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American troops advance through hedgerows outside Cherbourg after D-Day landings in Normandy during World War II.

The Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. Improvised port facilities being erected in "Operation Mulberry." Ships carrying troops and supplies pull up to the Mulberry piers. Troops and vehicles moving on the piers toward the shore at Normandy. A severe storm tears up the mulberry port facilities. A man crawls a rope invertedly to get to a ship. War materiel moving on the Normandy beaches. A map of Normandy. View of Seaport at Cherbourg, France. Allied and German forces moving to battle over the Cherbourg port. Large formation of Allied aircraft. United States troops battling Germans in hedgerows, on the way to Cherbourg. A United States soldier uses a SCR-536 Walkie-talkie while in hedgerow. Soldier smoking a cigarette in hedgerow. French farmers collecting hay with pitchforks. United States troops being welcomed by French residents. Meeting heavy resistance at outskirts of Cherbourg, the U.S. employs batteries of field artillery. Some infantry engaged in street fighting. Nazi German General Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben surrenders to the American forces in Cherbourg.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060100
Postwar development of air transportation in Europe

Development of transportation in Europe after World War 2. An ocean-going ship is seen plying the waters of an estuary. A white tower is seen with moving radar antenna on top. A radar operator works in front of radar screens in the control room. He wears headset and microphone. Narrator notes how radar helps navigation in crowded estuaries like the Scheldt. Captain onboard ship ostensibly speaking to the radar operator. Another radar antenna rotating rapidly. A British European Airways (BEA) Vickers VC. 1 Viking airplane at Schiphol Airport (Evert van de Beekstraat 202, 1118 CP Schiphol, Netherlands) in Amsterdam. Glimpses of European airlines using the Douglas DC-3 aircraft such as the Belgian SABENA, Polish LOT and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). A TAP Air Portugal (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) DC-6 parked, and a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) DC-6, named the “Vliegende Hollander”, taxiing. An Air France Sud-Est SE-161 Languedoc 4-engine aircraft, taxiing. View of control tower and related buildings at the airport. A person marking a carton for air delivery. A man loads parcels from his automobile trunk, into a Scandinavian Airlines DC-3 aircraft. Venue shifts to Orly airport (94390 Orly, France) in Paris, France, where a DC-6 airplane sits in front of a terminal building. Airport staff prepare to welcome a dignitary, including uniformed brass band seated at an awninged pavilion, and a military honor guard. A DC-4 aircraft parked in nearby background. A party welcomes the President of France, Vincent Jules Auriol, arriving on an Air France Lockheed Constellation airliner. A large contingent of Army troops are assembled in formation to honor the arriving President. He strolls across the ramp, accompanied by a French general and an admiral, among others. He climbs stairs of the pavilion as the band plays La Marseillaise (National Anthem).

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060864
French soldiers pass by on a field at Maurepas, Yvelines, France during World War I.

French soldiers pass by on a field at Maurepas and cross a creek. Soldiers on horse-carts pass over the muddy creek area. Houses in the background.

Date: 1917
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027557
French soldiers walk in a trench atop a ridge near Maurepas, Yvelines, France during World War I.

French soldiers positioned on a high ridge near Maurepas, Yvelines, during World War 1. French soldiers walk in a column along a reinforced trench atop the ridge. French soldiers with packs and gear on their backs moving along the trench. Trees in the background. A waterway in the background.

Date: 1917
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027560
U.S. Army soldiers of 29th Division walk on a dirt road in Saint Lo France, searching for buried mines

29th Division U.S. Army soldiers on mine patrol. They walk on a road in St Lo, carrying rifles and metal detectors. They sweep above the road looking for buried land mines. A sweeper stops at an area and a soldier carefully digs looking for a buried landmine. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, July 16
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027650
French aid Spanish Exodus at Le Perthus, France.

French officials talking. Large number of people gather, refugees going on road, and trucks on move. Trucks carrying people moving and people wave hands. A flag waves, French Army soldiers standing in a different position and a senior officer going in between. Two Officers shake hands with each other. Faces of refugees.

Date: 1939, February
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034111