After end of World War I President Wilson goes to France to participate in treaty negotiations. While there he reviews American troops preparing to return to the United States. President Woodrow Wilson and General John Pershing on reviewing stand as American troops pass in review at General Pershing's Headquarters. President Wilson is seen wearing a fur coat.
Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II. Aerial views of Allied occupiied aerodrome with numerous gliders and United States C-47 tow plane aircraft parked in the field. they are marked with white D-day invasion stripes Tents set up at the field. Wrecked German airplanes and bomb craters. Wrecked aerodrome. Low level aerial views of bombed roads, railroads and bridges.
Allied aircraft bombard German targets in France before the invasion of Normandy during World War 2. A formation of U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers is silhouetted against the sky,. Next is a view from a bomber as its bombs fall away towards targets below. Flashes of bombs exploding in a row on the ground causing smoke to rise upwards rapidly. Glimpse of a U.S. B-17 bomber in flight. A descending trail of white smoke is seen behind the B-17. More views from an airplane of bombs falling from it through contrails below. Views from above of the bombs striking and raising smoke below.
Allied troops during the invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied troops walk along the beach. Men dig foxhole with helmet while others use a shovel. Soldiers carry wounded men on litters towards a landing craft. German prisoners rounded up on the beach. Wounded American soldiers placed in a landing craft.
Allied troops during the invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied soldiers disembark from a LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) and wade through waist deep water to reach the beach. Men advance inland. Barrage balloons fly over the beach.
Allied troops during the invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied soldiers talk to men of FFI (French Forces of the Interior). FFI armband. Allied trucks and tanks pass through a village.
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