Repatriation of French war prisoners in Paris, France after World War II. French war prisoners disembarking from an aircraft at an airfield. Two women and an officer standing near the entrance of the aircraft. The prisoners with their baggage get off from the aircraft. A column of prisoners walking towards the airport building from the aircraft. The prisoners with baggage.
Houses and buildings destroyed during battle in Gudershoffer, France during World War II. Smoke arises from burnt houses and burnt crops. Infantrymen of the 410th Regiment, 103th Division of Allied forces run in woods carrying their weapons towards town. German prisoners marched in by Allied soldiers. Red Cross servicemen carry wounded on litter, from woods. Soldiers enter a town with signboard 'Gudershoffer'
Bomb damage in Merkwiller, France during World War II. Photographs of aerial view of a bombed German occupied oil refinery. Wrecked buildings of the refinery. A soldier walks on a wrecked railroad. Damaged machines and equipment of the refinery. Damaged railroad and tank cars. Oil left after the bombings. Wrecked oil storage tanks and pipes. Aerial view of the bombed out refinery and damaged buildings in the countryside.
Industries of the Germans on a Parisian subway in France are dismantled to restore transit duty. People walk on a street. A train pulls in at a tube station. Men dismantle machinery used by the Germans during World War II. Men break up railway lines and concrete roads. They push a trolley loaded with concrete blocks.
Germany surrenders in Rheims, France during World War II. Nazi General Alfred Jodl arrives at the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. General Jodl and others enter the building. U.S. General Walter B. Smith, Allied Chief of Staff and other officers at a desk. German General Jodl signs the surrender papers. General Smith also puts his signature on the papers. The surrender document with the signatures of the two Generals. Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower smiles. He holds two pens in a V sign.
Activities of U.S. soldiers in Thionville, France during World War II. Buildings in the snow covered area. Men unload boxes from a truck and carry them to a building. They carry white snow capes from the building and load them into trucks.