A glider flies over Paris after liberation from Nazi Germany during World War 2. Allied soldiers in Jeeps, motorcycles and other armored vehicles move towards the Place de la Concorde (75008 Paris, France). A huge crowd gathered at the Place de la Concorde. Soldiers standing guard in front of crowd. Crowds cheering in front of the Hôtel de Crillon (10 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France) near the Place de la Concorde. Guards and civilian men control a crowd of young French men and women. Cheering French men. Red Cross nurses wave at crowds from moving trucks to Place de la Concorde. French women and boys waving from balcony. Young French men, women and Red Cross officers sit at the back of a Jeep. Crowds cheer for Allied troops in vehicles on Rue de Rivoli.
General Charles de Gaulle with French officials in Place de la Concorde during World War 2. Crowds gather in Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France) to watch a parade. Men sitting on top of a statue. A French camera man shoots footage on top of a car with a sign “Please don’t kill the French cameramen”. French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fighters marching during victory parade. French civilians sit on top of moving military and Red Cross vehicles. French civilians give the V-sign. French women and soldiers riding on an M3 half-track. Red Cross medics and nurses, some carrying flags, marching from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde. Red Cross medics give the V-sign hand gesture (for victory) while cycling. A young Red Cross nurse with leg injury is carried on a stretcher during parade, near Hôtel de Crillon (10 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France). Smiling young nurse gives a V-sign while being carried on stretcher.
French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fighters during a parade in Paris after Allied liberation (World War 2). FFI fighters victoriously marching with French tricolor flags and rifles at the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). Civilians watch the parade on the side of the plaza. Some people are seen clapping. A U.S. Army Jeep with soldiers drives near marching FFI fighters and French guards. A Piper Cub flies low near the crowds. Men and women hold United States, French and British flags and signs “Vive de Gaulle”, “Allies”, on top of a Free French trucks in front of Hôtel de Crillon (10 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France). Sign on the side of the trucks read “Liberation” with French, England, and United States flags displayed. Piper Cub light aircraft flying over the Arc de Triomphe as seen from the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.
Liberation of Paris during World War II. FFI (French Forces of the Interior) soldiers examine German strong point as they look through a field glass. Soldiers examine a table laden with sauerkraut and champagne left by the Germans. Soldiers look over captured German propaganda photographs. Men and women on street. Cars parked on street. FFI men unload crates from a truck. Commander of a German garrison comes out of a building.
Bridge construction in Paris during Allied Invasion of France in World War II Construction of the American bridge across the river. Officer instructs as the workers construct bridge. Engineer operates crane and places steel treadway. Engineers attach and seal the treadways with one another. Pontoon floats are used to provide support. View of the completed bridge. Tanks move across the bridge.
During Liberation of Paris. View of barbed wire enclosed area in Fort de Romainville (Nazi prison and transit camp) with bodies of civilians murdered by the Germans lying on ground (seen from a distance). View of main gate of Fort De Romainville with its inscription at the entrance. Elsewhere in Paris, a painter paints the French flag while children watch. Civilians on a street drinking wine. People bicycling on the street. A woman falls and people come to assist her. FFI (French Forces of the Interior) interrogating civilians on bicycles. (World War II period).