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Summary: AVs, bombing of islands. AVs, B-24s drop bombs, fire and explosions follow. FRENCH RAIL LINES BOMBED.: Dreux, France: 06/12/1944. AVs, A-20s over English Channel and French countryside. AVs, A-20s drop bombs on railroad yards at Dreux. (NOTE: Several scratches in scenes). MISSIONS TO FRANCE.: Mulhouse, France: 05/11/1944. AVs, B-24s and P-38s over France. LS, Air-to-air, German plane falls. AVs, bombs fall on railroad yards at Mulhouse; fires and explosions are seen. INVASION.: France: 06/1944. AVs, B-24s over English Channel; invasion craft below. AVs, great number of small fragmentation and incendiary bombs are released over French airfield. AVs, heavy concentration falls on airfield. AVs, A-20s in flight over France; drop bombs on railroad yards, bridges and airports. AVs, B-26s bomb dump near Cherbourg.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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1944-01-01

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