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[WWII - 1944, Italy: Fall of Rome - British and US Into Rome; D-Day Invasion. Jun44] Titles. 08:00:25 British & American troops meet on the road & shake hands. LS smoke rising. Canadian troops, tanks & infantry move thru mud preceded by soldiers searching for land mines. German prisoners of war. 08:01:16 Tanks of 8th Army advance towards Pontecorvo, Italy artillery fired. Street fighting during the capture of Aquino. Brief shot allied aircraft. Allied patrol on the Anzio front exchanges fire w/ Germans. 08:02:10 Polish troops enter Piedimonte; taking Nazi prisoner out of ground rubble. POWs marched down road. 08:02:33 Field hospital, injured on stretchers. Military ceremonial parade, Generals Anders & Alexander. MCU. Troops on road to Rome. 08:03:08 04Jun44. US troops enter Rome, locals welcome & cheer. Italians storm radio & television station, sign, which had been collaborating w/ Germans. Crowds at St. Paul’s & on streets. Italians w/ newspapers, headlines re Rome free. 08:04:28 Swish pan. Title: Invasion of France. General Eisenhower & Allied officers & his aides at wall map. MS Bradley, CU Lt. Gen. Spaatz & Air Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory. British & Allied troops board invasion ships, some w/ bicycles. Boats leaving. 08:05:48 US troops march to landing craft & up ramp. 08:06:06 Allied planes bombing Nazi occupied Europe. Crossing English Channel & explosions. Aerial & from ship of invasion fleet at sea. 08:07:24 Aerials of German coastal defences hit by Allied aircraft using rockets. Bombs away over France. Aerials coast of Normandy w/ sandy beach & landing craft. 08:08:18 POV from inside destroyed German gun emplacement on beachhead; exterior of heavily fortified emplacement w/ destruction. Ships landing 08:08:39 Medic tends wounded. German prisoners taken, marched off. 08:08:56 General Montgomery landing on the Normandy beach in DUKW. 08:09:18 England - Newspaper headlines, Evening Standard “Invasion of Europe Begins”. People reading newspapers - buying paper from news stand. Milkman looks up as planes fly over. Policemen look up at aircraft. Montage people looking up. 08:09:44 The End. WW2 Fighting; Battles; Invasions; For broadcast quality material of this reel or to know more about our Public Domain collection, contact us at info@footagefarm.co.uk