WWII - Color, 1944, France, St Lo - Part 4
Antiaircraft gun on coast - sea and explosions on rock at sea. Exterior French castle and its garden - GIs boxing in courtyard. Lush green countryside and fields.
13:38:01 - entering town - excellent short scene of excited civilian crowd gathered round US army photographers’ vehicle with GI throwing sweets? or cigarettes? Town centre - vehicle marked with Free French insignia - crowds cheering.
jeeps on road - convoy pauses on roadside - Stevens talking with French children. US military convoy through French town. Officer typing at typewriter standing up outdoors. Small girl and mother in doorway in town. Free French parade by church. Pretty French woman talking animatedly to others. Old man in Breton hat. Girls in white shorts and black cape under French flag and statue of unknown soldier with Marianne.
13:41:05 POV countryside with tank on roadside. Free French incl. women march in town in makeshift uniforms. GIs talking with Free French. GIs in jeep through town. Church spires. French civilians or resistors discussing with GIs outdoors. Old French resistant with beret and gun on lap. US military convoy through town waving to civilians - women throw flowers at GIs.
13:43:49 Exterior French manor or castle with black flag at window. Jeep in middle of street in town center with civilians milling about - exterior cathedral and sign re bomb shelter. Americans in courtyard of Prefecture. Unshaven resistors. Small troupe Free French in uniform march past incl. Senegalese. Free French flag hanging outside building.
13:45:59 POV from car past garage and road sign ‘Paris”. French and US Army road signs on street corner and jeep stopped nearby.
13:46:14 US soldier sitting by British flag overlooking busy intersection with traffic incl. autos, bicycles and horse-drawn vehicles. Crossing pontoon bridge on river - views of river - damaged cathedral and ruins of bombed bridge nearby - village by pontoon bridge and GIs by riverbank. Road sign “Evreux 47km - Rouen 81 km - Houdan 26 km”. Red Cross ambulance and other military vehicles crossing pontoon bridge.
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WWII - Color, 1944, France, St Lo - Part 4 Antiaircraft gun on coast - sea and explosions on rock at sea. Exterior French castle and its garden - GIs boxing in courtyard. Lush green countryside and fields. 13:38:01 - entering town - excellent short scene of excited civilian crowd gathered round US army photographers’ vehicle with GI throwing sweets? or cigarettes? Town centre - vehicle marked with Free French insignia - crowds cheering. jeeps on road - convoy pauses on roadside - Stevens talking with French children. US military convoy through French town. Officer typing at typewriter standing up outdoors. Small girl and mother in doorway in town. Free French parade by church. Pretty French woman talking animatedly to others. Old man in Breton hat. Girls in white shorts and black cape under French flag and statue of unknown soldier with Marianne. 13:41:05 POV countryside with tank on roadside. Free French incl. women march in town in makeshift uniforms. GIs talking with Free French. GIs in jeep through town. Church spires. French civilians or resistors discussing with GIs outdoors. Old French resistant with beret and gun on lap. US military convoy through town waving to civilians - women throw flowers at GIs. 13:43:49 Exterior French manor or castle with black flag at window. Jeep in middle of street in town center with civilians milling about - exterior cathedral and sign re bomb shelter. Americans in courtyard of Prefecture. Unshaven resistors. Small troupe Free French in uniform march past incl. Senegalese. Free French flag hanging outside building. 13:45:59 POV from car past garage and road sign ‘Paris”. French and US Army road signs on street corner and jeep stopped nearby. 13:46:14 US soldier sitting by British flag overlooking busy intersection with traffic incl. autos, bicycles and horse-drawn vehicles. Crossing pontoon bridge on river - views of river - damaged cathedral and ruins of bombed bridge nearby - village by pontoon bridge and GIs by riverbank. Road sign “Evreux 47km - Rouen 81 km - Houdan 26 km”. Red Cross ambulance and other military vehicles crossing pontoon bridge. WW2; Use of this footage requires a credit as follows: “Includes footage from the George Stevens’ Collection at the Library of Congress”