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Go to HomepageReel Number: 250109-08
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1944
Country: France
Location: Avranches,Granville,La Haye Du Puits,Normandy
TC Begins: 01:04:06
TC Ends: 01:14:03
Duration: 00:09:57
NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944 - France: FFF thru Damaged La Haye Du Puits; Granville Road Block; Avranches. 01-02Aug44 INV 963 French half-track of Free French Forces , followed by US tanks w/ French insignia thru La Haye Du Puits, Normandy. French civilians & FFF troops wave from in front bombed shops. MCUs. US Army truck w/ soldiers past. 01:04:57 Slate: Camera: Rasmussen. 8/2/44 (02Aug44) Free French. Roll 1 01:05:09 INV 964. Slate: Free French. Same, Roll 2 Camera J.M. Hall. 01:05:20 French flag flying over border up bombed out store fronts. Sherman tanks past, r. to l. MCU kids waving in short pants. 01:06:19 Slate: Free French. Roll 1 J.M. Hall. 8/2/44. Tanks passing; Frenchmen talking beside donkey cart as army vehicles pass waving people, woman throws flowers while standing in heavy dust. 01:07:28 Slate: INV 965. LS Village street w/ army truck stopped by r??. MS German prisoners standing in back of US army truck ; pulls away. LS & MS pedestrians, people w/ bicycles. CU sign: We Sell Beer / Biere. Woman crosses empty street. 01:08:38 Slate: Cameraman Butterfield, Reel 1 01Aug44 Civilians Road Block, Granville, France. Cutting down & men pulling on cable to top of vertical buried trees. Man breaks axe. Other pounding / cutting. 01:09:43 Slate: Camera O.S. Hallberg, 01Aug44 Avranches Roll 1. Civilians remove road block Same roadblock! Men pulling on cable as man chops at base of large timber; MCU sawing w/ two-man crosscut saw. MLS tugging. US army trucks & jeeps pass. 01:10:52 INV 966. Slate: Camera, Butterfield Avaranches (sic) 01Aug. High angle of town, military vehicles passing destroyed military vehicle. Army trucks thru destroyed buildings lining street in village. 01:11:56 Slate: Camera: Hallberg, Avranches, 01Aug44. Tank pulling trailer around corner followed by jeep; half-track past service station, into Avranches. CU sign. Tanks into town. Wrecker; more tanks. 01:13:02 Slate: Camera: Butterfield Avranches roll 2. Military column thru town w/ damaged buildings & turning, a few people waving. MCUs of people; tanks. Invasion; WW2; Liberation; Greetings; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk