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French and British troops on foot, motorcycles and tanks advance through the streets of Sées during World War II.

The French 2nd Armored Division and British troops advance through Sées, France during World War II. Tanks pass wrecked soldiers on the streets of Sées. War damage around. Soldiers on tanks. A painted sign on the wall reads 'Falaise'. Soldiers and tanks pass by the sign. Other military vehicles follow the tanks. Soldiers on tanks and motorcycles. Tanks move past a restricted district sign board amidst rubble on the ground.

Location: Sées France
Date: 1944, August 19
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021855
French civilians mistreat British and U.S. prisoners of war as they are marched through the streets of Paris by German guards (WW2)

Mistreatment of Allied prisoners in Paris, France during World War II. A long column of British and U.S. prisoners of war marched through the streets of Paris under German guard. French policemen and civilians stand by and watch. The prisoners marched through commercial areas. German soldiers keep guard. French civilians strike and kick the prisoners as they pass. The prisoners lined up.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031306
U.S. 705th Ordnance soldiers use scrap metal from beach obstacles to construct hedgerow cutters.

View of beach obstacles which were used to block Allied landing forces on the beaches of France. United States 705th Ordnance soldiers use welding torches to cut up beach obstacles for use as hedgerow cutters. Welders attach hedgerow cutters on M5A1 light tanks. Tank is about to be tested. The hedgerow cutter design came from Sergeant Curtis G. Culin, of the 102nd Reconnaissance Squadron. (World War II period).

Location: Balleroy France
Date: 1944, July 19
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038870
U.S. General Eisenhower inspects wrecked German equipment and meets with British Field Marshal Montgomery during World War II

Film opens showing General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking into a microphone, in France during World War 2 around time of liberation of Paris. Next, he is seen photographing a knocked out German StuG III tank destroyer and inspecting an overturned Tiger tank. Closeup of him examining the overturned tank. Next Eisenhower is seen in the back seat of a staff car, parked beside a large dwelling. A change of scene shows him strolling with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery across a pasture where British troops are encamped. The two leaders examine a map with other officers and continue walking together. Later, General Eisenhower photographs destroyed German artillery. While standing in a field littered with destroyed German military vehicles, he is approached by a British officer and British soldier. Eisenhower converses with the officer. An American Army photographer walks along a road littered with German wreckage, on his way to photograph General Eisenhower. Camera pans over damaged German artillery pieces and a destroyed Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausf. A, armored personnel carrier. As Eisenhower is about to board his staff car, two little French girls give him a bouquet of flowers. He thanks them and shakes their hands.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1944, August 26
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038884
Members of the French Resistance openly engage German occupation forces during the Liberation of Paris in WWII.

Liberation of France from German troops during World War II. A man at the office of the French Resistance fighters, now known as French Forces of the Interior (FFI), in open conflict with Vichy Government and German occupying forces. Sounds of machine gun fire. An official building with the Allied flags set up on steps. Inside an official signs documents. French civilians gathered on the sidewalks. Several French resistance members are being taken into custody. French Resistance members fire, at German soldiers, from protected positions, such as rooftops. Inside a busy office many typists are at work. One wears an armband of the Free French (Cross of Lorraine). A German truck burns. A man carrying a flag looks at an injured person in the street. Men fire rifles and throw grenades at German beute Somua and Hotchkiss tanks.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675049545
Airmen of the U.S. 65th Fighter Squadron relaxing on Corsica during World War II.

Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert O. Wymond, Commander of the 65th Fighter Squadron relaxes on a Corsica beach. Lt. Chris Grissinger, army nurse and Wymond's future wife, playfully throws sand at him. Two airmen wade ashore, carrying three large jellyfish on a wooden plank.. Colonel Wymond, Major Francis S. "Spanky" Manda, and other officers sample some French wine at their club on the beach at Alto airbase, Corsica, France. The 65th Squadron Fighting Cock logo is displayed on the bar. P-47s of the 65th Fighter Squadron taxiing on their sandy airfield.

Location: Corsica France
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049831
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