Officials arrive for the Paris Peace Conference in Paris, France. Officers in uniforms pose for a photograph. United States Navy Admiral Benson and United State Ambassador to France Henry C. White leave the Hotel Crillon building (10 Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France). They read the document in hand. Henry C. White speaks with the officials. French Premier Georges Clemenceau and Marshal Ferdinand Foch get inside a car. View of the Élysée Palace (55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France) with flags in the foreground. People walking in the street.
Delegates arriving at quarters of the German delegation in Trianon Palace Hotel (1 Bd de la Reine, 78000 Versailles, France) in Versailles, France. French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, French Premier Georges Clemenceau, President Raymond Poincare, Colonel Edward M. House, United States Ambassador to France Henry White, United States President Woodrow Wilson, United States Secretary of State Robert Lansing, Greek Premier Eleftherios Venizelos, Lord Balfour, United Kingdom Prime Minister Lloyd George, and Polish Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski arriving.
A bomber takes off from an airfield for Normandy during World War 2. A group of bombers in flight. Free French 2nd Armored Division soldier looking up the sky. B-17 bombers flying. A German soldier looks up to see bombers. Bomber dropping bombs. German troops get out of a camouflaged truck. Close up of bomber pilot flying. Bomber cockpit with view of bomb sight. Bombs falling. A B-17 bomber dropping multiple bombs from its bomb bay. Anti-aircraft guns firing at bombers. A bomb lands on a factory. Aerial view of bombs landing onto crossroads. More B-17 bomber planes dropping bombs simultaneously. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers dropping bombs over Normandy. Multiple bombs fall on Normandy, creating clouds of explosion. United States General J. Lawton Collins and General Omar Bradley (wearing glasses) ascend stairs. United States troops remove camouflage branches from a Jeep. An M4 Sherman tank moves. Soldiers began moving as Operation Cobra has begun. “Marigny” and “St. Gilles” are highlighted from a map of Normandy. United States soldiers moving through a village with destroyed houses. A German soldier in foxhole aims his rifle. United States M4 Sherman tank passing stone house on road. German soldier with deep scar on his face. German soldier fires a rocket launcher (Raketenpanzerbüchse 54). Multiple explosions on field. German troops fire artillery at United States soldiers. German commander observes field using binoculars. German soldiers prepare to attack Allied troops. German soldiers running. A German soldier fires a Maschinengewehr 34, also known as the MG 34, machine gun. A German soldier throws a hand grenade. A Panzer IV firing at Allied positions. Explosions and thick smoke. United States soldiers crouch beside a hedgerow for cover. Soldiers carry supplies after fighting ceased for the day. Soldier sitting while holding a pistol. Soldiers moving and running with rifles. Tank artillery firing. An M4 Sherman tank drives through a forested road. United States soldier climbs a hedgerow. Soldiers firing artillery from under camouflage nets. A group of United States soldiers climb a hedgerow. Soldiers on top of a moving M4 Sherman tank. Two soldiers fire a mortar from a foxhole. An M4 Sherman tank moves across a field. American commander directs troops to climb over hedgerows. United States soldiers firing at Germans from behind a hedgerow. Soldier firing an M9 Bazooka. A soldier firing with an anti-tank rifle grenade launcher (M7 grenade launcher). Soldiers firing with an M1919 Browning machine gun. An M4 Sherman tank pass by a house. An Armored Column with M4 Sherman tanks enters the town of Saint-Gilles. Most houses in Saint-Gilles are damaged. Piles of rubble in Saint-Gilles. United States 7th Corps soldiers engage in street fighting with German troops in Saint-Gilles. Destroyed houses in Saint-Gilles. Tank firing at a house. Soldiers running far. United States soldier firing with machine gun behind bushes. A tank climbs up a hedgerow. United States soldiers climbing hedgerows. Soldier puts more shell into an artillery. Map of Normandy showing the town of Avranches.
Houses and a building in France. Large explosion seen as Germans blow up their ammunition dump while American cavalry advances to occupy the town..
World War 1 victory parade in Paris, France after signing of Armistice and end of World War I. Allied cavalry units, infantry units and band march down the Champ Elysees with Arc de Triomphe in the background. French soldiers carry American flags at the victory celebration and parade.
After end of World War I President Wilson goes to France to participate in treaty negotiations. While there he reviews American troops preparing to return to the United States. President Woodrow Wilson and General John Pershing on reviewing stand as American troops pass in review at General Pershing's Headquarters. President Wilson is seen wearing a fur coat.