Free French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank on a street in Antony, France firing its machine gun during World War II. Side view of a Free France M4 Sherman tank on the street as it fires machine gun. Sherman tank advances on the street. Wall nearby reads “A. COUSTY TLPH 0105 BOIS & CHARBONS BUREAU”. Soldiers advance after the tanks move. An injured German prisoner of war holds on to two soldiers’ shoulders as the soldiers escort him. Injured man and soldiers pass by a shop “DESMARAIS FRÈRES”.
Free French 2nd Armored Division tanks firing guns while parked on a street in Antony, France during World War II. Smoke emanates in the horizon as tank shells hit. M4 Sherman tanks rolling on street. Side view of a Free French M4 Sherman tank (“Auerstedt”) firing its machine gun. Close side view of M4 Sherman tank firing main gun.
French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank “SROCO” driving into a hedge near Paris, France during World War II. Advertisement for “ORANGE” on a wall is seen. French civilians crowd the streets of Paris during the arrival of Free French soldiers into the city. Civilians greet French soldiers and a few US troops on Jeeps and vehicles. A group of young men and women waving at Allied troops. A French man opens a Champagne bottle. French civilians hold Champagne bottles and glasses to celebrate arrival of Allied troops into Paris shortly after the city's liberation from German forces.
U.S. Navy Consolidated P2Y-1 flying boat in flight to Honolulu from Patrol Squadron Ten at San Francisco. The propeller of the United States Navy Consolidated P2Y-1 flying boat starts and it taxis down the ramp into water. The P2Y-1 with hull and stub lower wing takes off for flight from San Fransisco to Honolulu. Four P2Y-1 fly in formation. An old battleship underway at sea in the background. The P2Y-1 lands. A group of officers. The P2Y-1 taxis in water. A man signals. The P2Y-1 takes off on water. Four P2Y-1 fly in formation. California coast in the background. The P2Y-1 in flight over Hawaii. The P2Y-1 arrives in Hawaii and lands at Pearl Harbor. P2Y-1 taxis down the ramp into the water. The aircraft handlers take some gears off the aircraft.
S-2E flyby past the USS Wallace L Lind (DD-703) underway in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Two S-2E make approach over water as seen from Wallace L Lind. Helicopters dip sonar far off beam of USS Wallace L Lind. S-2E's in flight over water. S-2E in flight over Wallace L Lind. It flies toward helicopters dipping sonar in the background. S-2E makes approach low over water towards Wallace L Lind and flies with MAD boom extended. S-2E makes approach over water past Wallace L Lind on fly-by. SH-3A in flight high over water. SH-3A dips sonar. S-2E flies low with MAD boom extended. SH-3A dips sonar. Charles P Cecil (DD-835) underway. SH-3A helicopters dip sonar over signal flare marker on water. S-2E fly-by past Wallace L Lind with MAD boom extended. S-2E approaches Wallace L Lind and circles.
M2 Carbine fired in the United States. A man holds M1 and M2 Carbine. A lever on M2 that makes it different from the M1. A man fires M2 carbine as he pulls the trigger. Lever being moved forward and M2 is automatically operated. Magazine used for the M2 Carbine. An operating model of M2 Carbine. A lever being fitted on the crank pin. Trigger being squeezed to demonstrate the mechanism of the new M 2 Carbine. A man pulls th lever. Slide of the operating model moves down. Selector being fitted on crank pin. A man demonstrates the automatic and semi automatic mechanism of the M 2 Carbine. A man fires the Carbine. (World War II period).
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