The day following the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War 2. German prisoners walk on wet sands of the beach, guarded by U.S. Army military police. Various Allied ships in background. German prisoners held temporarily between fences of barbed wire on the beach.
Flames and smoke rises off a bombed oil supply depot near base of British Army, during World War II. A building nearby catches fire and British soldiers and firemen use chemical foam apparatus to fight fire of the building. Bulldozers smother fire and build dike to hold back flaming oil. One bulldozer operated by a British officer and another by a United States Seebee officer.
Film executives accompanied by U.S. Army officers, visit Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. The destruction from battles in and around the town are evident in destroyed and broken buildings. The film producers, who wear Army uniforms without rank insignia, listen to military officers while standing on a main street. Several little girls stand on the sidewalk with their families, near the officers, and smile. One film producer hands cigarettes to a little girl to give to her father. Other local men accept cigarettes. Officers stand near their cars and talk. Some pedestrians and horse carts on the road. Civilians watch the meeting from balcony of their house.
Worn out paper money worth U.S. $1,500,000 is destroyed by treasury officers in Washington DC. Treasury officers untie bundles of currency notes that are in pile on the floor. They shovel bundles of cash into an incinerator.
U.S. warplanes burning at airfield from attack by Japanese airplanes. Armed military responding to the attack run past the burning planes. At least one of the burning aircraft is a B-17 bomber. (World War II period).
American Army General John L DeWitt's visit to Mexico. Mexican General Juan Felipe Islaz receives General DeWitt at the US-Mexican border. Bi-lingual sign board 'Alto Migration/ Stop Immigration' at the international border. General John L DeWitt and Mexican General Juan Felipe Islaz shake hands with each other as other officials surround them and watch. Both Generals talk to each other, shake hands and pose for a photograph.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.