Scenic view of Paris, France in spring. Pedestrians on Avenue Foch. Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in the background. Buildings on the side of the streets. Trench diggers eat lunch. (Trenches were being dug in various parts of the city for civil defense and bomb shelter purposes, with World War 2 looming). The trench diggers sit on the roadside. A sign reads 'Marie Louise'. A two-wheeled cart and rubble lay on the side of the road. Bicycles parked in front of the shops. Cafe du Coliseon at Champs Élysées. Chairs arranged in the cafe. View of traffic at 'Rue de Marignan' and Champs Élysées.
A view of Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile in Paris, France. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe. Sandbags around Francois Rude's Marseillaise statues. Workers work near the Arcc de Triomphe.
President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš at Rue Bonaparte in Paris, France. President Edvard Beneš is greeted by Czechoslovakians living in Paris. Men seated in a room. They stand as Edvard Beneš enters the room. A cameraman stands in the background. He is accompanied by Štefan Osuský and Czechoslovakian Minister Jaroslav Stránský. President of Czechoslovakian Paris Colony welcomes him. President Edvard Beneš addresses the crowd.
President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš in Paris, France. Beneš at Hotel Crillon. He stands in an apartment in the hotel with Štefan Osuský. Men talk to President Edvard Beneš. The men stand in a group.
President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš and Czech Minister Jaroslav Stránský at Hotel Crillon in Paris, France, at beginning of World War 2. President Edvard Beneš stands in the balcony of an apartment in the hotel with Štefan Osuský. Czech Generalissimo Jan Sergěj Ingr talks to President Edvard Beneš. They consult a map. Place de la Concorde in background. The obelisk is protected by sandbags.
French people in District Town Hall (Mairie du XXe Arrondissement) in Paris, France, at start of World War 2. . Women try on the gas masks. Men of National Guard of France (Garde Mobile) fit gas masks on the faces of people. Several gas mask cans on a table. Boxes in the background. People come out with gas mask cans. A child stands at the entrance.