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French civilians welcome United States troops in Rennes, France.

United States troops enter Rennes, France during World War 2. Sign board reads 'Rennes Centre Autres directions and Chateubriant Angers'. Soldiers enter town with tanks and artillery. French civilians welcome the United States soldiers. The Rennes City Hall (Place de la Mairie, Rennes) from the side of the Rue de l’Horloge displays the flags of France, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Prisoners move raising their hands. Women and children dance on street. French men and women wave heir hats and flags of the United States as military vehicles drive by. People cheering near the Dressoir shop on the Rue d l’Horloge. Captured German soldiers being made to march after their surrender. A group of United States soldiers restrain an outraged French man from attacking captured German prisoners. German prisoners sitting. French women Nazi collaborators raise their hands up and leave the Cinéma Royal (Place du Calvaire, Rennes) after their surrender, with crowds booing at the women. Angry French man in the crowd. Angry French mob tries to attack an apprehended militia chief, only to be restrained by soldiers. French women and men holding their hands dancing. Crowds outside the Café Poncel (4 rue de Coëtquen, Rennes, France).

Date: 1944, August 6
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043448
Aerial view of Mont-Saint-Michel and Rennes, France (WW2)

Aerial view of the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel (50170 Mont-Saint-Michel) during World War II. View of the tower of the Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey. The coast of Mont-Saint-Michel and some buildings, with some damage from bombing. Aerial view of bombed railroad yards at Gare de Rennes (Place de la Gare, 35000 Rennes, France) in Rennes, Brittany. Aerial view of the Rennes Opera House (1 Place de la Mairie, 35000 Rennes) and the Place de la Mairie town square (Place de la Mairie, Rennes, Brittany 35000). Aerial view of railway yards with damage.

Date: 1944, August 6
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079366
A crowd cheers as U.S. troops advance on a road and women collaborators in Rennes, France.

United States Army Brigadier General Benjamin Davis and troops in Rennes, France during World War II. Brigadier General Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. speaks to correspondents. Brigadier General Davis Sr. smiles. Military trucks drive past French nuns and children on the road to Rennes. A crowd of nuns and children cheer for the soldiers as they pass through Rennes. United States Army soldiers in vehicles enter Rennes, heading towards the Palais du Commerce (Place de la République, 35000 Rennes, France) on Rue Jules Simon. French men and women cheering for the arrival of United States Army soldiers. Two soldiers who had been captured by the Germans. The soldiers talk to the civilians gathered. A woman kisses a soldier. French resistance fighters escort French women collaborators (with the Nazi forces). A French woman collaborationist, with a shaved head and face covered in iodine, being taunted by a mob as she is being led away by resistance fighters.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065387
Liberation ceremony by the Mayor of Rennes in France.

August 1944: Liberation ceremony by the Mayor of Rennes in France. The Mayor, Allied officers and other city officials on a balcony. The U.S. and French flag hung from the balcony. People of the city gathered below to celebrate the liberation. French patriots round up collaborationists. Collaborationist men and women with torn clothes and painted faces paraded through the streets. An elderly man and woman with the French flag. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020664
An abandoned German Ordinance Depot outside Rennes in France.

A German Ordinance Depot outside of Rennes in France. Damaged and destroyed interior of the Depot. Abandoned equipment on racks. Damaged equipment in the depot rooms.

Date: 1945
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020665
Half-tracks loaded with United States soldiers in Saint Malo, France.

U.S. troops in Saint Malo, France. A sign reads 'Chateauneuf'. Wrecked buildings in view. Several half-tracks loaded with United States soldiers pass by. U.S. tanks loaded with troops. Pedestrians in the background. Civilians travel on horse driven carts. A sign on a building reads 'Rennes'. A sign reads 'Rennes, St Malo'. Trucks loaded with soldiers in the background. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053893
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