"INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE"

THE 7TH UNITED STATES ARMY - AERIAL- THE BAY OF
NAPLES CROWDED WITH SHIPS AND THE SHORE WITH VAST
QUANTITIES OF WAR VEHICLES. LS- BALLOONS FLY
OVERHEAD TO PROTECT AGAINST LOW FLYING ATTACKS.

CU- A HUGE TRAY CONTAINING DONUTS WHICH ARE
DISTRIBUTED TO THE TROOPS, BY RED CROSS WORKERS,
AS THEY WALK ONTO THE SHIP.

MS- GENERAL PATTS, ADMIRAL HEWETT AND FRENCH NAVY
SECRETARY MEET FOR A CONFERENCE ON A U.S. CRUISER.

AERIAL- HUNDREDS OF C-47'S AND T-54 TRANSPORT
PLANES CONTAINING PARATROOPS FLY ACROSS COAST OF
FRANCE, AS SEEN FROM PLANE FLYING ABOVE THEM.

CU- PARATROOP RUNS AT AND OVER THE CAMERA.

LS- PAN OF THE HUGE INVASION FLEET OFF THE FRENCH
COAST.

MONTAGE- LANDING CRAFT RACE FOR SHORE.GIS IN A
LANDING CRAFT WATCH A ROCKET ROCKET LAUNCHING
SHIP FIRE IT'S VOLLEYS OF ROCKETS.

MS- A GROUP OF GIS USE BAYONETS TO 'FEEL' FOR
LAND MINES IN THE ROAD.

MS- BOMB EXPLODES INTHE ROAD. MS- ANIMATED MAP
SHOWS THE DRIVE BY THE FRENCH AND U.S.FORCES

MS- GENERAL PATTS AWARDS THE SILVER STAR TO MARK
RINO, THE LEADER OF THE FRENCH PATRIOTS IN THE
AREA.

MS- FRENCH PARTISANS IN CALAIS, HOLD FRENCH
TRAITORS, INCLUDING A WOMAN, AT GUNPOINT, AS THEY
WALK THEM DOWN A STREET. THE WOMAN SHOWS AN
EXPRESSION OF DISBELIEF.

MS- DESERTED STREETS GREETED THE ADVANCING GIS.
THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THE STREETS WERE A GROUP OF
FRENCH RESISTANCE FORCES SITTING BEHIND A MACHINE
GUN EMPLACEMENT.

MONTAGE- DESTRUCTION OF THE HARBOR OF MARSEILLES
IS COMPLETE. DRYDOCKS, WAREHOUSES AND SKUTTLED
SHIPS FILL THE HARBOR.

MONTAGE- THE LIBERATED POPULATION OF MARSEILLES
FILL THE STREETS TO SEE FRENCH ALGERIAN TROOPS
MARCH INTO THE CITY.

LS- PAN OF SUBMARINE AND TORPEDO PLANT THOUGH
DAMAGED BY ALLIED BOMBINGS REMAINED IN USE UNTIL
CAPTURED. LS- PAN OF FORT DEJANA WHICH WAS
RENDERED USELESS BY ALLIED BOMBINGS.

CU- MAP SHOWS 6TH CORP ADVANCE WESTWARD AND
NORTHWARD. MONTAGE- PEOPLE CHEER U.S.TROOPS WHO
ADVANCE AND TAKE TOWN AFTER TOWN.

MS- WOMEN ARE INCLUDED IN ROUND-UP OF FRENCH
SYMPATHIZERS BY FRENCH UNDERGROUND. MS- A BLACK
MAN IS PRODDED ALONG WITH A RIFLE TO HIS HEAD.

LS- A ROOF OF A HOUSE IN THE DISTANCE IS BLOWN
OFF BY ARTILLERY FIRE. MONTAGE- GERMAN ARTILLERY
CREWS FIRE THEIR CANNONS AT ALLIES.NAZI TROOPS
AND TANKS PULLING OUT FROM A TOWN.

LYONS LIBERATED SEPT.3, 1944.- HUGE CROWD OF
PEOPLE RUN IN THE STREETS IN JOY WAVING AT ALLIED
TROOPS ENTERING THE CITY OF LYONS

MS- MAJOR GENERAL JOHN W. O'DANIEL IN CHARGE OF
THE PURSUIT WALKS ALONG THE SIDING OF A DESTROYED
BRIDGE.

LS- TWO FRENCH ARMORED CARS MEET BUMPER TO BUMPER
AND SOLDIERS FROM EACH CAR SHAKE HANDS AS TWO
FRENCH UNITS MEET UP.

"THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION"