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.
The German advance into France and fall of Paris during the Battle of France in World War II. Smoke clouds mushroom up into the air following explosions near a river. Burning structures. German horse cavalry and soldiers with war equipment in carts. The cavalry crosses a bridge. German troops at the captured Palace of Versailles near Paris. An inscription at the entrance reads 'In all glories of France'. Soldiers raise the Nazi Swastika flag atop the Palace. The soldiers in the Palace courtyard. June 1940, Paris: Germans occupy Paris. Soldiers and civilians around the Obelisk at the Place de la Concorde. A German aircraft in flight overhead. German officers greeted as they get off a German aircraft. The Eiffel Tower in the background. German soldiers with artillery. Soldiers climb up the Eiffel Tower. They unfurl the Nazi Swastika flag atop the Tower.
German invasion and occupation of France and the Low Countries during World War II. German panzer infantry and tanks advance in France during Battle of France. They pass French civilians and wrecked vehicles en-route. A map depicts German movement from Sedan to Abbeville. Men transfer war material and barrels from freight cars into military trucks at a storage facility. German soldiers carry fuel cans to parked German aircraft. Soldiers nearby as the convoy of trucks leaves. A sign for places including Mecheln and Brussels in Belgium. The convoy crosses a bridge. French policemen direct traffic on the city roads. The convoy passes wrecked and abandoned French automobiles and military vehicles. French civilians return to their homes with their belongings. People on foot and in horse carts. Families seated with their belongings. Elderly men, women, children and new born babies. German volunteers distribute food to French refugees. A sign reads 'Revitaillement pour les Refugies'. Women distribute food and water to refugees. People wait in lines. A volunteer holds a child.
Mohammed V, the Sultan of Morocco, walks down the gangplank of a French warship, followed by entourage, during a state visit to France. He is greeted by large numbers of French officials and escorted to a small open car. Views of motorcade carrying the Sultan along the Avenue Champs Elysée, accompanied by horse guards, in Paris. The Sultan and his wife stroll the grounds of the Versailles, as French officials explain points of interest. Parade through the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France), arriving at the Élysée Palace (55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France), the official residence of the French President, to meet President Vincent Auriol.
Documentary tilted 'Rolling To The Rhine'. On the U.S. Army "Red Ball Express" operation for transportation of supplies and equipment during World War 2. Bronze Star medal is displayed. Montage shows a pilot, infantryman and a paratrooper. The bronze star is awarded to a truck driver in France for heroism. Railway station in Pennsylvania, boxing match in Oklahoma, and Chicago subway train. Red Ball railroad express underway. Trucks are gassed, driven through slush, and carry supplies to the war front. ' We Deliver' written on trucks. U.S. soldiers and convoy in France. An 8-tire trailer, several disabled trucks, and Military Policemen direct traffic in France.
Close-up front view of nose of parked A-20 aircraft with two French crew members of RAF 342 Squadron during World War II. Symbol of Free French Forces seen painted on their Boston (A-20) aircraft. Aerial view of several A-20 aircraft at low altitude flying on daytime bombing run over waters of the English Channel with white cliffs of Dover in background. Dramatic low-altitude gun camera footage as A-20 flies over coast of France, with shadow of A-20 on ground while in flight. Dramatic point of view shots from moving aircraft at very low altitude as bomber aircraft skim just above buildings, homes, railroads, and factories in France while en route to target area. Target area comes into view, with smoke rising from recently hit bombing targets. Higher altitude gun camera shots as bomber aircraft passes through smoke and near smoke plumes rising from bombed targets, and then begins return trip home. Close up aerial view of two B-25 aircraft of Dutch Squadron on bombing run over German held targets in France from medium altitude . Gun camera footage as bombs hit targets and raise huge clouds of smoke. A B-25 aircraft is hit by enemy fire. The B-25 bomber is seen falling out of control in smoke and flames.
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