Allied Invasion of France during World War II. Aerial view of the bombardments on the German aircraft by U.S. Army 8 th Air Force Fighter Squadron. Aircraft being parked on airfield. Allied attack on seaplanes at sea. Bombardment on locomotives moving on tracks and ships underway at sea. Allied attack on the German aircraft in flight. Grasslands in the background. Aircraft dives and explodes.
Bridge construction in Paris during Allied Invasion of France in World War II Construction of the American bridge across the river. Officer instructs as the workers construct bridge. Engineer operates crane and places steel treadway. Engineers attach and seal the treadways with one another. Pontoon floats are used to provide support. View of the completed bridge. Tanks move across the bridge.
German capitulation in Paris,France during World War II. United states Army General Mark Wayne Clark arrives in Paris. He disembarks car. Officers greet and receive him. General Clark seated at office. He interacts with the officers. Group of German occupation forces gathered by the allied soldiers. German with their hands on head.
General De Gaulle visits Paris,France during World War II. Aerial view of the Arc De Triomphe. French General Charles De Gaulle places wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. De Gaulle leads on the procession and tours the city. Notre Dame De Cathedral. Large crowd of civilians gather at the street square. Snipers fire artillery on the crowded streets. Civilians escape and hide beneath vehicles. Buildings in the background. Wounded people are carried on litters to hospitals. Soldiers fire back at snipers. Police capture Germans. Angry civilians beat the Germans as the Police drive them away through streets.
General Eisenhower visits Paris,France during World War II. Arc De Triomphe. United States Army General Dwight D Eisenhower visits Paris. Officers greet and receives him. Eisenhower tours the city. American troops march on the streets. Civilians greet and cheers the troops.
Note: This film was shown during World War 2 and edited for security reasons. Accordingly, some narrated statements are incorrect or misleading, and should be disregarded. Film opens showing a sentry posted at Yugoslav Partisan Leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito's mountain headquarters in Drvar, Western Bosnia, Yugoslavia. Marshal Tito steps from his headquarters to a lower porch where he stands with American OSS Officer, American Army Major Linn M. Farish, American Liaison to the Partisans, and British Brigadier General Fitzroy Maclean, Winston Churchill's special envoy to the Yugoslav leader. (For security reasons, they are identified as war correspondents.) Scene shifts to the town of Drvar that has experienced several periods of German occupation. Local people go about their daily activities and some pose for the camera. Women are seen salvaging silk from Allied parachutes, that they have spread out on the ground. It will be used as bandages for their Partisan army. View from above of a number of Partisan fighters gathering before the camera. One, a woman with dark hair wearing a black coat, is identified by the narrator, as a 21-year old Montenegrin who left school to join the Partisans. Closeup of that woman conversing with uniformed women soldiers. Next, a loose column of Partisan fighters is seen marching slowly through the town of Drvar. Scene shifts to a large formation of marching Yugoslav Partisan soldiers, who are training in Italy. They are seen standing if formation in a field, under Marshal Tito's command. He orders their officers forward and exchanges salutes with them. Marshal Tito then inspects the ranks. Women soldiers are seen conversing with Tito. He converses with his Chief of Staff, General Koča Popović. Closeup of a smiling woman Partisan fighter. Closeup of a soldier with a notable white moustache. Closeup of two uniformed women with Red Cross armbands. The Partisan soldiers marching across the field with shouldered arms. Film closes with closeup of Marshal Tito in front of his headquarters.
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