1940-1961MILITARY
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"THE SEVENTH ARMY STORY"
A REVIEW OF THE SEVENTH ARMY IN WWII & A REPORT ON ITS COMBAT READINESS IN EUROPE TODAY. |
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LS- CONVOY OF WARSHIPS AND TROOPSHIPS ON THE WAY TO THE INVASION OF SICILY BY THE 7TH ARMY. GALE FORCE WINDS BATTER THE SHIPS.
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MONTAGE- WARSHIPS AND PLANES BOMBARD SICILY.
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LS- GERMAN PLANES DROP BOMBS ON THE AMERICANS ON THE BEACHES. A WARSHIP TAKES A HIT.
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LS- COMMANDER OF THE 7TH ARMY, GENERAL PATTON IS HELPED OFF A LANDING CRAFT AND WADES INTO SHORE WITH HIS MEN.
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MONTAGE- LONG COLUMNS OF ITALIAN PRISONERS.
MONTAGE- TROOPS MARCH THROUGH TOWNS WITH THEIR HEAVY ARTILLERY AND ARE CHEERED ON BY THE PEOPLE |
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MS- GI ENGINEERS LAY HEAVY PLANKS ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD DESTROYED BY THE RETREATING GERMANS.
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LS- CITY OF MESSINA, THE LAST CITY TAKEN BY THE 7TH IN THE BATTLE OF SICILY.
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CU- A GI PARATROOPER LIGHTS UP A CIGARETTE AS HE WAITS TO DROP OVER NORMANDY ON D-DAY.
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MONTAGE- THE SKY IS FILLED WITH PARATROOPS.
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GENERAL ALEXANDER M. PATCH, WHO REPLACED PATTON AS COMMANDER OF THE 7TH ARMY, STANDS ON DECK OF WARSHIP WAITING FOR THE LANDING TO COMMENCE.
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MONTAGE- BOMBARDMENT BY WARSHIPS, GIS CLIMBING INTO LANDING CRAFT AND GIS HITTING THE BEACHES ON D-DAY.
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MONTAGE- FRENCH CROWDS CHEERING ALLIED FORCES AS THEY RIDE INTO THEIR CITIES.
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MS- A DISHEVELED WOMAN COLLABORATOR IS TAKEN PRISONER BY FRENCH RESISTANCE FIGHTERS. SHE GESTURES TO THEM OF HER INNOCENCE.
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MONTAGE- FRENCH TROOPS FIGHT IN STREETS OF THE IMPORTANT PORTS OF MARSEILLES AND TOULON.
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MONTAGE- THE SEVERELY DAMAGED PORTS WITH CRUMBLED SHIPS AND PIERS LEFT BY THE RETREATING NAZIS.
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MONTAGE- BATTLE SCENES OF FIGHTING GERMAN TROOPS.
BY GERMAN CAMERMEN. |
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MONTAGE-CROWDS OF HAPPY FRENCH PEOPLE GREET THE 7TH ARMY AS IT ENTERS THE CITY OF LYONS. DANCING AND SINGING IN THE STREETS
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MONTAGE- 7TH ARMY TROOPS FIGHT IN STREETS OF STRASSBURG AND HAGGANO BATTLING FOR EVERY FOOT.
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LS- 2 GIS CAUTIOUSLY MOVE HOUSE TO HOUSE WHEN A CHICKEN COMES RUNNING OUT.
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A GI WRITES "BITCHE EXPRESS" ON A SHELL BEFORE PLACING IT IN A CANNON TO BOMBARD THE TOWN OF BITCHE ON THE OLD MAGINOT LINE.
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MS- GIS COME OUT OF THEIR BUNKER TO GET PACKAGES FROM HOME FROM A GI MAILMAN AT THE FRONT.
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MS- GENERAL PATCH AT THE FRONT LINES, SPEAKS TO AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (G-2).
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MS- NARRATOR TELLS STORY OF IMPORTANT FACTS RECEIVED BY GENERAL PATCH BY ARMY INTELLIGENCE RESULTING IN A ROUTE OF GERMAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE WHICH CAME, AS EXPECTED, ON NEW YEARS EVE.
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MONTAGE- GIS KNEELING AND FIRING IN THE SNOW COVERED BATTLEFIELD.
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MONTAGE-7TH ARMY ATTACK THE 'COLMAR POCKET', A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF GERMAN TROOPS WITHIN FRANCE. LS- TANKS ENTER COLMAR AND BITCHE.
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MS- GIS PASS A STUNNED OLD WOMAN STANDING IN THE ROAD OF A BATTERED TOWN.
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CU- A LITTLE GIRL DRINKS FROM A CANTEEN OF A GI SITTING ON A DOORSTEP AS ANOTHER GI SCANS THE GROUND WITH A MINE DETECTOR.
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MS- A GI HOLDS A LITTLE GIRL FONDLY IN HIS ARMS.
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LS- GIS DROP A NAZI FLAG OUT OF A WINDOW OF A SMALL TOWN, GIS STOMP ON IT.
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MONTAGE- 7TH ARMY GIS WALK THROUGH THE CONCRETE TANK OBSTRUCTIONS OF THE SEIGFREID LINE.
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MS- A LITTLE BABY IN A WHITE CARRIAGE AMID THE RUBBLE AND SMOKE OF BUILDINGS.
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MS- NAZI CREW OF TANK RAISE THEIR HANDS IN SURRENDER AS THEY GIVE UP THEIR TANK
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AERIAL- HUGE COLUMNS OF PRISONERS AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE ALONG THE AUTOBAHN.
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CU- FACES OF PRISONERS INCLUDE BEWILDERED OLD MEN
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CU- FACE OF YOUNG TEEN WHO DEFENDED A SMALL TOWN WITH HIS 16 TO 18 YEAR OLD COMRADES.
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LS- PAN OF THE REMAINS OF THE SHRINE CITY OF NUREMBERG.
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MS- A GI AGGRESSIVELY KICKS OPEN A DOOR IN A TOWN. HE AND OTHER ARMED GIS CAUTIOUSLY WALK IN.
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MS- HERMANN GORING IS ESCORTED INTO A BUILDING BY ARMED GIS.
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MS- GORING REMOVES HIS REVOLVER FROM HIS HOLSTER. CU A GI EXAMINES IT.
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LS- A HUGE NAZI EMBLEM AT THE TOP OF NUREMBERG STADIUM IS BLOWN OFF WITH TNT.
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MS- CROWD OF SLAVE LABORERS GIVE UP A BIG CHEER FROM BEHIND THEIR BARBED WIRE FENCE.
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LS- U.S. FLAG AT HALF MAST FOR THOSE OF THE 7TH ARMY WHO FELL. MONTAGE- GIS WITH THEIR HEADS BOWED FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
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MONTAGE- 7TH ARMY TRAINS IN GERMANY FOR COMBAT READINESS AS A PART OF THE NATO FORCE.
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