Beachhead at Normandy, France, following the Allied invasion in June, 1944 during World War 2. Numerous supply ships are in the water offshore. Landing craft are all along the beach. Military vehicles fill the beach itself. British and American troops, ashore, observe ship maneuvering near a floating dock. British infantry pour from the open ramp of large British landing craft, behind some American troops already landed and walking along the shore. American soldiers aboard a landing craft next to a transport ship. Closeup of one of the soldiers in the craft, who wears "Screaming Eagle" patch of 101st Airborne Division. The open deck of an exceptionally large landing craft is seen jammed with U.S. troops, ready to depart from a transport ship. They wave for the camera. An American army truck driving out of British Landing Ship Tank (HM 415) onto a floating dock. It makes its way behind others headed toward the shore. Closeup of soldier wielding a sledge hammer to secure pierced steel plank (Marsden Matting) onto the beach. A DUKW (duck amphibious truck). German prisoners of war, disarmed and under guard, marching casually toward the beach. Closeups of some passing the camera. View from the beach of some wading out to a waiting landing craft. View on the beach of others approaching the beach for evacuation. View shifts to captured German film depicting German coastal defenses and structures of the so-called "Atlantic Wall." German Field Marshal, Erwin Rommel, accompanied by Field Marshal, Gerd von Rundstedt, as they inspect the fortifications. Views of coastal guns. Several German soldiers, using a 4-wheel dolly, roll a huge shell and powder charge out of a bunker. They roll it toward a camouflaged railway gun. German soldiers climbing steel stairs up to the railway gun and hand-cranking the barrel into firing elevation. Marshal Rommel accompanied by a Navy admiral and a soldier, walks up to the twin barrels of a coastal defense gun. the pause directly in front of the barrels and converse. The Admiral and the soldier both salute, perhaps acknowledging a comment or order from Rommel. Extreme closeup of the gun barrels.Next, back on the beachhead, Briitish soldiers are seen walking along the beach past knocked out German fortifications and standing near other abandoned ones. A British soldier swings a sledge hammer a reinforced concrete structure on the beach. A French man and woman waving at American troops passing them. British soldiers riding in a British Universal Personnel Carrier, MK II. Two Frenchmen wave at the troops. In nearby town, British soldiers are happily greeted by local inhabitants, including a woman with a baby on the sidewalk; children looking out a window; and people gathered at a street corner. A British soldier holds a French boy and offers him a piece of candy. An American M7 ("Priest") self-propelled 105mm howitzer and armed with a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun. It moves through an intersection controlled by an MP (military policeman). Another one named "Apache" follows it. Local French inhabitants cheering the Americans as they pass through the town. An American soldier stands near several children as a DUKW amphibious truck veers somewhat, to avoid them while passing. He bends down to talk to the children and shares some candy with them. Infantrymen walk into a town, keeping close to buildings on both sides of the street. French men,women, and children wave and show "V for Victory" signs as some military policemen walk past.
Parade for General Douglas MacArthur in Boston, Massachusetts. Police hold back crowd as General Douglas MacArthur emerges from a building in Boston. General Douglas MacArthur inspects United States soldiers in formation on Summer St. as he walks from South Station after arriving in Boston. Sign for the Chester S. Brett Wool company on building in background. General Douglas MacArthur seated in the back of a convertible with policemen on motorcycles as security while parade proceeds beyond Kennedy's department store at 26-38 Summer St. and then down Winter St. past the Touraine gloves and hosiery store at the corner of Winter St. and Washington St. General Douglas MacArthur waves at crowd from convertible.
U.S. Marines land to begin guard duty in Vietnam. 3,500 United States Marines landing at a beach North of Danang, where they will guard an American jet airfield against attack by Vietcong guerrillas. Marines climbing down rope ladder into LST from ship. Marines running onto beach after LST reaches shore. (Vietnam War period).
Ammunition supply depot is shown. A soldier checks documents at the depot. The checked jeep proceed. Guards watch from an elevated guard tower lined with sand bags. Patrol vehicles move on an unpaved road of the depot. (Vietnam War period).
People gather to watch Bicentennial Parade in Washington DC. Cars parked in a ground. People stand. Buses stand. People march with banners and flags. "Marching Patriots" written on the banner. Policemen on the ground for the security. Buildings in the background. People march with flags and bands. Other men and women march in colorful costumes. People drink water.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh in Brussels. A large crowd awaits the arrival of Lindbergh. A band plays as his plane approaches. People watch as his plane lands. Policemen control the crowd. Lindbergh surrounded by security officials and other people.
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