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French civilians watch a parade in Rue Royale to celebrate awarding of the Cross of Liberation (Croix de la Libération) to Paris (WW2)
French civilians gather to watch a parade celebrating the awarding of the Cross of Liberation (Croix de la Libération) to Paris after liberation of France from Nazi Germany during World War II. French women clapping. United States soldiers marching out of the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France) into Rue Royale. A French civilian holding a camera as spectators cheer. Women's Army Corps (WAC) officers marching toward the L'église de la Madeleine (Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). French troops marching toward the L'église de la Madeleine. French children clapping as they watch the military parade. Three women watching and clapping among the crowd. French troops march and carry the French tricolor in Rue Royale. A marching band playing. A goat mascot accompanies marching troops.
U.S. troops land on a beachhead in France.
August 1944: U.S. soldiers get off a Landing Craft on the French coast. Soldiers on U.S. battleships. U.S. officers discuss among themselves. Soldiers move across the beach. Soldiers sit outside an abandoned unfinished German pillbox. They examine German artillery. A camouflaged German gun IMPLACEMENT. A U.S. Landing Craft hit by a German radio controlled flying bomb. The charred and destroyed craft on the beach. Soldiers unload heavy equipment and vehicles including jeeps and tanks from Landing Crafts. U.S. battleships in the background. Blimps in the sky. Soldiers move across a street. Soldiers in trucks. Engineers construct an airstrip through a vineyard. Heavy machinery and equipment used to remove the rubble and bushes, as well as to level the ground. Military trucks and vehicles on the road. (World War II period).
Red Ball Express trucks carry supplies, ammunition, and equipment in France during World War II.
On the "Red Ball Express." Tires of a running Red Ball truck. Wrecked truck being cleared of the path by a tank. Convoy of Red Ball trucks. Towing truck pulls a disabled Red Ball truck. Mechanic make repairs to truck at a service station. Drivers drink coffee. The convoy moves on. Gasoline canisters being loaded on trucks. Operator inside a radio truck controls truck movements. Artillery shells being manufactured inside a plant. Medical supplies, ammunition, and equipment carried by trucks. Newspaper headlines states that the "Red Ball Express" is discontinued as French railway service improves. Montage shows Red Ball Express trucks lined up at parking lots.
U.S. Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft taxiing and taking off at Denain Airfield (A-83), France at end of World War 2
U.S. Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of the 323rd Bombardment Group (9th Air Force, 98th Bomb Wing) taxiing and taking off (in pairs) at Denain Airfield (A-83) in final days of World War II. They display the White Tails that distinguish the 323rd Bomb Group.
Saint Nazaire citizens are escorted to safety by halting the fight in France during the World War II.
Saint Nazaire truce for civilian evacuation during World War II. Fighting is halted to escort St. Nazaire citizens to safety. German troops at a rail road station. A train arrives at the station carrying refugees. They come out of the train and meet the soldiers.
Aerial views of Paris near the end of World War II
Aerial view of the city of Paris, from a light observation plane, near the end of World War II. Vast crowds in the main district of the city. Crowded grounds of Place De L'Opera (Place de l'Opéra 75002 Paris) and the Church of Madeleine (Pl. de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). View of Eiffel Tower amidst the city expanse. Panoramic view of the city centering on the Arc de Triomphe. River Seine and its vicinity. Maze of streets and buildings. Throngs of people surrounding the Arc de Triomphe and along the Champs Elysees Avenue. A view of the Tuileries Gardens (Pl. de la Concorde, 75001 Paris, France).