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00:30:36 0.33
"INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE"
00:30:50 14.33
NARRATOR TELLS OF THE UNITED STATES 7TH ARMY IN
THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE. ALSO INTERVIEWS
WAR CORRESPONDENTS WHO TELL OF THE REAL VALUE
THAT PRESS COVERAGE GIVES A UNIT IN COMBAT.
00:31:56 80.33
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.
00:32:58 142.33
MONTAGE- INFANTRYMEN FROM THE 3RD, 45TH AND 36TH
DIVISION COMPRISING THE 7TH ARMY, MARCH TO
TRANSPORT SHIPS IN NAPLES AND EMBARK FOR THE
INVASION OF FRANCE.
00:33:04 148.33
CU- A HUGE TRAY CONTAINING DONUTS WHICH ARE
DISTRIBUTED TO THE TROOPS, BY RED CROSS WORKERS,
AS THEY WALK ONTO THE SHIP.
00:33:35 179.33
MS- VIEW OF NAPLES HARBOR AS THE SHIP PULLS OUT
TO JOIN THE CONVOY OFF THE COAST.
00:33:49 193.33
MS- GENERAL PATTS, ADMIRAL HEWETT AND FRENCH NAVY
SECRETARY MEET FOR A CONFERENCE ON A U.S. CRUISER.
00:34:20 224.33
CU- NARRATOR DESCRIBES THE OPERATION AS SHOWN ON
AN ANIMATED MAP OF THE FRENCH COAST. THE INVASION
EXPERIENCED LITTLE OPPOSITION.
00:35:53 317.33
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.
00:36:15 339.33
MONTAGE- THE SKY FULL OF SLOW DROPPING PARATROOPS
00:36:28 352.33
CU- PARATROOP RUNS AT AND OVER THE CAMERA.
00:36:35 359.33
LS- GLIDERS FILLED WITH TROOPS LAND, ONE OF THEM
TIPS OVER.
00:37:24 408.33
LS- PAN OF THE HUGE INVASION FLEET OFF THE FRENCH
COAST.
00:37:40 424.33
LS- H-HOUR - WARSHIPS START HUGE BOMBARDMENT AND
THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE BEGINS.
00:37:50 434.33
MONTAGE- LANDING CRAFT RACE FOR SHORE.GIS IN A
LANDING CRAFT WATCH A ROCKET ROCKET LAUNCHING
SHIP FIRE IT'S VOLLEYS OF ROCKETS.
00:38:34 478.33
MS- GIS HIT THE SHORE AND RACE OUT OF THE LANDING
CRAFT, TO THEIR SURPRISE THERE IS NO RESISTANCE.
LS- GIS LEISURELY WADE INTO SHORE IN WAIST DEEP
WATER AND MOVE INLAND.
00:39:27 531.33
MS- A GROUP OF GIS USE BAYONETS TO 'FEEL' FOR
LAND MINES IN THE ROAD.
00:40:03 567.33
MS- SOLDIERS WALKING ON A ROAD SUDDENLY TAKE
COVER AS ATTACKING PLANES FLY OVERHEAD.
00:40:12 576.33
MS- BOMB EXPLODES INTHE ROAD. MS- ANIMATED MAP
SHOWS THE DRIVE BY THE FRENCH AND U.S.FORCES
00:40:40 604.33
MONTAGE- PRISONERS TAKEN IN THE ADVANCE WERE
EVACUATED ON LANDING CRAFTS.
00:40:53 617.33
MS- GENERAL PATTS AWARDS THE SILVER STAR TO MARK
RINO, THE LEADER OF THE FRENCH PATRIOTS IN THE
AREA.
00:41:03 627.33
MONTAGE- IN RARE MOMENTS OF RELAXATION GROUPS OF
GIS OF THE 3RD DIVISION LAY DOWN WITH THEIR BOOTS
OFF AND SLEEP ALONG THE ROAD AS OTHERS SIT, CHAT
AND RELAX.
00:41:43 667.33
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.
