https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/a186cee4-77f4-4514-9289-3679e9d9b2bb In this 1944 issue of Army-Navy Screen Magazine, viewers see a tribute to the late Lt. Gen. Lesley James McNair. McNair shakes hands with soldiers on an airstrip next to a plane, then he is shown sitting inside a car. Next, the film shows an aerial view of the cities of Normandy left in ruins following the heavy fighting that preceded the Allied liberation of the region (01:48). Troops fire artillery guns and off in the distance a building in a city is burning. A soldier talks on a radio while in the street of a town. A plane strafes ground targets and a German fighter plane. Douglas A-20 Havocs fly in the air, and explosions go off on the ground below the light bombers. Footage shows the fierce fighting in the streets of Cherbourg (04:12), where U.S. troops fire at Nazi targets. Nazi soldiers emerge from a building and surrender with their hands in the air. In a city (possibly Cherbourg), U.S. soldiers raise the American flag (05:48); French citizens cheer during the flag raising ceremony. As troops march out of a town, French wave goodbye. Next, viewers see a “Report from Iowa,” which gives troops an update on life on a farm in Iowa. Men walk home from working at a war plant. A night watchman checks the door to a produce store. At the farm of Scott Ellis, Ellis wakes up his youngest son. He then walks out of his house and looks at the skies. The family sits down for breakfast (09:54). The boy feeds the hogs; piglets nurse on their mother. The boy then goes and milks a cow (11:25) while his mother feeds the chickens. Ellis drives a tractor out in the field. His daughter drives another tractor (13:37). Footage shows other young women and boys working the Iowa farms. The issue concludes with a short cartoon of Private Snafu, “Payday.” In the cartoon, Private Snafu is tempted to spend his money on souvenirs, booze, and gambling rather than saving his money for his future. Lesley James McNair (May 25, 1883 – July 25, 1944) was a senior United States Army officer who served during World War I and World War II. He attained the rank of lieutenant general during his life; he was killed in action during World War II, and received a posthumous promotion to general. He was killed by friendly fire while in France to act as commander of the fictional First United States Army Group, part of the Operation Quicksilver deception that masked the actual landing sites for the Invasion of Normandy. During Operation Cobra, an Eighth Air Force bomb landed in his foxhole during combat near Saint-Lô when the Army attempted to use heavy bombers for close air support of infantry operations as part of the Battle of Normandy. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMCk3_OLH4k Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:08:12 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/a186cee4-77f4-4514-9289-3679e9d9b2bb All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.