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WWII - 1944, France: US Troops Advancing Enter Pontabault, Rennes, Laval. 03-06Aug44
Title: CF-778. MS, 2 columns of infantry advance away from camera along road to Pontabault, abandoned German wreckage & horse-drawn equipment on roadside.
13:08:09 MS, soldiers rest along heavily damaged buildings next to Pontabault sign; get up to leave w/ collapsed bridge in background & march out of city.
13:08:34 Town scenes w/ women & old men watching, waving to GIs in trucks thru streets. Horse & hearse beside road. LS thru town street. MSs, soldiers cut barbed wire obstacles in the streets. Old man posting notice on wall. French civilians reading proclamations.
13:09:11 Interior w/ soldier playing pump organ; CU girl singing standing in front of women.
13:09:22 MS & CUs Brig General Benjamin 0 Davis speaking to Black & White correspondents / journalists including American woman.
13:09:32 MS & POV, trucks pass civilians / nuns & school girls on road to Rennes.
13:09:39 Crowd cheers soldiers as they pass through Rennes. CUs women, French police watch.
13:09:59 CU, two soldiers who had been captured by the Germans talking w/ women, kissed.
13:10:17 Old woman (collaborationist ?) marched between two men followed by crowd.
13:10:23 CUs, women collaborationists, one with clipped head & smeared with iodine, marched thru street.
13:10:33 Balcony w/ speaker & US military above US & French flags. MCU. LS of crowd listening.
13:10:48 MS, troops enter Mayenne, past sign, civilians waving; past destruction.
13:11:04 CU sign: Blvd Marechal Petain. Trucks & infantry past destruction. Sign Alencon 60 km, Paris 253 km. Burning buildings in background, Christ on cross in foreground.
13:11:31 MSs, CUs, tanks & infantry enter Laval past sign. GOOD.
13:11:53 Infantrymen fire across river at Germans in Laval, bridge in background. CUs behind wall on riverbank. CUs tank, tank crew, civilians.
13:12:35 CUs, civilians tear down German posters. Falag; trucks w/ artillery into town. Signs, soldier on truck w/ dogs.
13:13:11 Sign: Mayenne / Le Mans / Tours / Angers. Jeep crossing Bailey Bridge across the river into Laval w/ damaged buildings.
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NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944, France: US Troops Advancing Enter Pontabault, Rennes, Laval. 03-06Aug44 Title: CF-778. MS, 2 columns of infantry advance away from camera along road to Pontabault, abandoned German wreckage & horse-drawn equipment on roadside. 13:08:09 MS, soldiers rest along heavily damaged buildings next to Pontabault sign; get up to leave w/ collapsed bridge in background & march out of city. 13:08:34 Town scenes w/ women & old men watching, waving to GIs in trucks thru streets. Horse & hearse beside road. LS thru town street. MSs, soldiers cut barbed wire obstacles in the streets. Old man posting notice on wall. French civilians reading proclamations. 13:09:11 Interior w/ soldier playing pump organ; CU girl singing standing in front of women. 13:09:22 MS & CUs Brig General Benjamin 0 Davis speaking to Black & White correspondents / journalists including American woman. 13:09:32 MS & POV, trucks pass civilians / nuns & school girls on road to Rennes. 13:09:39 Crowd cheers soldiers as they pass through Rennes. CUs women, French police watch. 13:09:59 CU, two soldiers who had been captured by the Germans talking w/ women, kissed. 13:10:17 Old woman (collaborationist ?) marched between two men followed by crowd. 13:10:23 CUs, women collaborationists, one with clipped head & smeared with iodine, marched thru street. 13:10:33 Balcony w/ speaker & US military above US & French flags. MCU. LS of crowd listening. 13:10:48 MS, troops enter Mayenne, past sign, civilians waving; past destruction. 13:11:04 CU sign: Blvd Marechal Petain. Trucks & infantry past destruction. Sign Alencon 60 km, Paris 253 km. Burning buildings in background, Christ on cross in foreground. 13:11:31 MSs, CUs, tanks & infantry enter Laval past sign. GOOD. 13:11:53 Infantrymen fire across river at Germans in Laval, bridge in background. CUs behind wall on riverbank. CUs tank, tank crew, civilians. 13:12:35 CUs, civilians tear down German posters. Falag; trucks w/ artillery into town. Signs, soldier on truck w/ dogs. 13:13:11 Sign: Mayenne / Le Mans / Tours / Angers. Jeep crossing Bailey Bridge across the river into Laval w/ damaged buildings. WW2; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk