United States soldiers in Saint Malo, France. United States tanks loaded with soldiers move along the road. Soldiers move down the streets between buildings. U.S. medics carry stretchers. Soldiers fire carbines and tommy guns. Soldiers with guns on their shoulders. Soldiers fire bazooka. Soldiers with bayoneted rifles. Ambulance passes by. A U.S. soldier receives first aid. (World War II period).
United States soldiers in Saint Malo, France. United States soldiers and French Forces of the Interior (FFI) talk. They look at road signs. Civilians on the street. Mayor surrounded by other men. U.S. soldiers talk to civilians. Several soldiers drink wine. Soldiers move in a tree lined street. Civilians on the street. Houses in the background. Soldiers ride horses. Soldiers rest. U.S. soldiers feed civilians. Civilians stand in lines for the meal. (World War II period).
U.S. soldiers in Saint Malo, France. Civilians with cycles. Civilians talk to each other. Prisoners in field. Civilians talk to them. A civilian talks to an officer with map. A man holds documents in a communications truck. Civilians behind a fence in the background. A sign reads 'St Malo'. A woman leads a cow. A man with a baby carriage. Trucks loaded with U.S. soldiers pass by. (World War II period).
Trial of French spies in Cherbourg, France during World War 2. Gendarmes (French national police) stand outside a building. Jeep in view. Spy handcuffed to Gendarme. The spies hide their faces by hand. Crowd gathered in building. French spies stand. Court in session. Spies seated and shield their faces. Spies in custody of Gendarme.
The Soviet ship Vyacheslav Molotov is seen, docked at the French port of Le Havre. A crane raises cargo onto the ship. Ukrainian and Belorussian passengers stand on the pier, ready to board the ship that will take them to their former hometowns. One woman walks up the gangplank with a flag and a carryall displaying the image of Joseph stalin. On the pier, French Army officers process the embarking passengers, as a Soviet Army officer stands nearby. Closeup of documents being stamped. (Narrator states that these refugees fled their homes for France, 20 years earlier, when they were under the domination of Poland.) The Soviet officer encouraging passengers up the gangplank. View from high on the ship, of passengers clustered around the processing station. Camera pans up to the ship's funnel, where Soviet hammer and sicle is displayed. View from behind people waving on the dock, of the passengers lining the railing of the ship, waving goodbye as the ship slowly begins to move forward and then is seen underway. Scene fades to reopen showing the ship in waters of the Black Sea approaching the port of Odessa, Ukraine. Buildings seen upon cliffs overlooking the port. Several views of the passengers assembled on deck looking toward shore. Closeups of passengers and their flags. A Ukrainian woman gives a speech about her joy at homecoming. Other passengers applaud. A man holds up a homemade sign reading (in Russian) "LONG LIVE SOVIET-HOMELAND I-EE-GOVERNMENT." Passengers disembarking down the gangplank, carrying flags and riding in open small trucks away from the ship.
Camp Philip Morris in Le Havre, France. War brides of American soldiers at railway station preparing to travel to Camp Philip Morris. Several American soldiers are seen with their wives and babies. The war brides fill the train and it leaves the station, as American Military Police in white helmets stand and salute. Passengers look out of the windows of the railroad cars. A sign reads 'Camp Philip Morris'. War brides arrive by bus and carry belongings to their quarters. Camp buildings in view.
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