Strategic Secret Intelligence teams operate with U.S. 7th Army in the southeast France during World War II. An officer talks to another officer. Strategic Secret Intelligence teams look at weapons. 7th Army soldiers come out of a building. They get in a jeep. The jeep drives along a road. French people wave at them. Soldiers and officers look at a map during a briefing. Cars driven out of a headquarter building. Infantry moves up for an attack. Artillery is fired. A car damaged due to firing by enemy machine guns. Engineers construct a bridge. The soldiers enter a building. An officer and SSI team members seated around a table. SSI teams greet the officer as they return back. An officer checks identity papers for recruitment of male and female agents. Liberated French people and SSI teams patrol the roads. A man rides a bicycle.
U.S. troops prepare to embark for the United States from France at the conclusion of their service in Europe during World War II, but before the end of the war, so it is regarded as a 30 day furlough. Soldiers stand in line and receive awards and recognitions for their service. The troops go through a chow line and eat food. Soldiers march and smiling U.S. Army soldiers board waiting trucks. The soldiers carry barracks bags as they board troop transport ships, embarking on the voyage back to America. Narrator notes that they will still be needed to help in the fight against the Japanese.
Activities of Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a holiday in France. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, his wife Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill and their daughter, Sarah, seated in a grandstand during a handball match. Spectators watch as the French champions play in a handball court. French folk dancers and musicians perform. Trees in the background.
Activities of Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a holiday in France. Jai alai players in a court. A Jai alai match begins. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, his wife Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill and their daughter, Sarah, seated in a grandstand watch the match.
French and Colonial troops march past through the Avenue de la Grande Armée during the Liberation Parade in Paris, France in World War II, one year after the city's liberation. Troops marching under the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). Military band plays. President of the French Republic Charles De Gaulle salutes at the troops. Civilians gather to cheer the troops as they march past. Aircraft flying in straight line formation leave contrails.
French soldiers return to Paris, France towards the end of World War II. Crowds in a station and along a street as they wave to buses loaded with American soldiers and repatriated French soldiers. French civilians waving to truckloads of returnees. Repatriate French soldiers loaded in trucks as they move past civilians. Civilians gather around a truck loaded with returnees at the Musee d' Orsay (1 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris, France). Soldiers get off a truck. A French boy scout gets onto the truck and helps unload baggage. The soldiers hold a French flag and get off a vehicle. Many people gathered around trucks loaded with returnees. Repatriated French soldiers get off a truck. People lined up behind barricades as they cheer for the returning soldiers.