WWII - 1944, France: Allied Sweep Up Rhone Valley. ca Sep44

WWII - 1944, France: Allies Advance. ca Sep44 Intertitle: Spectacular Films: Allied Sweep Up Rhone Valley. 05:36:36 German truck convoy / motorized column burning in flames after being hit by American bombs. 05:36:53 Charred trucks after the fire. Wreckage of German tanks & equipment. Dead Nazis. Burned rail cars smoking; & large railway guns inspected & patrolled. 05:37:21 Bulldozers clear road wreckage. 05:37:32 LS Beautiful shot city as mine is exploded & silhouetted people scurry off. CU Land mine. Wounded GIs treated. 05:37:43 High Angle / HA LS Lyon, France. Firing by Germans from upper floor of large hospital; crowd pinned down in street & soldiers firing back. Hospital tower in flames. 05:38:24 Patients on stretchers evacuated from hospital. 05:38:31 MCU Crowd cheers. Free French Forces / FFI & regular soldiers parade. CU General De Lattre de Tassigny saluting. 05:38:45 American Army truck across bridge drives through small town / Bourg; liberated crowds cheering. CUs. “Thank You” banner (in English). GIs shaking hands with villagers. Women kiss GIs. 05:40:03 End title: Back The Attack - Buy War Bonds NOW. WW2; Fighting; Battles; FFI; 1940s;