France under Nazi rule during World War II. Young French workers at a German ammunition factory. The workmen attend classes to learn German. A woman instructor teaches them German. The workmen take notes. The instructor uses a black board to give instructions. She calls a student to write in German. Workers in an aircraft manufacturing plant. The men in protective gear work at various machines and use various equipment. They work on a semi-assembled aircraft. The workers tests the landing gear of aircraft. Men read a poster in French regarding a visit to the city on Sunday. Buildings on a street. Soldiers walk along as a tram passes on the road. From captured German newsreels.
Signs on a board at beachhead in France. "Water point", "Collection and clearing station" indicated by the signs. United States military policemen directs vehicular traffic on the beach. Heavy traffic on the beachhead. United States soldiers carrying full field packs walk on the field.
Men and women pick grapes on a farm in France. Children stand nearby. The men and women with baskets on their back. They pick grapes and drop them into the baskets and wheel barrows. The picked grapes are then loaded into barrels on a cart. People follow the cart and sing songs in French as the cart is driven away to a wine making facility. The barrels are unloaded and grapes collected in a vast container. Men with pitchforks sort the grapes. A worker offers another a glass of wine.
Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War 1. Several American pilots are shown in their aircraft. Opening scene shows pilot clad in heavy flying suit, helmet and goggles, climbing into cockpit of a De Havilland DH-4 aircraft, as another officer stands nearby. An army ground crewman steps to the propeller and slowly rotates it to clear any hydraulic lock. He then stands ready to pull it through for a start. Closeup of pilot in the cockpit. Another ground crewman joins hands with the first to help him as they pull the prop through and the engine starts. The aircraft taxis out, with a rear gunner also aboard. Halfway through the film, Eddie Rickenbacker is seen in a Spad VIII. Rickenbacker in the cockpit. Plane taxis before take off. Aircraft takes off with hangar in the background. Men push a plane with a pilot in the cockpit. Pilot in the cockpit of a DH-4 aircraft, the aircraft takes off. Plane in flight. Pilot in the cockpit of a Nieuport aircraft. Aircraft seen taking off and in flight.
General Charles De Gaulle addresses the people in France. The French guards stand in a line. Several people around watch. The General and the other officers move. General De Gaulle stands on a raised platform and speaks to the people. Several microphones on the platform. The officers around the platform. The crowd listen to the General. Few people with umbrellas. Several people hold flags. The general moves towards the French guards. Other officers look on.
Scenes of destruction and death in France, during World War 2. Film begins showing heavy smoke from burning military vehicles and tanks. Closeup of a dead German soldier. German soldiers pulling a dead soldier from the turret of a destroyed tank. A dirt road with a knocked out German tiger tank and other destroyed vehicles along its sides. Destroyed trucks and debris in a field. Bodies of dead German soldiers laid out on a field. German prisoners of war (POWs) marching under guard along the side of a road, past a dead horse and broken wagon on the other side. A dead German soldier lying atop the dead horse. A dead German soldier curled up in a ditch, like he was taking a nap. Closeups of German POWs marching past the camera. Two more dead German soldiers on the ground. More closeups of marching German POWs and Many in a field guarded by an American Military policemen manning a heavy machine gun. Closeups of POWs, many very young German soldiers, and some older and seasoned. Some captive German officers preserving semblance of military bearing and others appearing glad to be done with fighting, They are being searched and processed in open containment areas. A German soldier with a white cloth surrendering to an American soldier, who removes his steel helmet revealing a young man wearing glasses. More closeups of German prisoners of all ages and ranks. More views of POWs being marched to the rear as American troops walk past them headed toward the front. POWs being herded into a field.
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