00:42:17 701.33
MONTAGE- A TANGLED MESS OF STEEL AND STONE IS
FOUND IN AVIGNON AS A RESULT OF ALLIED BOMBING OF
THE INDUSTRIAL PLANTS THERE.
00:42:22 706.33
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.
00:42:36 720.33
MARSEILLES OCCUPIED ON AUGUST 23,1944. ALGERIAN
TROOPS ENTER FORT ST.NICHOLAS. MS- DEAD CIVILIANS
WITH THEIR HANDS TIED BEHIND THEIR BACKS.
00:43:40 784.33
MONTAGE- DESTRUCTION OF THE HARBOR OF MARSEILLES
IS COMPLETE. DRYDOCKS, WAREHOUSES AND SKUTTLED
SHIPS FILL THE HARBOR.
00:43:49 793.33
MONTAGE- PAN OF THE UTTER DESTRUCTION OF THE
AIRPORT WITH AIRCRAFT BEARING NAZI EMBLEMS IN THE
HANGERS PILED CLOSELY TOGETHER.
00:44:02 806.33
MONTAGE- THE LIBERATED POPULATION OF MARSEILLES
FILL THE STREETS TO SEE FRENCH ALGERIAN TROOPS
MARCH INTO THE CITY.
00:44:27 831.33
TOULON OCCUPIED,AUGUST 28,1944 - LS- PAN OF THE
TOULON NAVAL BASE RENDERED USELESS BY ALLIED
BOMBINGS. LS- SCUTTLED WARSHIPS CLOG THE HARBOR.
00:45:06 870.33
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.
00:45:49 913.33
LS- THOUSANDS CHEER THE TRIUMPHANT FRENCH TROOPS
MARCHING INTO THE CITY.
00:46:23 947.33
CU- MAP SHOWS 6TH CORP ADVANCE WESTWARD AND
NORTHWARD. MONTAGE- PEOPLE CHEER U.S.TROOPS WHO
ADVANCE AND TAKE TOWN AFTER TOWN.
00:47:08 992.33
MONTAGE- ENEMY POWS SIT IN STREET AND SMILE FOR
CAMERA. MANY INCLUDE CZHECK,POLES AND RUSSIANS
FORCED TO FIGHT FOR THE GERMANS.
00:47:29 1013.33
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.
00:48:30 1074.33
CU- SHELL BEING LOADED INTO AN CANNON AND FIRED
00:48:51 1095.33
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.
00:49:45 1149.33
MS- DISHEVELED NAZI PRISONERS ARE WALKED THROUGH
A CROWD OF PEOPLE IN THE TOWN SQUARE.
00:50:06 1170.33
LYONS LIBERATED SEPT.3, 1944.- HUGE CROWD OF
PEOPLE RUN IN THE STREETS IN JOY WAVING AT ALLIED
TROOPS ENTERING THE CITY OF LYONS
00:50:28 1192.33
MONTAGE- DESTROYED BRIDGES, RAILROADS AND BLOCKED
HIGHWAYS LEFT BY RETREATING NAZIS.
00:50:42 1206.33
MS- MAJOR GENERAL JOHN W. O'DANIEL IN CHARGE OF
THE PURSUIT WALKS ALONG THE SIDING OF A DESTROYED
BRIDGE.
00:51:00 1224.33
LS- YOUNG WOMEN OF ALL AGES FORM A LARGE CIRCLE
HAND-IN-HAND, AS THEY DANCE IN THE STREET IN JOY.
00:51:09 1233.33
LS- TWO FRENCH ARMORED CARS MEET BUMPER TO BUMPER
AND SOLDIERS FROM EACH CAR SHAKE HANDS AS TWO
FRENCH UNITS MEET UP.
00:51:53 1277.33
NARRATOR INTERVIEWS TWO WAR CORRESPONDENTS WHO
TELL HOW NEWS COVERAGE IMPROVES THE EFFECTIVNESS
OF A SOLDIER WHO FEELS HE RECEIVES RECOGNITION
WHICH IS DUE HIM.
00:57:54 1638.33
"THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION"
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Year: 1943-1953  Color: Black & White
Genre: WORLD WAR II

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