Wrecked German airplanes in Paris, France during World War II. Various types of damaged German aircraft on the ground. A United States GI inspects the airplanes. Nazi symbol on the aircraft. The GI looks at the propeller of one of the aircraft.
Monuments and streets in Paris, France during World War II. The Paris Opera House building with traffic on a street. French civilians walking on the street. Shops alongside a road. A board outside one of the shop reads 'Cine Opera'.
Activity on streets in Chantilly France late in World War II. View of trees with white flower blossoms. A U.S. Army officer walks up to a French boy who is selling flowers. He buys a bunch and walks away. French children run towards a trash drum on a street, tip it to look inside, take a box out of it, and then run by, smiling. U.S. Army Tanks patrolling on the street, including a M4 Sherman medium tank-assault gun with 105 mm howitzer, followed by a M32B1 Tank Recovery Vehicle (TRV). Damaged buildings in the background.
Trial of Marshal Henri Petain in Paris, France. Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Petain seated in the courtroom. People seated in the court. Lawyers, guards and civilians move around in the court. Some address the guards. Justices of the court seat themselves. President of the court reads a document. Petain addresses the court and reads from a paper.
A flag hosting ceremony in Paris, France. An official walks with an officer. A flag flutters as the officers walk along the street. Soldiers in uniform with military motorbikes. An Army officer stands as the troops march. The troops fire guns and raise flags during the procession. An official inspects the troops. An officer puts on a flag onto a rod. The Army troops and officers salute during the flag hosting ceremony. (World War II period).
Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Normandy, France during World War II. General Eisenhower with officers as he tours a rugged U.S. Army tent camp. He walks along a path between tents. (The path has deep side ditches for water runoff.) General Eisenhower near a car. Close behind him stands Major General Henry Aurand. General Eisenhower talks with a Colonel. Eisenhower in another area, talks with a very tall soldier, holding a mess kit. Major General Aurand, is in the group of officers behind Eisenhower, as he converses with soldiers eating from their mess kits. General Eisenhower proceeds to his car.