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French aid Spanish Exodus at Le Perthus, France.
French officials talking. Large number of people gather, refugees going on road, and trucks on move. Trucks carrying people moving and people wave hands. A flag waves, French Army soldiers standing in a different position and a senior officer going in between. Two Officers shake hands with each other. Faces of refugees.
French troops prepare after the declaration of war.
France declares war. Bus loads of troops leave the city en route to the front. People walking on a bridge. They buy vegetable and other articles from the market. They gather outside a building. Soldiers standing nearby. Soldiers marching. Buildings along the street side. Tanks advance towards the front. Planes in formation. Buildings set on fire. Firemen try to control the fire. Soldiers preparing for the attack. A soldier talks on the radio.
A religious ceremony held in Paris in memory of the Polish men who died in war.
A religious ceremony held at Paris synagogue in Paris, France. The ceremony is held in memory of the Polish men who died in war. Rabbi Joseph Sachs, Polish Premier General Sikorsky, Ambassador Jules Lukasiewicz and staff of Embassy attend the service. Robert Philippe Gustave de Rothschild (President of Paris Jewish Consistory) and Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild also known as Baron Édouard de Rothschild (President of Central Jewish Consistory) attend the service. Men come out of the synagogue after the ceremony is over. Polish President Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz talks to General Sikorsky. (World War 2 period).
Civil Defense teams prepare for possible gas attack in Paris (WW2)
The basement of the Third Arrondissement Town Hall (2 Rue Eugène Spuller, 75003 Paris, France) in Paris, location of the Civil Defense Center during World War II. A team of Civil Defense workers practice their plans for dealing with possible gas attack. Team members, wearing gas masks, gas proof hoods, suits, boots and gloves, enter and exit the shelter with stretchers. Doctors who are part of the response team go through the motions of treating persons posing as victims. Extra apparatus is seen in the basement center that produces electricity and ventilates the shelter in an emergency. View of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
Bao Dai, King of Annam, flying with stunt flyer Michel Detroyat
Bao Dai, King of Annam, as he takes a flying lesson with the stunt flier Michel Detroyat in Velizy-Villacoublay France. The King wears helmet and gets into a plane. Airplane in flight. King gets down from the plane with help from Michel Detroyat. King removes his helmet.
Hermann Goering, Chief of the German Air Force, gives a speech in tribute to the Luftwaffe (Air force)
Chief of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), Hermann Goering, extols the capabilities and contributions of the Luftwaffe to German conquests, mentioning Poland, and France. As he speaks, a German Henschel Hs 126 observation plane is shown, followed by shots of a Messerschmitt Me-109 and formations of them flying amongst clouds, A German antiaircraft emplacement on a parapet high above a river. A lone German sentry patroling a beach and a flight of Me-109s flying low over his head. View from nose of a German bomber flying low over water. German Dornier Do-17 bombers penetrating a coastline. Pilots and gunner in bombers. Formation of Heinkel He-111 bombers in flight. Animation shows British mainland from perspective of a dive bomber heading toward the ground. Sequence finishes with explosion. Throughout the last half of the clip, a male chorus is heard singing the Luftwaffe's unofficial anthem, "Bomben auf Engelland," (Bombs on England) by Norbert Schultze (Norbert Arnold Wilhelm Richard Schultze).