WWII - Color, 1944, France, St Lo - Part 3
POV from car past abandoned German? tank. Sign “Coutances”. Army photographers w/ tripod on jeep in town center near advertising billboard for men’s clothes. Setting up cameras as convoy drives past on dusty road. Armed GIs & jeeps activity in town street. Road sign “St Sauveur-Lendelin 8km - Carentan 32km”. Red Cross jeep - wounded tended by medics - feet of wounded popping out of ambulance. GI walking cautiously in ruined & rubbled street.
Rennes? Gis being welcomed: two French civilians offer Americans flowers. Cameramen setting up gear to photograph tanks going past. Civilians w/ belongings on cart. GIs & small groups of French civilian’s (mostly women) talking animatedly. POV from car French civilians waving. GIs toasting on French civilians doorstep - mayor? French women posing w/ GIs by jeep. GIs & French civilians by beach.
13:30:40 Americans & Free French by jeep wreckage on roadside. Jeep driving.
13:31:38 Sign “St Malo and PAN to exterior cafe & jeep parked nearby - French kids by GI’s jeep. French women smile at camera. Cafe sign “A La Haute Becassiere - cafe - roofing”. GIs in rubbled street - fire raging inside house seen through window. Exterior Town Hall with black flag at window. Two GIs drinking wine straight from bottle by roadside near jeep. CU Bordeaux bottle labeled “Johnston & fils” - GIs chat with French civilian.
13:33:33 Rennes - street scene town center - pedestrians, US military vehicle parked - man in unid. police uniform walks past. GIs in town square downing bottle of wine. Black free French soldier (Senegalese?) Free French. GIs looking at maps. Road marker N776 indicating Rennes 13 km and Antrain 32 km.
Jeep convoy at camp and on country road.
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NOTE: Use of this footage requires a credit as follows: “Includes footage from the George Stevens Collection at the Library of Congress”
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WWII - Color, 1944, France, St Lo - Part 3 POV from car past abandoned German? tank. Sign “Coutances”. Army photographers w/ tripod on jeep in town center near advertising billboard for men’s clothes. Setting up cameras as convoy drives past on dusty road. Armed GIs & jeeps activity in town street. Road sign “St Sauveur-Lendelin 8km - Carentan 32km”. Red Cross jeep - wounded tended by medics - feet of wounded popping out of ambulance. GI walking cautiously in ruined & rubbled street. Rennes? Gis being welcomed: two French civilians offer Americans flowers. Cameramen setting up gear to photograph tanks going past. Civilians w/ belongings on cart. GIs & small groups of French civilian’s (mostly women) talking animatedly. POV from car French civilians waving. GIs toasting on French civilians doorstep - mayor? French women posing w/ GIs by jeep. GIs & French civilians by beach. 13:30:40 Americans & Free French by jeep wreckage on roadside. Jeep driving. 13:31:38 Sign “St Malo and PAN to exterior cafe & jeep parked nearby - French kids by GI’s jeep. French women smile at camera. Cafe sign “A La Haute Becassiere - cafe - roofing”. GIs in rubbled street - fire raging inside house seen through window. Exterior Town Hall with black flag at window. Two GIs drinking wine straight from bottle by roadside near jeep. CU Bordeaux bottle labeled “Johnston & fils” - GIs chat with French civilian. 13:33:33 Rennes - street scene town center - pedestrians, US military vehicle parked - man in unid. police uniform walks past. GIs in town square downing bottle of wine. Black free French soldier (Senegalese?) Free French. GIs looking at maps. Road marker N776 indicating Rennes 13 km and Antrain 32 km. Jeep convoy at camp and on country road. WW2; Color; NOTE: Use of this footage requires a credit as follows: “Includes footage from the George Stevens Collection at the Library of Congress”