WWII - 1944 - France: US Army near Versailles; 2nd Armored Attack in Grain Fields; Paris Arrival. 22-25Aug44

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944 - France: US Army near Versailles; 2nd Armored Attack in Grain Fields; Paris Arrival. 22-25Aug44 INV 1402. 23Aug44. 23rd Co, Third Army (US) meets 2nd French Armored Div on road near Versailles. Tank beside the road, tank crew sitting on it w/ helmets on, CU. 05:25:33 Slate: Camera Sgt R. Meyer. 23Aug44 German trucks etc. driven by GIs. Soldiers on top shaking hands w/ teenage boys. Bloody wounded French man from tank crew tended. 05:26:18 Slate: same. Roll 2. Tank crew looking at map w/ French. Others on tank. FFI in small car beside GIs in jeep. LS w/ damaged buildings behind & moving out past waving villagers. 05:27:12 INV 1403. 23Aug44. US 2nd Armored attack near Venon, France (per card). Wounded German on ground in brush given medical aid beside road; Germans surrender in hay field, searched. Tank thru field; smoke ahead. 3 women, dog & GI chewing gum crouched near house. 2nd Armd Div tanks past burning houses. Heavily burned house. Burning debris by roadside; POWs searched. Burning tank. GI watching fire; throw torch into grass over vehicle. 05:29:37 LS across field w/ rockets firing & smoke rising in background. Wounded German POWs in field. German w/ surrender flag running out of field, searched. Men on tank firing rifle. Tanks advance followed by GIs. Very young Germans surrender. Soldiers of 41st Inf Regt, 66th Armd Regt, 2nd Armored Div. 05:31:17 INV 1410. 25Aug44. Paris Liberation. GIs thru Latin Quarter, people wave & give V-signs. Cameraman. Kids. Street Scenes & people waving. CU of women. 05:32:24 Slate: Garcia (?). 25Aug44. Man walking w/ FFI & police. Views in street, damaged statue. CUs on jeep, V-sign. GIs throw out cigarettes. French climbing on lion statue & parked tank. 05:33:29 INV 1411. Slate, Camera Sykes. 22Aug44 1st Div HQ, France General Eisenhower w/ Under-Secretary of War Robert Patterson. Out of staff car & greeted by 2-Star Major-General Clarence Huebner. 05:33:57 People welcome troops in Paris, CUs & waving. Scramble onto statue, jeep. Man kissing woman. 05:34:39 INV 1412. Slate: Camera: T.W. Sizer. Roll 1 (23Aug44 per card). Free French before Paris. 23Aug44 Parked jeeps beside road & tanks past w/ French. MCU Gen. Jacques-Phillipe Leclerc w cane, speaks to crowd; walks along street followed by large crowd & leaves in car. 05:35:31 Civilian & military POWs marched down street by FFI. 05:35:52 Slate: same. Roll 2. GIs in jeep thru crowd. People on tank greeted. Black driver in jeep & GI shaking hands & being kissed. FFI toward Eiffel tower. Trucks stopped. WW2 Celebrations; Paris Arrival; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Very good quality & coverage. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk