fleet in the English Channel. Night fighting. Artillery and ship guns fired. Explosions as Allied crafts are hit. Soldiers fire machine guns as the enemy approaches the coast. German officers and soldiers in German pillboxes. German submarine fires torpedo and an Allied ship explodes far in the distance. A German officer looks through binoculars to survey the damage.

Location: France
Date: 1944, July
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021806
Gun camera views from P-47 flown by Captain HL Fogg of U.S. 8th AF, VIII Fighter Command, 359 FG, 368th Fighter Squadron

U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. Gun camera views from 15 April 1944: Captain HL Fogg of the 359th Fighter Group 368th Squadron attacking ground targets, in one of their last combat missions in P-47s. (The unit converted to P-51s in April, 1944.) Captain Fogg strafes a train and an oil well. White smoke arises due to the firing and bombardment. An electric tower. The aircraft in flight over a field.

Location: Germany
Date: 1944, April 15
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021812
Operation Dragoon. 7th Army operations in France during World war II

Allied Operation Dragoon during World War 2. Invasion convoy of ships heading to French coast, on August 15, 1944. Three divisions of the United States 7th Army make amphibious landing on the coast, and proceed rapidly into interior of France. U.S. Sherman tanks entering the French city of Lyon on September 3, 1944. Local newspaper headline about the city's liberation . Infantry of the 7th Army moving through destroyed French towns. U.S. infantry and armor (Sherman tanks) fire at German positions in a French village.

Location: France
Date: 1944, August 15
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024437
Celebration of liberation from German forces, and enthusiastic welcome of Prime Minister George Papandreou and British Armored unit in Athens Greece.

Liberation of Athens Greece during World War 2: Animated map of Athens, Greece. German forces end more than 3 years of occupation by withdrawing from the capital of Athens at end of October 1944, as British Allied forces near the city. Scenes of a ceremony by German troops before leaving, and then German army forces in trucks and armored vehicles leaving the city. Celebration: Greek boys ring bells and smile on departure of German forces. British troops dock in Greece and march into Athens. They are joined by partisan greek soldiers such as those from the ELAS and EAM. Close-up view of ELAS and EAM (National Liberation Front) Greek soldiers in uniform. Workers carry boxes of water. Narrator states that half of Greeks are for victims of malaria or tuberculosis. Boxes of water displayed. Shows the return of Prime Minister George Papandreou on October 18, 1944. Large crowd welcomes and cheers the Prime Minister George Papandreou and display banners for liberating their country. Prime Minister Papandreou puts the wreath on grave of unknown soldiers. British Lt. General Ronald Scobie salutes. General Scobie and Prime Minister Papandreou honor the two unknown soldiers. British Armored unit receive enthusiastic welcome. Sign of 'The Greek People Welcome EAM', and 'Welcome Great Allies KKE'. Greek people welcome the National Liberation Front (EAM) and Communist Party of Greece (KKE). Citizens buy food with inflated currency. Inflation causes citizens to hand over large amounts of currency for small purchases like bread and basic produce.

Location: Athens Greece
Date: 1944, October
Duration: 3 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024960
Eisenhower briefing Generals, D-Day invasion, Views of Paris liberation, German prisoners, Adolf Hitler during World War 2

General Eisenhower standing in front of a large wall map briefing officials in front of large wall map, view of newspaper headline of New York Post announcing D-Day Invasion of Europe in June 1944. Allied soldiers storming the beach at Normandy. U.S. soldiers fall to the ground after being hit by enemy fire on a Normandy beach on D-Day. German soldiers with hands up in surrender seen approaching Allied forces on beach. Body of a dead German soldier seen on the roadside as soldiers march by. Aerial views of gathering around Arc de Triomphe in Paris as Allies enter Paris and French citizens cheer during liberation of Paris in August 1944.Adolf Hitler seated with other Nazi soldiers listening to an unseen speaker. Views of French citizens lining roads in Paris and cheering as Allied forces enter the city.

Location: France
Date: 1944
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032956
Wreckage of crashed B-17 aircraft at an Air Force base in England.

Remains of B-17, tail number 42-37789, which crashed during a post -maintenance test flight on April 24, 1944, at Grafton Underwood Airfield in Northampshire, England. The Aircraft belonged to the 544 Bomb Squadron of the 384th Bomb Group and was flown by Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Nuttall, who survived the crash and went on to lead a number of bombing missions thereafter. The aircraft was destroyed by fire that ensued after the crash. Firefighting foam residue can be seen covering the wreckage. This scene was filmed on April 29, 1944, five days after the crash. (World War II period).

Location: England United Kingdom
Date: 1944, April 29
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034678
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