Battalion H.- Verdun Campaign in Verdun-sur-Meuse, France during World War I. The rubble of Maricourt. An unexploded Zeppelin bomb on the ground.
Architecture of Verdun in Verdun-sur-Meuse, France during World War I. View of Verdun: the ramparts, walls (eighty feet thick), and the river bridge on the banks of Meuse. French civilians at the Meuse on a Monday: people beside a pond. Shell holes and people in the holes.
A fire in Verdun-sur-Meuse, France during World War I. A fire truck driven on road during a fire in buildings in Verdun-sur-Meuse. Firemen spray water hoses on buildings. A sign reads : 'Hopital Temporaire'. Shelled buildings seen.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in France. President Eisenhower arrives in France and is welcomed by NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization ) commander General Lauris Norstad. American flag hoisted. Eisenhower and General Norstad pose as cameramen record the event.
A platform clock at the railway station in France. Sign in French and English stating that platform is reserved for rail cars carrying passengers to the SS Isle de France. A steam locomotive at the station. Luggage passed into the train. The station master blows his whistle and signals. The train leaves the platform. A last minute passenger jumps onto the moving train. People watch the train as it passes under a bridge.
German troops in occupied France. Map of the French Invasion Front. German troops in camouflaged trucks. A sign on a tree. German soldiers on bicycles collect newspapers from another soldier. Newspaper headline reads "Eisenhower has not surprised us." Trucks and jeeps filled with German soldiers in Normandy. Overturned vehicles and damaged artillery on the roadside. Soldier with camouflaged helmet looks up to the sky. Aircraft in flight overhead. Artillery fire. German Soldiers load and fire anti aircraft guns. A charred aircraft in a field. German soldiers arrive in Avranches, France. A sign for Avranches. German Soldiers ride a bike among the commune ruins. Soldier seated on a wrecked car. Buildings in the area. A soldiers keep vigil by a damaged cathedral. Stained glass windows. A German soldier plays the organ keyboard in the cathedral. Interior of the French cathedral.
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