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9th Airforce Marauders drop bombs in France (WW2)

Allied forces bomb French rail lines in Dreux, France during World War II. Animated map shows the location of Dreux, southwest of Paris. The 9th Airforce Marauders on Douglas A-20 Havoc bombers flying over the English Channel. Surface craft are ferrying men and material on the English Channel. Aerial view of the Normandy countryside with abandoned gliders. German aerodrome in Dreux. Douglas A-20 Havoc bombers dropping bombs over railroad tracks, highways, and communication lines in Dreux. Clouds of smoke form from aerial bombing of Dreux. 9th Airforce Marauders drop bombs over a highway junction southwest of Caen, Normandy. Clouds obscuring the target after bombs are dropped. Pillars of smoke rise from the target area.

Location: France
Date: 1944, June 12
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079834
A mass formation of C-47 Skytrains with double glider tow in flight in Dreux, France.

Aerial view of an airfield in Dreux, France during World War II. Gliders parked on a field. A mass formation of U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrains with double glider tow in flight..

Location: Dreux France
Date: 1945, March 23
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068954
Royal wedding of Princess Helene of France and Belgian Count Evrard de Limburg Stirum

Princess Helene d´Orleans (daughter of Prince Henri d'Orleans, Comte de Paris and Princess Isabel de Orleans and Braganca) marries Comte Evrard De Limburg Stirum of Belgium in France. Opening scene from rear inside the Royal Chapel of Dreux (Chapelle royale de Dreux, 2 Square d'Aumale, 28100 Dreux, France) shows pews filled with family and guests. Next, a closeup of the bride and groom at the altar as the groom places a wedding ring on the bride's finger. Princess Helene is seen wearing a Dior wedding gown and the Mellerio Sapphire Tiara owned by her mother, the Countess of Paris. Catholic bishop blesses them making the sign of the cross. The newlyweds walk down the Chapel aisle, past well-wishers. Among the first to follow them down the aisle is Queen Frederica of Greece. View from behind, as the couple begin to descend the chapel steps, and leave. The area ahead of them is crowded with spectators.

Location: France
Date: 1957, January 17
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070382
Harry Truman sworn in after death of Roosevelt and surrender of Germany to Allied Nations in World War II during 1945.

A review of significant events that occurred in the year 1945. Scenes from fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President. Wide view of snow covered lawn of the White House, and guards positioned on the south White House lawn. View of President Roosevelt as he is sworn in as President of the United States, on the south portico of the White House due to wartime austerity measures, on January 20, 1945. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin pose at the Yalta Conference. Death of Roosevelt in April 1945. Burial procession and funeral ceremony of Franklin Roosevelt. Men and women weeping. An African American woman waves her handkerchief as she mourns. Wreath on grave of President Roosevelt. Harry S. Truman sworn in as U.S. President on April 12, 1945. Surrender of the Germans signed by General Jodl and General W.B. Smith in Reims, France. Representatives of Russia, Britain, France and United States at the surrender. General Dwight Eisenhower smiles.

Location: Europe
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036363
Events of World War 2, and creation of United Nations Organization following the surrender of Germany and Japan

Summary of World War II events and formation of the United Nations Organization. Soviet troops on Eastern Front of Europe fire artillery on German positions in 1944. Russian troops advance. German soldiers come out of buildings and surrender. Allied Forces land in France on D-Day. Allied troops and tanks fight Germans on streets in towns and villages of France. U.S. Army tanks fire at German positions. Various groups of German prisoners of war march along roads and are herded into prison camps operated by American and British forces. In 1945, the Allied leaders meet at Yalta on the Crimean Peninsula to discuss Allied military strategy in the final months of WWII. Leaders included British PM Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. The meeting of U.S. and Soviet Russian troops at the Elbe River. German Nazi Swastika symbol blown up in explosion atop Zeppelinfeld Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg. Aerial view of Berlin in ruins, as seen from low-flying aircraft flying directly over the Unter den Linden boulevard and the Brandenburg Gate. Wrecked and bombed German buildings seen everywhere. German officials signing surrender instrument at Rheims. U.S. President Harry S Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at Potsdam Conference. U.S. Marines battling on beaches of Pacific Islands. Iconic shot of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi at Iwo Jima. Aerial view of bombed and ruined city of Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese surrender to MacArthur aboard the battleship USS Missouri. General MacArthur speaks aboard Missouri. Victory celebrations all across the world, with some scenes from earlier V-E Day (Victory in Europe) day in May 1945, including crowds celebrating in Paris, France, and some scenes on V-J Day (Victory over Japan day) in August 1945. Crowds on streets celebrate. Happy crowds jam streets. Delegates of Nations, among them Andrei Gromyko and Vyascheslav Molotov meet in San Francisco and create a United Nations organization. Truman arrives at signing of UN charter. Various delegates sign charter. U.S. troops disembark troop carrier ships at U.S. ports and are discharged after completing military service in World War 2. Group of U.S. Army soldiers exits a church (the Chapel at Fort Dix, New Jersey), waving their discharge papers in hand.

Location: Europe
Date: 1945
Duration: 7 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053066
United States soldiers and officers at a military cemetery in France for Memorial Day services in 1945.

American soldiers and officers at a military cemetery in Ste Mere Eglise, France. Flags on grave markers. Soldiers stand with flags in hand. Officers stand. They pay respect to the graves of the American soldiers killed in World War 2 in the invasion of France. They place wreath on a grave. Children watch the officers paying respect to the graves. Soldiers stand with flags. Soldiers band. They fire in the air. They march with the band.

Location: Sainte Mere Eglise France
Date: 1945, May 30
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027651
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