U.S. 4th Division, 8th Infantry, 3rd Battalion at the Marigny Front in Normandy, France during World War II. Soldiers and army vehicles move past a damaged building. Commander of U.S. 4th Infantry Division Major General Raymond O. Barton at a crossroad on the front line speaks to an infantryman and a jeep driver.
U.S. infantrymen advance in Saint Lo, Normandy, France during World War II. Opening slate calls this subject "Big Push," referring to the Allied offensive to break out of the Normandy beachhead and push inland, during World War 2. (It's official name was "Operation Cobra.") An M4 sherman tank followed by a jeep, pass the camera. Another jeep passes in the opposite direction. Next, are seen a Sherman tank and two 3-inch Gun Motor Carriages,M10, loaded with sandbags and displaying aerial recognition panels on their tops. U.S. infantrymen move cautiously in brush at side of the dirt road, as more armor passes. A soldier positions his aerial recognition panel in place on his jeep. (These were fluorescent panels to prevent friendly fire from Allied aircraft.)
U.S. medics near Saint Lo, Normandy during World War II. Red Cross ambulance on field. U.S. medics stand around. Medics treat the wounded on field. Soldiers on stretchers are placed into ambulance.
U.S. troops around Saint Lo, Normandy during World War II. Officers look through binoculars over hedgerow. Men on telephones. Scorpion tank equipped with chain flails, moves along road. Soldiers and tank move on road. Sign reads 'St. Lo.'. U.S. army jeeps and soldiers outside city wait to enter.
U.S. troops enter Saint Lo, Normandy during World War II. U.S. soldiers march down road and enter city of Saint Lo. German soldier arrive holding white flags and raising their hands to surrender themselves. Jeep loaded with prisoners pass along road. German prisoners walk past dead German soldiers.
View of a motorboat heading toward an Japanese Imperial Navy Niagra-class light cruiser anchored near a submarine, in waters off Kiska,in the Aleutian Islands, during World War 2. Scene shifts to Japanese naval guns firing. A U.S. Army Air forces B-24 Liberator bomber is seen in flight overhead. Explosion and smoke fills scene next to Japanese camera ship, and then another bomb explodes in the water nearby. A Japanese submarine and destroyer are in the background. Japanese ship fires anti-aircraft guns at a U.S. PBY-5 Catalina in flight overhead. Camera follows flight of the Catalina past ship's funnel which is emitting black smoke. Another bomb hits water near the ship. More anti-aircraft fire is seen from the ship. The Catalina turns away, with a slight trail of smoke behind. Next, a large explosion is seen from a bomb striking near the shore. A Catalina, flying toward the camera ship, passes over a hill, through black flak clouds, and is struck. It descends, emitting trailing puffs of black smoke and strikes the shoreline in an explosion and black smoke.
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