United States airmen at Alto Air Base in Corsica, France during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft lined up at the air base. A pilot in a cockpit and propellers of an aircraft in motion. A P-47 aircraft taxis. Major Manda signals take off.
United States airmen at Alto Air Base in Corsica, France during World War II. Women perform on a stage during a ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association) show for U.S. Army airmen at the air base (akin to the USO, but British based). The soldiers clap as they watch the artists perform. Women in grass skirts, gowns, and shorter skirts perform on the stage. Girls in skirts dance to entertain the airmen. Soldiers smile, laugh, and clap. An airman also performs on the stage, imitating a girl dancing.
United States airmen at Borgo air base in Corsica, France during World War II. A wrecked Royal Air Force Wellington bomber at Borgo air base and a crane next to it. An aircraft in flight over the air base. The crane near the nose section of the aircraft. A sign on the fuselage reads 'Johny Quaker, the Jerry Shaker'.
Allied invasion of southern France during World War II. French and German wounded being laid on straw in a truck at Marseilles by FFI (French Forces of the Interior) men. The wounded lying on the straw in a truck. Two wounded soldiers seated as one with a bandage on his head smokes a cigarette. FFI men carry a wounded on a stretcher.
Opening scene shows the German submarine U-967 returning to Port after a patrol in the Western Mediterranean, in May, 1944, during World War 2. The boat's Captain, Kapitanleutnant Albrecht Brandi is seen in the conning tower, wearing a white cap. Glimpse of the U-boats emblem, a four-leaf Clover superimposed over the numeral 7, is seen on the side of the boat. Closeup of Captain Brandi wearing his Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern) awarded during this latest Patrol (in which they torpedoed the U.S. Destroyer, USS Fechteler, on May 5, 1944). Extreme closeup of Brandi. Closeups of several of his officer crewmen. Scene shifts to a pier at the German occupied Naval Base in Toulon, France, Where Kapitanleutnant Brandi receives a large bouquet of flowers and a congratulatory hug and kiss from a young woman. Closeup of Brandi holding the bouquet and smiling.
French civilians remove large trees used as roadblocks in Avranches (Normandy), France during World War 2. Frenchmen uses ropes to push down timber roadblocks. A man uses a hammer, striking the base of the roadblock to make it fall. Two men sawing the base of a large roadblock. Frenchmen pulling down roadblock with a rope. Frenchmen strike bases of timber with hammers. Rope is tied on top of the roadblock. Men sawing timber roadblock. Men pulling rope to remove roadblock. An Allied truck drive past Frenchmen discussing near roadblock.
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