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German SS troops prepared to defend positions in Southern Normandy after Allied D-day invasion in World War II
Film starts showing a camouflaged German Stug IV assault gun parked in front of a sidewalk and building in Southern France during World War 2. German soldiers are congregated on the sidewalk. Closeup of German SS (Schutzstaffel) officers huddled together looking at a map held by one of them. They all display the Death Head (totenkopf) insignia on their caps. Closeup of seated SS officers consulting a map. One wears insignia of SS-Storm Unit Leader (Sturmbannfuhrer). Scene shifts to German soldiers moving rapidly out of a village in a camouflaged Leopard I tanks and camouflaged (with foliage) "Kübelwagens." A camouflaged half track carrying supplies and towing an artillery piece is accompanied by several walking troops. Scene shifts to a soldier with surveying scope on tripod giving hand signals to assistant (unseen). German soldiers remove a rocket launcher (Nebelwerfer) hidden in trees at the edge of a field. View of several such launchers lined up in a battery at edge of forest. View of German infantry moving under cover and of a soldier crawling under a tank for protection. Change of scene shows several soldiers relaxing inside a dugout. Four soldiers share a single dish meal. A small hog is shown as a pet in a camp. Troops pet it. A soldier on a bicycle carries treats to one in a defensive position. Soldier with binoculars looks out on Normandy terrain comprised of mixed woodland and pasture (Bocage: also called Hedgerows by Americans in World War 2.) German soldier slogging through mud. A soldier calls to another who peers out from his well established dugout. Soldiers dressed in camouflage consult a map. German patrol sets out. One of the soldiers climbs a tree. Closeup of him climbing. Another soldier seen comfortably perched a tree with his weapon. Two patrolling soldiers run from cover of a tree, and make their way across a grassy plain. Officer looking through binoculars. Soldiers in grassy field stay down as explosions sound and smoke rises from shells striking in distance. Closeups of Several soldiers helping each other as they go through hip deep water in swampy part of grassy field. German artillery firing from established positions near a river. Several soldiers make their way from across the grassy field to join others in well established camouflaged defensive positions.
Fuel gasoline pipelines, storage tanks, and delivery in Normandy (WW2)
Allied tankers in Port-en-Bessin after the Normandy landings in World War 2. Allied tankers tied up in the wharf of Port-en-Bessin for the newly installed Ship-to-Shore gasoline transfer. Sign says “NO SMOKING”. Men flange flexible hose to outlet valves of a tanker connecting directly to pipelines on shore. A Frenchman gesturing and standing near pipelines. A man turns valve. Gasoline pipelines. Men working on portable units used for pumping 80 octane gasoline via pipelines to inland storage tanks. Pipelines of various sizes from the shore to a forest. A sign says “NO SMOKING” in a forest with pipelines. Storage tanks for gasoline. A storage tank with sandbag fortification. Pumps used for inland storage tanks. Men filling a United States Army tank truck from a storage tank. A United States soldier pushes a lever. Gasoline flows from hose to tank truck. A soldier fills 5-gallon containers with gasoline from an army tank truck. Soldiers load 5-gallon gasoline containers to a truck. A United States soldier fills up a truck with a 5-gallon gasoline jerrycan in France. Gasoline is poured on a truck fuel tank.
Military trucks move to transport supplies unloaded at Easy Red Section of Omaha Beach in France, during World War II.
10 days after D-Day invasion of Normandy by Allied forces during World War II. Trucks and military vehicles move on rough roads at Omaha Beach in France, transporting supplies unloaded at Easy Red Section of beach, to inland. A soldier sits outside the tents in a trench. Red Cross vehicles move. United States Army jeeps parked at the camp area.
U.S. Army Air Forces Troop Carrier crews assemble for briefing in Italy prior to the invasion of Southern France in World War II
American Troop Carrier crews gather for a briefing on August 14, 1944, the day before the Operation Dragoon invasion of Southern France, in World War 2. The captions then refer to their return to the United Kingdom later that month, and to the United States in October 1944. The air crews are seen assembled outdoors at an airfield in Italy. The weather is hot and some of them are shirtless. Some airmen are seen wearing Khaki shorts or singlets. Views of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan, New York City skyline, taken when some aircrew members returned to the United States in October 1944.
Montage of scenes related to role of 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions and 9th Troop Carrier Command before D-day, World War II
U.S. soldiers wade ashore at Omaha Fox Green Beach on D-Day, from landing craft of USS Samuel Chase (APA 25). during the Invasion of France. Preparations for invasion underway in an idyllic village in England, United Kingdom on June 5, 1944. U.S. Army Air Force C-47 aircraft towing a Waco CG-4 glider over shelters made of wooden shipping containers. "Shanty Town" written atop one tall structure. Glider being pulled out a shipping container. Soldiers moving into empty shipping container. Glimpse of their homemade barrack. Soldiers eating a meal inside a shipping container shelter. Soldiers at barber shop. German defenses of the Atlantic Wall on the French coast. German Army gun crews drilling. German rail gun. Animated map of German fortifications of the Atlantic Wall. Allied officers, including U.S. Major General Lewis Hyde Brereton, Commander, 9th Air Force and British Air Marshal Arthur Coningham, Commander, 2nd Tactical Air Force, in D-day planning. Airborne troops board buses and arrive at restricted airfields. Troops playing musical instruments in jazz band; exercising on field; and playing volleyball. Paratroopers reading mail. Airmen painting invasion stripes for D-day on C-47 aircraft. French francs issued to paratroopers. Soldiers sharpen knives and bayonets. Chaplains conduct religious services. General Dwight D. Eisenhower visiting 101st Airborne troopers. Airborne Pathfinders. Paratroopers march to C-47s, and put on parachute packs. Troopers of the 101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Headquarters Company Demolition Section ("Filthy 13") in their Mohawk Indian haircuts. Clarence Ware puts war paint on Charles Plaudo, using still-wet paint from their C-47's D-day stripes. Heavily laden paratrooper help one another board airplanes. Pathfinder C-47s taking off at dusk, followed by all others, on June 5, 1944. formations of C-47s. Closeup of several planes. Paratroopers exiting C-47s. Formation of towed gliders. Gliders landing in field. Troops from gliders engaging in fire fights. Naval gun barrage.
Allied liberation of Reims, France (WW2)
Armed French Resistance fighters pose near roadside sign at entrance to city of Reims, France, on August 30, 1944. American soldiers converse with French priests and Resistance fighters. Residents gather at the Royal Square by the statue of Louis XV. The towers of Notre Dame de Reims Cathedral (Pl. du Cardinal Luçon, 51100 Reims, France) can be seen behind. An American soldier can be seen. A brief ceremony ensues in which French Resistance fighters appear to take responsibility for reoccupation of the city. They then proceed through the city on a truck with loudspeakers, making announcements. U.S. soldiers mingle with residents of the city. (World War II period)
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