What WWII movie were these scenes in?

I'm trying to recall a particularly interesting movie about WWII done in the 1950's. It is noteworthy because of its realism and the use of hand held cameras and location shooting in the era of studio filmmaking and backscreen projection backgrounds. The only clues I can come up with are two scenes. If anyone recognizes them, please gimme the name of the movie.

Scene 1

A tree lined road in France or Italy, prolly France. A platoon of G.I's hit the ditch on the side of the road when they hear the sound of an approaching vehicle. It's a German armored car. The G.I's grenade the vehicle, it careens into the ditch. A dead German's hand is sticking out of a window slit. It has a ring on it. One of the G.I's takes the ring.

Scene 2

The platoon approaches a large farmhouse and begin an assault. It is taken, but with difficulty resulting in heavy casualties. The victorious G.I.'s come out of the farmouse. One has a bottle of wine in his hand. He smashes the neck of the bottle against the stone wall of the house and chugs the wine from the broken neck.

I'd love to see this film again. If anyone can ID it, I'll be gratefull.

 

I believe that my friend would be A Walk in the Sun (1945) directed by Lewis Milestone.

Plot: In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to blow up a bridge next to a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount. Unusually realistic picture of war as long quiet stretches of talk, punctuated by sharp, random bursts of violent action whose relevance to the big picture is often unknown to the soldiers.

Movie Cover



Link to Wikipedia page for A Walk in the Sun

 

Give that man a banana...

 

Many thanks. I saw this in the 50's when I was 10 or 11 on TV and was impressed by its realism. Fake effects in movies used to really bother me, even at that young age. To me, CGI makes almost any movie worth watching, even if the story or acting is run of the mill. "Paths of Glory" is my all time fave WWII film with "Memphis Belle" a close second. Any more, I get my WWII licks via YouTube. Lots of great stuff there with new footage and actual color versions of the old BW footage, not the colorized jive. The USN shot all its combat footage in color and only recently are we finally seeing it as it was filmed. Also great to see videos of WWII tanks, planes and whatnot being pulled from lake bottoms and ice fields and restored. My dad flew B 29's and my fondest memory ever is being hoisted up into the nose wheel hatch and riding the bomb bay gondola laying on his stomach at age 3.