View of Saint Lo town during allied bombings of World War II. CIC patrol moves through ruins of Saint Lo . Patrol searches for deserted buildings though streets. Engineers use mine detectors. An engineer probes for mine.
United States soldiers fix hedgerow cutters in France during World War II. The military tank M5A1 is driven into heavy hedgerow. United States Ord soldiers fix the hedgerow cutters on tank M5A1. Soldiers climb up M5A1 tank and it is driven away. The hedgerow cutters were fashioned using metal beach blockades set up by the Germans in Normandy.
Wounded soldiers of U.S. and British troops at 42nd field hospital in Saint Mere Eglise France near Normandy after D-Day. Large number of wounded soldiers lie on litters. Field hospital tents can be seen around. Wounded on litters are lifted into a DUKW by group of medics. (World War II period).
U.S. troops reach Northern coast of France to invade German-occupied France. Large number of United States soldiers enter the LCM boat to reach from ship to shore. View of armed soldiers in LCM moving towards shore. Soldiers wading ashore. Soldiers dig in near beach wall and climb up ridge. (World War II period).
As film begins, elements of the U.S, ("Essex Troop") are seen passing under an overpass. The first is an M3 Half-track. Then several armored vehicles are seen from behind as they cross a pontoon bridge from Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry, to Seine Port, France, en route to Paris during World War 2. Soldiers, directing traffic across the bridge, stand beside it on grassy slope. Closeup of an M7 tank crossing the bridge. More views from the Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry side of the bridge as armored vehicles casually move across toward Seine Port. Front view of an M3 half-track heading toward the camera, crossing the bridge.
Mast of British ship with British Naval Ensign shown. Allied warships off coast of Normandy in World War 2. Several barrage balloons aloft. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower seen on bridge of the British Royal Navy Leander-class light cruiser HMS Apollo with British Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, Naval Commander in Chief of the Allied Naval Expeditionary Force for the invasion. Landing craft approaches ship and General Omar N Bradley boards the HMS Apollo. He is greeted by General Eisenhower and Admiral Ramsey. Another craft nears the ship and British General Bernard L. Montgomery boards the HMS Apollo.
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