WWII - 1945 ca, France: Colmar Offensive; Fort de Guentrange & Maginot Line; Liberation of Vittel Internment Camp

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1945 ca, France: Colmar offensive; Fort de Guentrange & Maginot Line; Liberation of Vittel Internment Camp Two French soldiers studying map in field in Colmar offensive, smoke behind. CU men prone on ground looking thru binoculars; firing machine guns, running; firing from weeds in ditch & behind embankment. Throw grenades; explosions of phosphorus shells & running thru smoke. 13:02:28 French troops in village w/ damaged buildings; w/ captured German prisoners of war, tank parked. German POWs marched off. Tanks & jeep on narrow village street; body. US half-track past, soldier gives V-sign. Armored vehicles past. French advance along houses. 13:03:19 Silhouetted Gen. Montsabert & ?? study snowy battlefield from hilltop observation platform. View from low in front as they study map & w/ binoculars. American Brig. General Robert Young (?) w/. 13:04:01 View from platform (?) of valley & town, smoke from ??. 13:04:20 Fort de Guentrange near Thionville, Moselle, France. Wall of prison or fort alongside stream; CU w/ very small openings in wall. Protective wrought iron fence. View from above, soldier patrolling (brief) & civilians along lane. French soldiers around pillboxes; US soldiers in MCU, on radio phone. GIs looking at & cleaning rifles. Men walk along top of gun emplacements. 04:06:07 Gun emplacements firing across Moselle River, explosions & smoke in valley watched. 13:07:09 B 834 Vittel, France Anglo-American Nazi Internment Camp. Large ornate French building; garden of large ornate buildings. People walking, sitting. Jeep past Grand Hotel w/ small flags on all balconies. Some civilians talking, horse drawn hearse (?) past. 13:07:41 People across fenced overpass w/ Allied flag cluster (?). Women & men behind fences look at camera waiting liberation. Women sitting knitting; some standing, holding dogs; smiling group, US soldiers look on. Woman plays w/ hand puppets of animals at fence. 13:09:00 People on patio waving to US army trucks passing thru. View from overhead. Family w/ baby smiling, US flag on staff behind. CU of faces & child. Large group of people walk toward camera carrying US flag & much waving. 13:10:20 Line of nuns walking past, coming out of church as people watch. WW2 Liberation; Anglo-American Holding Camp; Post-WWII; Victims; Civilian Internment Camp; French Holding Camps; Concentration Camp Transfer Point; Liberation; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk