WWII - 1944, France: Liberation of Nancy, 15Sep44

WWII - 1944, France: Liberation of Nancy, 15Sep44 B 816 German POWs in field, walked off by MPs; emptying pockets & taking off outer camouflage pants & putting contents on ground. 17:00:55 Pouring water on barrel of machine gun, steaming. View from tank (?) firing canisters. View of burning building, troops moving along building. MS medics running to tend wounded. Pan across to crouched French. Wounded helped to feet & walked off. Tending wound in knee. 17:02:05 Sign on building: Universite de Nancy. Troops along sidewalk w/ rifles. Paper slate 15Sep44. “Nancy”. City street & army trucks pulling artillery thru. High angle shots of streets, plaza, kids running out; military traffic stopped & waiting. US flag on building, w/ French & British. Wounded carried on stretcher by towns people along sidewalk. Followed by kids on bicycles to Red Cross hospital. GIs & ?? walking along railroad track. Firing machine gun from upper story window across river at factory building. 17:04:18 Civilian townspeople standing along road, some flags. Nancy entrance sign. Tank past. People lined across road w/ banners Vive de Gaulle; holding US & French flags. 17:04:54 US soldiers thru city, along street, running crouched w/ packs. 17:05:27 Badly damaged overturned jeep from land mine. POV on road past jeeps, tanks, trucks. Overhead view of jeeps crossing bomb crater in road. 17:06:34 Slate: 15Sep44 Liberation of Nancy. Overhead shot of jeeps arriving, greeted by townspeople. Grand Hotel w/ officer putting up flag on pole out window. People on street below. City square & activity seen from Grand Hotel beside flag. Women waving & greeting soldiers. 17:07:40 German prisoners moving to join group in field, some very young. MP talking to them. 17:08:14 Towns people waving at camera passing, MCU pst crowd cheering & applauding, waving. People on hotel balcony beside flags. Base of monument in town square. French flag flying from top of hotel or city hall. French police holding back crowds. 17:09:19 Slate. Badly damaged tank w/ front end blown off by mine, soldier sweeping for mines beside it. Woman w/ bicycle tearing down sign from post & tearing it up. Soldier climb on overturned vehicle. Fighting; Prisoners of War; WW2;