Depicts the signing of Franco-Nazi Peace Pact (Franco-German Declaration) in Paris. A steam engine train arrives at a railway station in Paris. Joachim Von Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Minister moves out of the train. French Foreign Minister George Bonett and other officials welcome him. The two ministers and other officials at Elysee Palace for signing the Non Aggression Treaty. Ribbentrop and Bonett sign the treaty as a step towards European peace. Some ambient room noise in background.
Allied reinforcements arriving during invasion of Normandy in World War II. Scenes a day or two after D-Day. Beachmaster waves white flag. Landing Craft Utility number 385 is behind him and other Logistic and utility ships seen on beach in distance. Two U.S. soldiers stand at waters edge. A landing craft Vehicle (LCV Number 594)in water, close to beach, behind them, packed with U.S.troops. A bulldozer and a DUKW seen in front of the LCV. Troops wade ashore from the LCV.
10 days after D-Day. Allied Forces progressing with invasion of Europe through Normandy during World War II. Infantry troops march and military vehicles move inwards to Carentan, about 3 miles in land from Normandy and Omaha Beach. A native woman talks to soldiers in the town of Carentan. A wounded soldier laying on a U.S. Army jeep in the town square in front of the Carentan Church. Soldiers use girders and continue construction of a bridge at Carentan. (Note: This appears to be "Tucker Bridge" at Carentan. The bridge was so-named after Major John Tucker, commanding the 300th Combat Engineers, was hit by enemy fire and killed during the initial construction of the bridge. The bridge provided important access to Cherbourg, St. Lo, and Caen. It was replaced in 1996 by a stone and concrete structure but it remains the Major John Tucker Bridge.) Two soldiers stand on the bridge and talk to each other.
Newsreel titled Atlantic Pact General Ike opens permanent HQ. Official headquarters of Atlantic treaty forces at hotel Astoria in Paris. A guard on duty outside supreme commander General Dawid Eisenhower's office. General Eisenhower signs an order announcing his assumption of command and makes a formal statement about his duties.
Distant view of convoy at sea and 8th infantry regiment soldiers of assault team advance inland. Assault team soldiers cross the obstacles in their way. Regiment moves ahead. (World War II period).
United States soldiers march German prisoners of war to sea shore in World War II. Prisoners are rounded up for interrogation. View of many ships off the coast as landing operations are in affect. A wounded United States soldier on litter, surrounded by a group of United States medics, is given blood plasma. Other wounded soldiers on litters and medics treating them.
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