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Japan mediates conflict and its officials endorse Peace Treaty between Vichy France and Thailand, during World War II.

After successfully mediating an armistice between French forces in Indochina and Thailand, during World War II, Japan facilitates the signing of a Peace Treaty between Vichy France and Thailand. Cars carrying diplomats enter gates of the Japanese prime minister's official residence. Views of the Treaty being signed in the Great Hall. Japanese, Thai, and French officials are seen at a conference table, signing the Peace Treaty documents, on May 9 1941. Japanese Foreign Minister Yousuke Matsuoka delivers a congratulatory address following the signing of the Treaty. Officials have drinks. A Vichy French official speaks. Thai official speaks before microphone.

Location: Japan
Date: 1941, May 9
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675074737
Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour talks into a microphone at the Presidency of the Council in France. (WW2)

The Presidency of the Council in Vichy, France during World War II. Vichy France Chief of the Radio and Cinema Section Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour seated at a desk. A woman standing nearby and talking to him. Tixier-Vignancour talks into a microphone.

Location: France
Date: 1940
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077047
Guards standing at the entrance of the Ministry of National Defense in France (WW2)

The Ministry of National Defense in Vichy, France during World War II. Exterior of Hotel Thermal where the Ministry of National Defense has been installed. Guards at the entrance. Vehicles carrying staff and materials to the Ministry of Finance in Paris. Labels on the cars. A sign board reads: 'Vichy'.

Location: Vichy France
Date: 1940
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077046
British Navy attacks French Vichy fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, Oran, Algiers, during World War II

Opening scene shows ships of the French fleet in the harbor of Mers-el-Kébir, Oran, Algeria, during World War 2. French tricolors seen flying from the superstructure of the French battleship, Dunkerque. A motorboat arrives, delivering a note from British Admiral Somerville, via HMS Foxhound (destroyer) to Vichy French naval officer Marcel-Bruno Gensoul, with final warning ultimatum against siding with the Axis powers. Sailors on the Dunkerque watch over the railing of their ship. The messengers board the Dunkerque. French and British Navy sailors exchange signal light messages between ships. Onboard the Dunkerque, the message is delivered to French Admiral Marcel-Bruno Gensoul. Closeup of the message. More signal light messages between ships. (The French had rejected the ultimatum.) French sailors are seen running across a concrete pier separating small pleasure boats in the foreground, from the French warships on the other side of the pier, in the background. View of sailors running to battle stations aboard French ships. An explosion occurs in the waters of the harbor. Striking shells create explosions near the French warships. The Battleship Dunkerque with heavy black smoke rising from her funnel getting underway. French sailors on a battleship with heavy white smoke surrounding them as they stand near her 13-inch guns. The French battleship, Bretagne, exploding after being hit by British gunfire. French sailors fighting fires on burning deck of a warship. Another view of the exploding battleship, Bretagne. A British warship firing its 15-inch guns. Unidentified French warship hit in its aft section by gunfire and exploding in heavy smoke. French survivors in life vests and lifeboats throughout the harbor. Wreckage of some destroyed French ships. (Note: The attack was part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to neutralize or destroy French warships in Vichy France, to prevent them from falling into German hands.)

Location: Oran Algeria
Date: 1940, July 3
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675036557
French General Marshal Petain pose for photographs and reviews the French army troops outside his house in France.

French Marshal Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Petain celebrates his birthday in Vichy France. A lady walks out of a building as Marshal Petain watches. Petain and other family members pose for a photograph in front of his house. Marshal Petain enters his house. Many civilians gather at Petain's house. Marshal Petain speaks to children and play with them. Marshal Petain in civilian clothes review Vichy French troops in uniform. A band of musicians play as they march. French army troops march as Petain inspects them. Petain meets and greets celebrities. A small girl kisses Petain on his cheeks. Soldiers drink and talk to each other after the march. (World War II period).

Location: France
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: French
Clip: 65675065411
Vichy France militia and German soldiers round up FFI members and check French civilians in France.

German SS (Schutzstaffel) troops advance on the Eastern Front during World War II. A map of the Western Front. France: Vichy France militia round up FFI (French Forces of the Interior) members. They march FFI members out of a building. German soldiers search French civilians. They stop and check civilians on bicycles and in cars. A soldier with a revolver talks to a French civilian. Soldiers check an elderly civilian. A seized French Allied Military currency.

Location: France
Date: 1944
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021775
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