United states B-26 bombers drop bombs over Nazi installations in France during World War II. Bomb bay doors of the aircraft opens and bombs hit a bridge over river Seine. Bombs impact causing a pillar of smoke to rise up. B-26 bombers drop bombs over towns and bridges. B-26 aircraft in flight during raid, as seen from various parts of one B-26 aircraft, including through gunners window with machine gun in foreground.
United States B-26 bombers return to home field after bombarding German installations in France during World War II. Injured crew men being removed from the planes and placed on litters. They are moved to military ambulances. Wrecked aircraft parts due to flak explosion. Crew men leave the field on bicycles.
German prisoners explain captured artillery pieces to Allied soldier in France during World War II. United States military truck being towed by a vehicle. Gliders land and are concealed by trees. Military trucks, ambulance and troops on the move.
German prisoner of war talks about captured artillery pieces to a U.S. Army soldier in France during World War II. In a separate scene, two U.S. Army soldiers enter through the door of a United States glider in a field. Views of the soldiers inside the glider as they examine the cockpit contents, search for information, and remove some papers from the seat back. Additional footage follows of the German POW explaining captured German artillery pieces to the American soldier.
A United States medic reads out a prayer from a book after burying an allied soldier in France. Other soldiers stand with their heads lowered. (World War II period).
General Dwight D Eisenhower, General Spaatz and Air Marshal Mallory discuss the plan for invading Normandy, France during World War II. Supplies are massed in England for the invasion. British soldiers and U.S. Army soldiers preparing for invasion and boarding ships for the voyage across the English Channel. Some British troops carry bicycles on board. U.S. soldiers marching toward landing craft and boarding landing craft. United States bomber aircraft fly and bombard coastal defenses in France. Aerial camera view from inside allied aircraft as it flies low over German Atlantic Wall defenses and fires rockets at the coastal defenses. Aerial view of beaches of Normandy in the days soon after the D-Day invasion of France. Allied troops landing and bringing supplies ashore. Groups of German soldier prisoners of war lined up under Allied guard. General Montgomery visits Normandy, arriving and jumping down to the beach from a DUKW amphibious vehicle. People in England receive news about the invasion through newspapers. British citizens holding the Evening Standard newspaper with headline reading "The Invasion of Europe Begins." British civilians buying newspapers and reading the news. A busy street in England and a queue of people buying newspapers at a newsstand. View of Allied aircraft flying in formation and closeup views of faces of British civilians looking up at the sky.
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