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Members of FFI (French Forces of Interior) decorated with Silver Star by General Patch in Southern France.
U.S. 7th Army forces moving in Army trucks in the French Riviera (or Côte d'Azur) , during Allied Operation Dragoon, in World War 2. French citizens on side of the roads cheering. A U.S. Army tank goes by the crowd. Members of FFI (French Forces of Interior) decorated with Silver Star by General Alexander Patch ("Sandy" Patch) and French General De Lattre de Tassigny, in Saint Tropez. Scenes of city and harbor of Toulon. Destroyed docks and ships of French fleet, scuttled in 1942, listing or partially sunk at harbor. Dead bodies. Large artillery guns on scuttled French warships.
André Chapelon’s first locomotive rebuild for the Paris à Orléans (PO) railway in France on Paris à Orléans (PO) railway.
The Nord Pacific No 3566 locomotive as rebuilt by André Xavier Chapelon departs from a train station in Paris along the Poiters-Angouleme route. Train's engineer, wearing goggles, looks through window as he operates train. View of exhaust as steam whistle is operated. Point of View shot toward back of train as it is underway. POV towards front of train as seen by train engineer. Speedometer indicates that train is running at 125 km/h, a bit higher than the French government speed limit of 75 mph (120 km/hr). Train passes by. Locomotive exhaust and whistle. This locomotive featured Chapelon's first major invention, the Kylchap exhaust, which was created with Finnish engineer Kyösti Kylälä, and produced less back pressure than previous designs. This modified prototype Pacific #3566 was originally 2000 indicated horsepower (IHP) but improved to a 3000 IHP with both fuel and water consumption reduced by 25% as a result of the rebuild process. Footage is from 1931, but first tests of this locomotive took place in November 1929.
U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division troops and paratroopers in the town of Saint Mere Eglise, France, two days after D-Day.
U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division troops and paratroopers in the streets of the town of Saint Mere Eglise, France (Sainte-Mère-Église) in World War 2, D-Day + 2. Wrecked houses line the street. United States soldiers rest near the houses. A soldier holds a bottle of wine and black bread. Soldiers eat black bread. Sign on a wall "Saint Mere Eglise".
SS Division Gotz von Berlichingen move toward Saint-Lo, capture Allied prisoners (WW2)
German Stug IV tank moving in the Battle of Saint-Lo during World War II. SS Division Gotz von Berlichingen troops move alongside tanks on the road. A tank covered in camouflage rolls along the road. German soldier wearing camouflage leaves hide behind a bush. German soldiers duck for cover after firing a 8 cm Granatwerfer 34 mortar. German soldier puts another shell into mortar. Explosion in the forest. A tank covered with camouflage leaves rolls along the road with its hatch open. German infantry trails behind a German Stug III tank. German troops hide behind hedgerows. German forces advance through hedgerows. Explosion from artillery. A camouflaged German soldier observes using a binocular. United States M4 Sherman tanks on fire in the middle of a field. Debris inside empty American tanks after being captured by Germans. The road to Saint-Lo is littered with Allied materiel. German forces capture more American tanks on the road to Saint-Lo. German officer points to hole in tank turret. German soldiers inspect a wrecked gun, with a dead body of an Allied soldier crushed underneath. A camouflaged car passes by a burning truck on the road to Saint-Lo. More devastated and destroyed materiel and tanks are found near Saint-Lo. German soldier marches behind captured British prisoners as a passing tank swats on with camouflage branches. British and American prisoners are taken to a prisoners’ collection point. Signs read “Löfel” and “Div. Gefangenen Sammelstelle” (“Division prisoners collection point” in English). Allied soldier’s back jacket reads “Patchie P.A. Jersey”. American prisoners sitting. Some American prisoners are seen wearing the shoulder patch of the 29th Division. German guard is seen wearing a SS Division Gotz von Berlichingen and Nazi Eagle Insignia patches on his arm. Defiant American soldier sitting. An Asian-American prisoner chewing straw turns his head away from the camera.
British and American C-47 tow planes and gliders during Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II
Aerial view of many USAAF Troop Carrier Command C-47 aircraft,together with gliders, parked on a field in England. The aircraft and gliders are all painted in D-Day stripes. Views on ground of C-47s taking off towing gliders behind. Formation of C-47s and gliders overhead. Views from an aircraft in a formation. Below, the Portland Bill lighthouse & directional beacon (code-named Flatbush) is seen as the formation departs the English coast. (Note: film view of Portland Bill light is reversed. Roundabout should appear to right of the lighthouse.) Closeup of a glider in the formation. View from a ship, in the English Channel, as an airplane crashes and explodes on the French coast. Aerial view of landing craft on the Normandy beach, as the formation passes overhead. View of French fields flooded by the Germans. Aerial view of parachutes from U.S. Army paratroopers who had dropped into France the night before (June 5th), but no sign of the troops themselves. Masses of gliders on the ground. View inside a glider as it cuts loose from its C-47 tow plane. View from ground as gliders cut loose and maneuver for landing. View of a glider that crashed into a German Headquarters building, and view of another landing in water. Allied gliders destroyed (some burning) and damaged by German gunfire and passive defenses (15 foot poles planted closely in landing zones). A German artillery piece concealed at the edge of a landing zone. American troops, from the gliders, marching into Saint Marcouf, France. Montage of Allied advances and gunfire. Road sign pointing to Sainte Marie-du Mont and Carentan. U.S. troops moving through French town of Sainte Marie-du Monte. U.S. troops riding in a captured German Ketenkrad tracked motorcycle.
Allied drive through Normandy to Saint Lo, France, in World War II
Battle-weary American soldiers attend an open air chuch service by a barn in Normandy. U.S. gunners commence a concerted artillery barrage before tanks and infantry advance toward Saint Lo, France, in World War 2. Various artillery and tanks are seen, including one M4 Sherman Crab Tank (Mine sweeper). P-47s, flying low altitude close support missions, bomb a critical target, and troops move ahead on the way to Saint Lo. Two German soldiers run to surrender. Saint Lo falls. Scenes of the devastation in the city.
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