WWII - 1944, US Advancing Thru Meaux & Soissons; Maginot Line

WWII - 1944, US Advancing Thru Meaux & Soissons; Maginot Line 07:28:08 27Aug44 Roadside signpost for Meaux, tanks, troops & armored cars move onto road, soldiers wave from truck, Church in background. Jeeps & trucks thru largely deserted streets, boys watch & some waving. 07:28:59 Center of town w/ cathedral & old houses & shops (Meaux?). Women w/ bread walking. 07:29:13 28Aug44 Boy carrying large US flag & another w/ smaller French flag. View of Gothic Cathedral & ornate windows. MS of sandbags on scaffolding over entrance for protection. 07:29:37 US tanks thru town, past cheering crowds waving flags. MCU. 07:29:52 Free French troops parade thru town. 07:30:16 28Aug44 Man hold aloft torn picture of Hitler with ‘Kapout’ written on it. 07:30:32 Men use picks to destroy Nazi emblem & sign on wall. Marching band leading men thru town. 07:31:22 28Aug44 Large crowd watch wreaths & bouquets laid at base of monument, seen from above. MS & CUs. Pan cheering crowd. 07:32:14 Man reads (MOS) Proclamation. 07:32:25 Unid. location. US infantry troops advance on houses. Road w/ tanks approaching past stone houses in small village, soldier runs up alongside tank; men talking. 07:33:19 Prisoner marched up road at pistol point. 07:33:24 INV 1598. 28Aug44. Soft focus of large WW1 monument. 07:33:40 Good focus of troops on motorcycles past camera to memorial statue for World War One Battle of the Marne dead. Soldiers look up at statue w/ British flag. CU inscription. 07:34:34 30Aug44 Soissons. American half-track w/ soldiers over small bridge followed by jeep. Tank pulling trailer across bridge w/ reinforcing. CUs. Men working on side of damaged bridge & water pipe across. Men shoveling in bomb crater. 07:35:37 Large deep excavation or canal, various views of tank across bridge over it. Soldier w/ sub-machine gun at ready walking across excavation. Maginot Line 07:36:40 Slate: 30Aug44 Tank Traps. CU concrete bunker w/ camouflage of plants. Soldier into entrance w/ hammer testing concrete. Sign in German on barred entrance: Schlussel befinden sich bei Dienststelle H. Nord Margival. 07:37:28 View out thru camouflage netting. 07:37:46 Slate: 30Aug44 Soissons. View thru large gates of monument and half-track passing, civilians w/ bicycles. French flag on monument. Free French underground troops standing around w/ rifles. Inspecting US guns. 07:38:17 Men repairing electrical wires along street; shoveling up shell cartridges or ?? Military traffic & locals walking thru past in Soissons. WW2; 1944; Aug44.