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.
Allied invasion of southern France during World War II. Accused Male collaborators being arrested for assisting the Germans and taken away by FFI (French Free Forces) men. An old woman kisses men on a street. German prisoners of war, under guard, march past a military truck on a street. They are halted as British soldiers approach carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher.
Allied invasion of southern France during World War II. Corsican women and soldiers outside a dispensary at Alto Air Base in Corsica, France. A young girl wearing a hat outside the dispensary. U.S. Army trucks and jeeps on a road towards Bologne, Italy.
Allied invasion of southern France during World War II. Armorers and ground crew work on a U.S. Army Air Forces A-26 Invader aircraft at a field in France. Men work on the nose section of the aircraft. Aircraft in formation flight over the field. An A-26 Invader aircraft taxis along the field.
Allied invasion of southern France during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Forces A-26 Invader aircraft taxis along a field. Propellers of another A-26 rotate and it begins to taxi. Armorers and ground crew work on an A-26 aircraft in a field. Men work on the nose section of the aircraft. A crew member works under the fuselage of the aircraft.
Film opens with map of western coast and towns in France. Camouflaged trucks filled with German infantry drive along rural French road in World War 2. Closeup of smiling soldiers in one truck. A makeshift sign reads (in German) "One-way street to the front." A soldier passes out newspapers to other soldiers riding bicycles. Closeup of a soldier reading the newspaper. Closeup of the paper has headline reading (in German) "Eisenhower has not surprised us." Troops on bicycles ride through a village. Large wooden sign warns (in German) that the enemy understands things you might say about military activities. Camouflaged vehicles drive along a road, passing overturned civilian vehicles at the sides of the road. View from rear of German soldier on motorcycle, with foliage on his helmet, looking skyward for aircraft. Formations of Allied aircraft are seen overhead, and German troops seek protection in ditches at side of the road. Scene shifts to German troops firing anti-aircraft guns at the planes. Black flak clouds are seen near the Allied airplanes. A lone B-17 bomber is seen overhead. Next, burning wreckage of an aircraft is seen strewn across a field. No markings are visible on the wreckage. A sign identifies the town of Avranches in Southern France. German infantry enter the war-torn town on civilian cars and other vehicles of opportunity and motorcycles. A German half track personnel carrier tows an artillery field piece.
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