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French President Georges Clemenceau visits ruined town during WW1.

French President Georges Clemenceau inspects a devastated town after its liberation from Imperial German forces (WW1). Sign says "Mines... Danger de... Defense d'Entr...". President Georges Clemenceau carefully walks through rubble and debris with other French officials. Georges Clemenceau points to a ruined Hôtel de Ville (City Hall). A man, standing on portable stairs, attempts to place the French flag on the façade of the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall). President Georges Clemenceau and French officials walk away. French soldiers walking on a devastated street filled with smoke.

Date: 1918
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079214
French radio and telephone communications during World War 1

French Army communications during World War 1. French soldiers marching along a road. French officers typing using typewriters inside an office. French soldier keys in telegraph orders after receiving them French radioman, wearing headphones, tunes a radio and takes notes. A French officer in a trench uses a telephone while connecting patch cords into a switchboard,

Date: 1916
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079218
British soldiers attack the Hindenburg Line and capture German prisoners, WW1

Allied forces attack the Hindenburg Line (also known as the "Siegfriedstellung", or "Siegfried Position") on the Western Front in World War 1. Men firing artillery. A tank reverses. British soldiers, holding bayonets, carefully move through barbed wire, following a tank (named "Mary"). Tank crosses a small wooden bridge, with British infantry following. British soldiers slide into a trench. German soldiers, taken as prisoners, are being led away by Allied troops.

Date: 1918
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079219
French aircraft fly for reconnaissance mission (WWI)

A pilot in a French Army Nieuport 17 airplane before take-off. Rear view of the pilot in cockpit of WWI biplane. A map is attached in cockpit. Aircraft propeller starts. Aircraft takes-off from airfield. Aircraft flying. View through propeller at pilot and observer scouting for enemy positions.

Date: 1918
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079244
French soldiers eat, write letters, and receive newspapers (WWI)

A French soldier eats while sitting on the grass during WWI. A French soldier arrives at a trench riding a bicycle to deliver newspapers. French soldiers pay for newspapers. A French soldier writes a letter while his colleagues rest behind him.

Date: 1916
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079245
Canadian Army attack Carpiquet airfield in Normandy during Operation Windsor (WW2)

Various field artillery firing under camouflage nets during Operation Windsor, part of the Battle of Caen during World War 2. Royal Canadian forces advance on Carpiquet airfield. Canadian soldiers crouch for cover. Canadian soldiers firing with mortar field artillery. Carpiquet airfield in smoke as seen from the fields. A camouflaged soldier aims his rifle and shoots. Soldiers in a tank. Close up of tank firing its machine gun. Canadian soldiers firing with machine gun behind hedgerows. A soldier uses binoculars, pointing at a direction, while standing on a tank. Carpiquet airfield buildings destroyed after Canadian shelling. The attack was conducted by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, and 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade.

Date: 1944, July 4
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079309