Allied troops and war correspondents arriving at Utah Beach in Normandy, France not long after D-Day Invasion in World War 2. War correspondents Pete Carroll and Wes Hanes carry equipment across the beach. A ship grounded on the beach in the background. Allied troops, military vehicles and tanks on the beach. Bulldozers clear the road for the troops. Ships anchored and grounded at beach. Barrage balloons in the sky. Soldier drinks water. Military Police personnel dig trenches and fox holes behind a concrete wall. Banner reads: 'Green Beach HQ'. Troops and vehicles at the camp. German soldiers taken prisoner,with hands above their heads. Soldiers and war correspondents at their first Command Post in Normandy. Soldiers seated under a tree. One stands near a stream. U.S. General Joseph Collins talks to his officers. War correspondents including Larry LeSueur and Bob Landry eat and drink at the command post.
Allied troops in Cherbourg after the Normandy Landings on D-Day in World War 2. A former German Headquarters in the town. A portrait of the German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler. A U.S. soldier and MP (Military Police) point towards the portrait. The soldiers use it as a pin board, throwing darts at it.
Allied troops establish a beachhead at Normandy. A tank retriever makes a left turn as a DUKW (amphibious craft) drives by. 6X6 Army truck driving up the beach. DUKWs and bulldozer on the beach. Crafts in the background. A Military Policeman (MP) in a trench coat holding a rifle. Soldiers march in the background. (World War II period).
Allied troops establish a beachhead at Normandy during World War II. German prisoners marching along as an Allied soldier watches. A Military Policeman (MP) walks along. German Prisoners of War (POW) seated on the sand in a small barbed-wire enclosure. Group of prisoners. Trucks on the beach in the background.
German prisoners of war led away by the U.S. soldiers capturing Coblenz during World War 2. German soldiers come out of a gate with their hands raised followed by an American soldier. German soldiers led away. U.S. soldiers try to break down a door. A German lady comes out of a building and a U.S. soldier points out the way to her. A soldier enters the police headquarters at Coblenz. German prisoners of war led away by United States soldiers. A German soldier with a paper in his hand. German soldiers walking and seated with their hands above their heads. American soldiers smiling.
Boy scouts unveil Harry Brooks Memorial Tablet at Michigan Avenue and Shaefer Road, Detroit. Boy scouts, policemen and a large crowd of boys gather at the memorial. Some boys hold the American flags. Boys remove large wreath of flowers from the monument. Two boys remove the drape from the tablet. Two boys stand at attention at both sides of the memorial. An inscription on the tablet pays tribute to the boy scouts of Fordson.
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