Summary

As the allies moved inland following the D-Day landings, the also encounter picturesque landscape in the French countryside Meanwhile, aerial combat in the sky above France Date footage shot is approximate

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 318900
Story Slug HISTORICAL FILM: WORLD WAR II - FRANCE (1944)
Location FRANCE
Format VO
Date 07/02/1944
Archive Time 01:24:25;00
TRT 6:41
Video Description Color and black and white film, air combat footage, good shots from pilots' POV: bombing train, shooting down planes which explode dramatically, spin toward ground church at Mont St Michel Very beautiful footage of this small island separating Normandy from Brittany Journalists mug with locals Lovely little village Closer shots of church architecture Journalists from New Yorker, Chicago Daily News, laugh and play in front of camera Ernest Hemingway sips wine, smiles at camera A French family (mother & three kids) play in the water Another good view of Mont St Michel Nice sunset Tracking shots of countryside GI's jump into lake and horse around, naked Their first bath in weeks Great shot of Edward G Robinson smoking cigar, wearing helmet, outside of little theater in Normandy
Description As the allies moved inland following the D-Day landings, the also encounter picturesque landscape in the French countryside Meanwhile, aerial combat in the sky above France Date footage shot is approximate
Not everything listed in the CONUS Archive is necessarily licensable Reporter sound/image is not licensable

Keywords

World War Two
World War II
World War 2
WWII
WW II
WW 2
WW2
D-Day
Normandy
Mont St Michel
French countryside
Ernest Hemingway
Edward G Robinson
air combat
dogfight
strafing train
gun camera footage
world war II in color
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