Celebrations on the return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule in Paris, France. French cavalry and troops along with troops of Allied nations exhibit a parade at the Champs Elysees. Citizens gather in large numbers to celebrate. French, American and British flags hoisted in parade. A parade by Red Cross nurses. French President Raymond Poincaré, French Prime Minister George Clemenceau and French Marshall Joseph Joffre along with other dignitaries review the parade.
French haute couture and ready-to-wear label Torrente display its fall and winter collections during a fashion show in Paris, France. A model wearing a Stetson hat takes off her coat to show a semi-backless skimmer dress. Models wear Stetson hats, high boots, stockings, and mini culottes in geometric prints for Torrente’s autumn collection. A woman poses in a little black dress (LBD). Woman takes off black fur coat to show off her black mini gown with decolletage. A woman wears an evening gown with a daring cut.
An ammunition dump is destroyed at Ostel in France. Explosions, smoke and flames rise at the site of the target ammo dump. U.S. 103rd Field Artillery troops in action during World War 1. They fire artillery pieces from behind a partially crumbled brick wall.
Opening scene shows U.S. soldiers firing rifles as they advance in the hedge rows (Bocage) of Normandy after the D-Day invasion in World War 2. Lightning is seen as a storm begins. Various invasion ships and boats are seen being pummeled by wind and waves. Some ships are seen tilted against the shore and damage to beachhead installations is evident all across the shore the wake of the storm. Landing craft of various sizes are left where they had been driven by the storm onto the shore. Twisted steel and damaged boats are seen everywhere. Views of U.S. infantry advancing into the interior of Normandy, under fire. A Sherman tank camouflaged with foliage, moves past demolished building. Troops marching single file along the sides of a rural road. At TC: 00: 57, the film continues with enactments of German officers in conference. At TC: 01:06, the actual Normandy beachhead is seen again with troops and war materiel being delivered without port facilities. Amphibious 2 and a half ton trucks (DUKWs) are seen making their way from transport ships to the shore. View of cargoes being lowered from a transport ship to a DUKW. Views of crew on the ship's deck, including an African American operating the cargo hoist. Closeup of cargo net with supplies dropping into a DUKW. Closeup two soldiers (one an African American) riding in a DUKW. Trucks and cranes on the beach. A soldier operates a crane placing ammunition into a truck. Crew member on a transport ship passes Jerry cans of fuel to a soldier in a DUKW. An M36 tank destroyer (90 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M36) filled with soldier, drives from ashore from an LST. Numerous trucks gathered on the beachhead. Closeups of two soldiers at the front. Closeup of M36 tank destroyer moving toward the camera. Aerial overview of a beachhead. Soldiers with shovels fill holes in a roadway as trucks pass. A destroyed railroad yard. A destroyed airfield. A destroyed harbor. Destroyed rail line and communications lines at Valognes, in Normandy, France. African American soldiers using special equipment to string communications lines onto telephone poles. Closeups of them in vehicles designed for that purpose. Closeups of wires being unspooled. American soldiers connecting wires atop a pole. A group of African American soldiers working on telephone lines. Others are seen using mine detectors. An African American soldier operating a mobile crane. African American soldiers installing pierced steel plank (Marsden matting) on an airfield. A team of African American soldiers placing rails in place for a railroad. Others working on pipeline. One uses an acetylene torch to weld a pipe. Fuel gushing from a hose refueling an armored vehicle. The destroyed port of Cherbourg occupied by American troops. View a week later of the harbor in full operation. Cranes unloading a locomotive at the port. View of port operations on July 4, 1944. A German aircraft overhead and bombs exploding. More views of work being done on the port. Stockpiles of supplies at the port. A Sherman tank moving with infantry. Troops moving along sides of a road. An M36 tank destroyer is welcomed by local civilians as it moves through their town. A 75 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 moves through a town 25 miles from Paris. American infantry marching through a town. Heavy army trucks carry supplies. Sign posted for the "Red Ball Express." Columns of trucks carrying supplies from the port of Cherbourg to the front. Mines exploding nearby as the trucks move at night. Closeup of an African American soldier driving one of the trucks.
U.S. 18th Field Artillery units position 155's (artillery guns) near Viffort in France during World War I. Artillery supplies arrive at Courboin. Terrain near Conde-en-Brie. 111th Infantry troops man trenches at Viffort. The 150th Field Artillery bombards Suippes.-Thierry.
Paris, France. Jewish refugees eat in a dining room of the refugee hostel while few men and women serve them. The hostel is located at 16 Rue Lamarck, Montmartre. Nurses feed several children in a Jewish Society nursery at 12 Rue des Saules. Several children at play in the nursery as others are fed by nurses. Views of the children learning to use the toilet facilities at the nursery.
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