French Civilians Return To Homes After USA Takes Over; German Planes Shot Down; Booby Trap, 06/10/1944

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #4335. National Archives description "1) LS Plane dives amid tracers.2) MS Fr. civilians & Navy cameraman Lt. Fred Garretson.3) GV-Pan Beach scene, trucks on beach, many ships offshore-SV.4) MS Fr. civilians return to homes.5) GV Ger. booby trap; square-head grenade tied to open cattle gate.6) MS-CU Signal Corpsmen string wires, dead Germans.7) MS Wrecked U.S. glider-SV.8) GV U.S. troops, trucks go down village street-SV.9) MS Fr. children watch U.S. troops march by homes.10) SCU U.S. troops give cigarettes to Frenchmen, drink cider.11) GV Fr. civilians return to village-SV.12) GV Heavily-laden troops march away from beachhead, beach BG.13) MS General beach scenes on Utah beach many ships, barrage balloons-SV.14) MS Loaded rhino barge underway-SV; AP at anchor offshore." National Archives Identifier: 77065 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks.

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees

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