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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220751-21
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1939-1944
Country: Canada,France,USA
Location: Cherbourg,Paris,Riviera,St Lo
TC Begins: 14:42:00
TC Ends: 14:51:10
Duration: 00:09:10
WWII - 1944, The French Campaign R2 of 2 Map shows progress of Allied troops on Cherbourg peninsula. Supplies and reinforcements moving off the beaches and heading inland. Battle action for port of Cherbourg. Artillery firing - tanks through town - 27th June, German garrison troops surrender. German POWs march down road under sign for Cherbourg. Engineers making repairs to docks at Cherbourg. Steam freight train. 14:43:28 Generals Eisenhower, Bradley & Patton confer at the front. Allied planes bomb St Lo area - US tanks and men advance. Animated map. German troops retreating. British and Canadian armies - battle scenes - firing artillery. Wrecked German tanks and equipment. Nazi POWs. 14:45:36 Military truck convoy bringing supplies to front line. 14:46:00 Liberation of Southern France - aircraft in formation - paratroopers - mass of parachutes 14:46:22 Allied forces land on the Riviera. 14:46:22 Paris - Eiffel Tower - Free French battle for Paris - street fighting - man throws grenade from window into truck loaded with German troops. General Leclerc & French 2nd Armored division moving up towards Paris. Troops welcomed by Parisians as they enter city. Battle scenes. German prisoners of war. 14:49:20 Crowds celebrate - newspaper headline re liberated Paris. Charles de Gaulle marches down Champs Elysées - military parade - Arc de Triomphe. Street scenes in liberated Paris. Two children playing. WW2; WWII; Fighting; Europe;