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Long truck convoy along the Voie Sacrée "Sacred Way '' to Verdun during WWI.

French troops leave Souilly, the headquarters of French Generals Philippe Pétain and Robert Nivelle, for Verdun by trucks during World War 1. Outside Souilly, General Philippe Pétain observes the trucks leaving for Verdun. Trucks drive along the Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way”), a road that connects Bar-le-Duc to Verdun (Meuse), France. Long convoy of trucks transport troops, supplies and artillery through the Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way ''). Trucks driving along the Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way ''). Soldiers disembark from trucks after arriving in Verdun. Soldiers push field artillery attached to a truck.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079178
French dead and wounded during the Battle of Verdun, WWI

A French soldier dresses the wound of an injured comrade during the Battle of Verdun in World War 1. Bodies of dead French soldiers, partly buried in mud, found in trenches. Two men walk past bodies of the deceased. More bodies of French soldiers are scattered in the trenches. Removal of battlefield casualties. Bodies of soldiers killed during the Battle of Verdun are shown in various stages of decomposition. French soldiers wearing the Red Crosses on their arms digging graves for dead bodies removed from the battlefield. Devastated hill in Verdun. French soldiers trudging through destroyed Verdun landscape.. Bodies of deceased soldiers and scattered wreckage. French soldiers carry away wounded on stretchers.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079175
German artillery bombards the Verdun forts and German troops enter the city of Paris during the Battle of France.

The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. German troops and cavalry advances in France. A sign for Paris, Soissons, and Aisne. German forces enter Paris. Soldiers raise a Nazi flag on the Eiffel Tower. Aerial view of Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysses and the city of Paris. German troops march before the Arc de Triomphe at Champs Elysses. They pass various Parisian landmarks. German officers in Paris salute parading troops and award Iron Crosses. Close up views of faces of German soldiers in award ceremony. An animated map depicts the German advance towards Normandy and Brittany. soldiers work on the streets. They carry planks and other equipment and climb uphill. German cavalry and infantry cross a river. German artillery bombards the Verdun forts. Soldiers load and fire artillery. A German General reviews troops in Verdun. French troops surrender. Wrecked forts and a WWI monument. German infantry parades past the forts. French civilians and French POWs (Prisoners of War). German forces pass abandoned war material. Troops advance through French towns. German tank men study maps. German soldiers at a road block.

Date: 1940, June 14
Duration: 7 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021755
French officers award Fourragère military award to Major General Walton H. Walker during WW2

United States Major General Walton H. Walker receives Fourragère military award from the French during World War 2. French officers march down monument stairs of the Victory Monument in Verdun (Rue Mazel, 55100 Verdun, France) Major General Walton H. Walker, of the XX Corps, receives the Fourragère. Major General Walton H. Walker shakes hands with French officers. French troops pass in review at the Verdun Victory Monument.

Date: 1944, November 2
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078637
French woman at Verdun grave. Formal dedication (inauguration) of the Verdun Ossuary at Douamont, France.

A French woman with umbrella at a grave in Verdun battlefield. Official Dedication (inauguration) of the Verdun Ossuary at Douaumont, France, August 7, 1932. Seen is French General Henri Giraud, along with other officials. Soldier of French Colonial Regiment (Moroccan) dips tricolor flag embroidered with campaign symbols.

Date: 1932, August 7
Duration: 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040029
French soldiers load guns in the Verdun forts while German infantry crosses a river and a pontoon bridge in France.

The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. An animated map depicts the German advance across Saar and the Rhine. They close in on Belfort, Verdun, Strassburg, Epinal and Colmar. Explosions near a defense line in the battle field. French troops load guns in the Verdun fort bunkers. French soldiers wearing berets shout out instructions inside the fortifications, load and fire artillery guns. Racks full of shells. Soldiers take aim and fire guns. Soldiers operate various machines and equipment. Explosions near railroad tracks. Numerous explosions on hills. German soldiers prepare and fire a Krupp K5 railway gun. German officers brief soldiers with the help of a map on a wall. German infantry crosses a river in motor launches. Firing on either side of the river. Soldiers in boats go across, land ashore and move into wooded area. German troops advance, reduce French strong points. Soldiers fire artillery. German officers ride by in staff cars. Officers and soldiers survey the surrounding hills and landscape. Germans guard French POWs (Prisoners of War). Troops cross a pontoon bridge and enter French forts.

Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021756