'Victory in Europe Day' in Paris, France. Honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in Paris, France on 'Victory in Europe Day'. American soldiers walk by the tomb. Crowds carrying Allied flags parade in streets. People hold French flag as they sing the national anthem. (World War II period).
U.S. Army General Dwight Eisenhower speaks on the V-E day in Paris, France during World War II. General Eisenhower delivers a speech in Paris on the Victory in Europe Day. The General states that he has the proud privilege of speaking for the fighting men in his theater who conquered Western Europe and destroyed more men than they themselves possessed. The Allies selected Germany as their first object because it was the one place that all the Allies could bring their weight to bear. General Eisenhower pays his tribute to the Soviet Russian Army, the Allied Forces in Italy, the French, the British and the Americans on the Western Front and to GI Joe and his counterparts whom he says were the real heroes of the war.
Victory in Europe Day celebrations in Wiesbaden, Germany after the end of World War II. Damaged buildings . Displaced person's camp buildings. Men decorate platform for a speech on the VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) celebration. Picture of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin,Premiere of the Soviet Union and Russian banner on the platform. Portrait of Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov,Soviet Military Commander and Russian banner. Group of DPs (displaced persons) as they hold a portrait of Stalin and Red flag. Parade begins. Men and girls stand in formation with Red banners and pictures of Stalin. Buildings in the background.
Victory in Europe Day celebration in Wiesbaden, Germany at the end of World War II in Europe. Group of DPs (Displaced Persons) march away from the parade area. They hold Red flags,banners and portraits. Group of girls march. Buildings in the background. Girl carries a large Portrait of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin,Premier of the Soviet Union. Red star over a building. The parade progresses. United States Army Air Forces B-17s Flying Fortress bomber aircraft fly overhead.
United States and British officers in Germany during World War II. United States and British soldiers march with the American and the British flag. U.S. aircraft parked in the background. Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe General Dwight D Eisenhower along with staff walks on a runway at an airfield. Commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe General Carl Andrew Spaatz and British Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder walk towards General Eisenhower. The officers salute General Eisenhower. A U.S. soldier stands with a flag in hand. General Eisenhower shakes hands with officers and converses with them. United States Army Air Force General James Harold Doolittle stands with other British officers. An aircraft parked on the ground. A tent pitched on a field with soldiers in the foreground.
United States fighter aircraft in flight above clouds over Gernany near end of World War II in Europe. An aircraft drops bomb over German targets at night. Explosions on the ground. Aerial view of green fields. Smoke rises from bombed areas. Aerial view of a flowing river.Gun camera footage from U.S. fighter aircraft strafing railroad trains, and other targets unopposed near the end of World War Two in Europe.