A French Air Force P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft on an airfield. Damaged tail of the aircraft. A pilot in the cockpit of the airplane. Aircraft taxis short distance with wrecked tail, as debris near a wrecked hangar blows about from the prop wash. French and American soldiers examine the wrecked tail of the aircraft. (World War II period).
Opening scene shows Adolf Hitler with an entourage of military officers walking from a tunnel beside two steam locomotives parked on a railroad track, during World War 2. The group continues between to large berms lining the area. They approach a construction project of concrete with lots of wooden framing in place around it. Scene shifts to a Krupp 283mm K5 railway gun on rails in the sand. A large earthen berm is seen behind the gun. Hitler converses with officers at the site. Next, a closeup shows the gun barrel being elevated. Hitler looks at another K5 gun with its barrel down. He then proceeds into a sand-bagged revetment leading to a doorway and underground tunnel. Next, he is seen emerging from the tunnel onto the courtyard of what appears to be a church. A large body of German soldiers is assembled there. They render the Nazi salute. Closeup of Hitler atop the area defenses, where coastal guns of the Atlantic Wall are installed in sand-bagged revetments. Views of gun crews firing these coastal guns out to sea, in a demonstration.
The Popular Front party wins in the critical French elections. Shows people casting their votes. Men on tricycles leave a building. Men at desks in a office.
French Artillery Troops come back from the French Front Line. The troops cross a village. Houses in the background. A woman stands with children as the troops pass. The troops ride horses. Two young girls watch the soldiers as they pass through the village. Children gather on streets. Soldiers march through the streets. A child sits on a carriage and looks at the soldiers.
German forces engage in live fire exercises as they prepare to defend against anticipated Allied invasion. German gun crew fires artillery piece. Concealed German soldiers look through binoculars toward coastal terrain. .Soldiers climb hilly terrain behind bushes. Soldiers, in trench, hold their ears as they fire a mortar. Artillery guns beinf fired. Heavy smoke rises up due to explosions. Soldiers communicate through radio. View of Atlantic coast from camouflaged defensive position. Sky is filled with German paratrooper chutes. Paratroopers organizing on the ground and moving as a group. Firing a machine gun. German gun crew fires from concealed position. Crewman wipes shells clean before they are placed in gun. German officer looks through periscope. (World War II period).
Peaceful view of River Seine. Crowds gathered in streets. Tape strung across walks reads: "Honneur aux Forces Francaises de L'Interieur." General Charles de Gaulle walks through huge wreath arch that displays Free French symbolic Cross of Lorraine in white wood on each side of arch. The French tricolor flies from tall flag pole. A huge crowd gathered in a town square. Man with a little girl atop his shoulder. General Charles De Gaulle walks up to a platform in the center of the crowd and waves to them. The General speaks into several microphones. The officers with folded arms listen to the General. A reading 'Tribune Officielle' denotes official seating area. Several men seated on top of an entrance to a building. Several men on bicycles. The people are restrained and quiet, but applaud at the end of the speech.
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