Huge crowd gathers at the Arc de Triomphe in Longchamps in France to watch horse race. Women dressed fashionably arrive to watch the races. The horses race. The horse 'Chocolate Eclair' wins the race.
President Wilson and other VIPs at long-champ racecourse. View of crowd at racecourse.
Events during the Paris Peace Conference. A huge crowd gathered at Longchamps Racecourse. People seen walking around. French police and guards also seen. A person standing on the stool to view the racecourse. People sitting in the shed of the stadium. United States President Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Wilson also attend the races on the opening day of Peace Treaty. View of horses in the racecourse.
Scenic views of Paris in spring. A view of the Eiffel Tower from outskirts of Paris, France. Flowers in the foreground. Chestnut trees in front of the Louvre Museum (Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France). A bridge over the stream. Chestnut trees in blossom in Bois de Boulogne. Traffic on the road. Cars go for races to Auteuil or Longchamps.
Scenes shot in 1942 and 1943 from inside German occupied Paris, France during World War II. German officers and civilians at the Longchamps racetrack in Paris, France. Horses run on a dirt track. German troops at the Eternal Light for the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the Arc de Triomphe. A German Panther tank captured by the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) in 1944. French collaborator Ferdinand De Brinon speaks into a microphone. German officers listen carefully. Collaborators Marcel Deat, and Laval's son in law, Comte Rene de Chambrun also seen. French Regimental flag held by French collaborator militia. A crowd outside Notre Dame Cathedral. French Marshal Philippe Petain arrives in a car. French collaborationist troops stand at attention. Ceremony for the Legion against the Soviet Russia shows assemblage and German Swastikas on a wall.
Momentary glimpse of French Regimental flag held by French collaborator militia German officers and civilians at the Longchamps racetrack in Paris, France. German officers examine damaged areas of the city. Closeup of a heavy concrete structure with writing on it reading: "St. Pierre des Corps" and "Entree de La Gare" (This is the severely damaged entrance to a central train station of the city.) Heavy smoke seen rising from a fire in the background. Somewhat blurred views from a vehicle driving through portions of Paris. One apartment building displays a sign reading "Soldatenheim" (Soldiers' Home). Major buildings displaying Nazi Swastika flags. View from overhead of German army truck, covered in foliage camouflage, driving along a boulevard. Posters on a wall lamenting France's suffering. Parisians going about their ordinary activities, walking in a town traffic circle. View from close overhead of another German army truck covered in foliage camouflage with soldiers riding on its rear. Another view of the posters on the wall.
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