The aftermath of the World War II Battle of Normandy in France

Title card: "Latest pictures - battle in France" / VS beach at Normandy; soldiers climbing over barbed wire and up a small sand dune / VS a burning German pillbox / German soldier buried up to his shoulders lightly brushing sand / helmeted American officer speaking into a field telephone / VS 90-mm guns firing from under camouflage; gun crews loading cannon; cannons firing; burning house with thatched roof; crews quickly loading gun / helmetless American soldier with Pathe cameraman Neil Sullivan / same house in full flame / VS soldiers walking along country road / Americans in French village / VS groups of men behind barbed wire; Russians in fur caps; Mongol soldiers / VS men with hands over heads being herded along sandy beach / man on stretcher being carried by four others / bareheaded men; group of men with hands over heads / Note: film has nitrate deterioration