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U.S. P-61s flying in formation at a high altitude above Colomiers, in France.

Inside view of the cockpit and radar observer of a U.S. P-61 Black Widow in flight. Aerial views of three U.S. P-61s flying in formation at a high altitude above Colomiers in France.

Date: 1947
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029119
Crew members prepare a U.S. P-61 (Black Widow) for night mission in Colomiers, France.

Crew members prepare a U.S. P-61 black Widow for night mission in Colomiers, France. Crew members work on the engines of the P-61. A full-track stands beneath the wings of P-61.

Date: 1947
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029120
View of communists inspired strikes in Lyon and Paris in France

Newsreel 'France torn by strikes'. Army guards and Police keeps vigil on labor strike in Lyon. Communists inspired striking workers at the Great Rail Center of Lyon. A train has been seen leaving. Empty trucks seen standing. Snowfall in Paris.

Date: 1947, December 9
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040649
Bomb blast at Labor department headquarters in Palestine; Jewish refugees on ship in France.

A newsreel titled, 'World focus on Palestine' shows aftermath of a bomb blast at the Labor department headquarters in Palestine that killed 3 British police. Injured being rescued from the wrecked building by soldiers as smoke rises from it. Tightened security as British soldiers search Jewish people thoroughly on the streets, beside razor wire in a street. Scene changes to the harbor in Dubuque, France, where 4500 Jewish refugees and displaced persons on board the ship "Runnymede Park," bound for Palestine, are seen looking outward from the ship deck while it remains at port awaiting orders. The ship refused docking in France, and is being supplied with food by small boat, and only the sick and injured on the ship are brought to shore for treatment. Views of sick or injured children, women, and men receiving assistance on shore.

Date: 1947, August 11
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038055
People in Paris France view various small curios in a shop

Several curios in view. A stove in the shape of a snail. A woman and a child seen with a swan which can be used to bathe a baby of wash things. Knives seen upright. A woman seen smoking and with an umbrella cigarette lighter. A man seen with a gun which is actually a watch.

Date: 1947, December 12
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040653
Famous early French flyers and aircraft flights in the early 1900's

Major Phillipe who flew from Villacoubay to Eastchurch, England in three stops. De Moulinet who flew 1450 kilometers. Pegoud, pilot for the Bleriot firm, shown making flight tests with arresting gear. Scenes of first live parachute jump over France made by Adolphe Pegoud. Aerial maneuvers piloted by Pegoud in 1913. Views of jubilant crowd who watched the flight and race to meet Pegoud after landing, then carry him on shoulders and celebrate.

Date: 1947
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675022367