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French Forces of the Interior (FFI) clear the way for Allied troops in Paris.

August 1944: French patriots clear the way for Allied troops approaching to liberate Paris. A map shows entry of Allied troops into France. French patriots draw and distribute hidden arms. French men march towards Paris. Demolition fires set by the retreating Germans occupiers throughout the city. Quiet streets and areas of the city before the August uprising. French Forces of the Interior (FFI) Headquarters. FFI men in hideouts. A FFI command post in the city. The members map strategy and prepare arms and ammunition. A woman with a sleeve band with the letters FFI and the Free French Cross of Lorraine insignia. FFI men and women erect barricades throughout the city. Men load rifles. German tanks advance. FFI men in a street fight. A wounded African French man is helped to safety. French patriots behind barricades. A burning vehicle on the road. Smoke from explosions. A man near a wounded on the street. French man and woman disarm a German soldier. German Panther tanks flee. The French take German soldiers prisoners. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020658
French General Charles De Gaulle leads victory celebration of French resistance fighters in Paris

The Liberation of Paris in August 1944. French General Charles De Gaulle leads troops as they march on the Champs Elysees. Soldiers with the French flag. A large crowd of civilians join the celebrations. De Gaulle pays tribute at the Eternal Light at Arc de Triomphe. He is accompanied by French officers and soldiers. Civilians crowd around. De Gaulle and his men parade on the Paris streets. Civilians cheer and celebrate the liberation. Men and women on tanks. U.S. General Eisenhower together with U.S. General Omar Bradley join in the celebration, smile, and talk to American and French military leaders in front of the Arc de Triomphe. The French Resistance flag unfurled on a building. Parisians give the victory sign. The French flag raised on a building. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, August 26
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021865
U.S. General Dwight D Eisenhower celebrates the Liberation of Paris at the restored Arc De Triomphe (WW2)

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces General Dwight D Eisenhower celebrates the Liberation of Paris at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. View of the Arc De Triomphe. General Eisenhower and French officers arrive at the venue. Allied officers and soldiers gathered around. General Eisenhower lays a wreath at the French Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. French soldiers give a sword salute. He addresses the gathering regarding the Liberation of Paris by the Allied and French Forces of the Interior (FFI). Photographers take pictures. Soldiers seated on tanks. General Eisenhower presents the Shield of Honor to the people of Paris in World War II.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020673
General Charles De Gaulle and Allied troops during the Liberation of Paris (WW2)

First day of the Liberation of Paris in World War II. A war correspondent views the city from atop a hill. View of Paris with Eiffel Tower in the background. View of the Arc De Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). People greet soldiers along the Champs Elysees Avenue. General Charles De Gaulle takes the salute and receives flowers from a little girl. French policemen control the crowd. The General parades down the Champs Elysees Avenue followed by the U.S. troops. Civilians wave to soldiers and cheer. Sudden firing by the forces left behind. Soldiers fire machine guns and artillery at the building. Soldiers on a bridge. Civilians take cover under and behind military vehicles. They crouch and lie flat on the street. General De Gaulle in a car. French policemen drag Germans and other prisoners. The people assault and beat them.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020915
Women collaborators with shaved heads driven on Parisian streets in France during World War II.

Women collaborators in Paris, France during World War II. Women collaborators tried outside a building by the FFI (French Forces of the Interior). A woman on trial. A soldier shaves the woman's head after she is found guilty of collaboration with the Germans. French civilians look on. Civilians gathered in a street as women collaborators with shaved heads in a vehicle move past them. Civilians look at the women collaborators.

Date: 1944, August 29
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022029
Women collaborators with shaved heads driven through Parisian streets in France during World War II.

French women collaborators in Paris, France during World War II. French civilians on bicycles as they move down a street. Civilians on streets as women collaborators with shaved heads are driven past the crowd. A French woman walks down a street.

Date: 1944, August 29
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022030