The first U.S. prison camp in Colleville-sur-Mer after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. soldiers question German prisoners. Prisoners rest on the ground. One of the prisoner being interrogated at a map. American cemetery near Eterville, France shows a grave with flowers. Open graves. Dead bodies of U.S. soldiers on the ground await burial. Wrecked gliders in the background. A soldier writes out a tag for the dead.
A U.S. cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer France after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. American soldiers receive communion at a beach. American Honor Guard doing a 3-volley rifle salute for a burial ceremony. A U.S. soldier, a U.S. sailor and a British soldier open tinned rations and eat. A bugler sounds a call. U.S. soldiers assembled for the burial ceremony. The soldiers with their heads bowed. A chaplain speaks. A Catholic priest, Reverend Father William Dempsey, of New York City, prays at an altar set up on a jeep hood. French civilians with flowers at the ceremony, including the Mayor of Colleville, Mr. Poidevin.
Unarmed matador jumps over the head of a charging bull in a bullring at Mont-De-Marsan, France. Spectators watch from the stand. Bull attacks the matador. Fellow members lift the wounded bull fighter and leads him outside the bullring.
United States 3rd Division, 30th Infantry Regiment marches past, along a road. Soldiers march next to M-14 Tank on road. Unites States soldier checks dead enemy's body for identification. Troops and Army vehicles pass through Aix-en-Provence, France. Civilians wave. French woman fills a glass of wine and offers to soldier. French women wave to United States soldiers as they pass by. (World War II period).
French woman picks debris from a broken window after a bombardment in Aix-en-Provence France during World War II. Men with shovel, lift debris and ash from war damaged building. Elderly French woman carries debris in a sacks. Women and a young boy stand outside wrecked window.
French officer speaks to several U.S. Army 3rd Division, 30th Infantry Regiment soldiers in area of Aix-en-Provence France during World War 2. They have captured two German soldiers. Close-up views of the faces of the captured German prisoners of war, taken by the 163rd Signal Photo Company. The group walks on a dirt road and passes through an area of trees and a field.
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