WWII - Color, 1945, France : Airmen & women leave church; P-47s; Aerials of Bombing Pt. 1 of 2

WWII - Color, 1945, France : Airmen & women leave church; P-47s; Aerials of Bombing Pt. 1 of 2 Slate: Rl 4. MS military officers & civilians out of church in sunlight. Men & women troops, army & air force. 10:17:25 MS military women talking w/ civilian woman, gives civilian letter. 10:17:44 Soldiers firing grenade launcher on soccer field, red burst in white smoke. Flame-thrower to stacked 55 gallon drum barrels; man walking w/ flame-thrower, large bursts of flames; barrels ignited. 10:18:22 US soldiers /officers talking near roadside standing beside broken armor plate. Destroyed tank & farm wagon. Smoking tank. Two tanks w/ troops on top firing across fence. MCU tank firing, pan to explosion across wide valley. 10:19:12 CU sign w/ arrow to Air Support. 10:19:19 Setting sun beyond P-47 Thunderbolt , planes take off past. 10:19:36 Pan across river w/ city buildings on opposite bank, small bridge; US airmen /soldiers sitting talking on riverbank wall. Pan running stream between tall stone banks. 10:19:57 Fighter plane pilot looking at heavily damaged P-47 tail, wipes brows. 10:20:10 Airmen removing machine gun shells from damaged wing; aircrew looking at damaged wing. 10:20:25 Frenchman looking at wall poster. Boys pose for camera. 10:20:36 Interior of church looking thru stained glass windows. 10:20:55 CU roadside marker: Chaumont 1K Bar-Sub-Aure . View across valley w/ spring foliage on trees, pan. Formation of P-47s overhead. 10:21:19 MS airmen in outdoor mess line; LS. MCU eating alongside riverbank, town buildings behind. MS children looking up & waving, candy thrown, kids picking up. 10:22:06 CU mess kit & cutting up meat. 10:22:16 MCU weather vane & aerometer in wind. 10:22:22 Man giving another haircut; airmen talking, CUs. Weather balloon released & sighted. 10:23:10 Strafing railroad yard seen w/ smoke rising; bomb explosions & smoke. Bombs dropping, smoke rises. GOOD. WW2; Spring; Daily Life;