American troops in Cherbourg during World War II. American troopers talk with a French couple. French man points way to troops. Troopers inspect dead body of a German soldier lying along roadside. He holds a grenade in his hand. Trooper inspects another dead German soldier sitting slumped in stone alcove, with his eyes closed. Army jeep moves on a street.
U.S. officers in Cherbourg during World War II. American Brigadier General leads two German General officer prisoners along a road in Cherbourg. Interiors of a building as a U.S. Intelligence Officer (Captain) interrogates the German Generals. After the interrogation, U.S. Major General Joseph Lawton Collins stands with the German Generals outside the building. He then directs the captured German officers to a vehicle in which they are driven away.
Men of FFI (French Forces of the Interior) in German occupied Paris during World War II. Interiors of a building shows a meeting of civilian heads of FFI (French Forces of the Interior). A German prisoner with a beaten face walks in. Captured German prisoners are led into a courtyard. Formation of FFI men and other Frenchmen in uniforms. A girl stands in front of the formation of FFI men.
Liberation of Paris at the end of World War II. Army soldiers transported in a military truck. General Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle, General Marie Pierre Koenig and General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque are acclaimed by French civilians. Army troops stand in uniform as the Generals meet the civilians. French civilians sit on tree tops to get a better view. Civilians shout praises and applaud. French Generals salute the gathered crowd. The crowd interacts with French Generals. Children climb over one another with the United States flag in hand.
P-47s of the 86th Fighter Group, distinguished by their bright red and white striped enpennages, are seen in operation at the Poretta Airfield, Casamozza, Corsica, during World War 2. Several P-47s (with razor back canopies) are seen parked on the field. One P-47 takes off and another lands.
Soldiers of the Canadian Army, probably of the 2nd Armoured Brigade, advance from Carpiquet airfield to Caen during World War 2. Canadian tanks and armored tracked vehicles move through rough roads toward Caen. Tanks passing by leafless trees. A Canadian soldier sits on top of a Ram cruiser tank that is underway. M-4 Sherman tanks are also seen as Canadian troops travel to Caen.
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