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Renaming of Paris Street in honor of Général Philippe Leclerc de Hautclocque

French official arrives by car to officiate at ribbon-cutting ceremony renaming the Avenue d'Orleans as Avenue du General Leclerc, in honor of Général Philippe Leclerc de Hautclocque, who formally liberated Paris, entering along this street, at the head of his French 2nd Armored Division, in 1944. The French official is greeted by a young woman wearing a sash. Members of the French 2nd Armored Division are seen holding unit flags. The official unveils the new street sign on the corner of a building decorated with tricolor bunting. A member of the French 2nd Armored Divison poses on top of a sherman tank, parked in the square. The official cuts a ribbon..

Date: 1948
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038979
Tanks of the U.S. 3rd Armored Division move across a pontoon bridge in France during World War II.

Allied troops advance around Paris,France during World War II. A pontoon bridge across Seine river as tanks of the U.S. 3rd Armored Division advance across the pontoon bridge. Civilians watch the military convoy advance from the banks of the Seine. A boat on the bank of the river. A tank rolls across a pontoon bridge.

Date: 1944, August 26
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022020
Scenes of World War II spanning several years, primarily from the European theater of operations, and operations of U.S. Army forces.

Montage of World War II scenes in rapid succession, including: British flag flying; British civilian men looking through debris and victims of Japanese bombing in China; a German armored car moving rapidly; Heavy artillery pieces firing; German SdKfz 251 half-track armored personnel carrier rushing past the camera; The German Nazi flag flying from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France; German troops marching through the Arc de Triomphe (Arch of Triumph) as they occupy Paris; New York Times newspaper headline reading: "Nazis execute 50 French hostages in Bordeaux!" French Army prisoners of war; British Colonial troops in a labor gang; German Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft in flight; French refugees fleeing advancing German forces; Momentary closeup of ME- Bf-109 firing guns and then climbing away from roadway filled with refugees. Animated illustration showing shadows of German bombers flying towards Britain. Numerous dead civilians, victims of Axis military actions in various parts of the world. The White cliffs of Dover. Formation of German Heinkel HE-111 bombers coming over England. Aerial view from above of numerous German Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers in flight. British Royal Air Force airman ringing alarm bell and RAF pilots scramble; responding by running to their spitfire aircraft, taking off and climbing to intercept German bombers. Closeup of one pilot in his cockpit during dogfight. A formation of three German Ju 87s seen from below. Gun camera glimpse of one being shot down from behind. An aircraft shot down and crashing. German aircraft bombing England at night during Battle of Britain (1940). Point of view shots from inside German aircraft during blitz over Britain, with aerial views of explosions and fires on ground in England. Narrator mentions Coventry as a target. Smoking ruins from German blitzkrieg bombing. Aerial views of areas bombed by German aircraft. British civilians carrying coffins and lowering them into grave sites as they bury victims of Nazi German bombing. Closeup of the shoulder patch worn on uniforms of soldiers in the U.S. Service Forces. Views of war materiel in warehouses and being loaded aboard ships destined to the war zones. American soldiers on a Pacific island. United States Army soldiers engaged at communications centers and using radio and radar antennae. Military equipment and weapons being moved by railroad train. Military supplies being loaded on rail cars and railroad trains running on tracks. U.S. troops on a beachhead following an amphibious landing. A British soldier eating bread. Two American soldiers drinking from cups. Closeup of a military police "MP" armband. Large formation of marching U.S. soldiers. Closeups of soldiers in the field, using radio telephones, cutting through barbed wire, looking out of ship porthole windows, and some simply posing momentarily for the camera. A U.S. Army soldier showing the "V" for victory symbol with his hand.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075795
French Forces of Interior (FFI) men and a coffin shop near an execution place in France.

An execution place in Paris, France during World War II. French Forces of Interior (FFI) men watch coffins dug out from the ground. Four coffins on the ground. A coffin shop. Unused coffins on a shelf at the shop. Half made coffins on the shop floor. A wall of a torture chamber. FFI men and prisoners walk along the wall of the torture chamber. Interior of the torture chamber. Stakes in the chamber. A rosary on a stake in the torture chamber.

Date: 1944, August 31
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065436
English fascist John Amery and German Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle Division in the European Theater during World War II.

An English Fascist and a German Corpsmen in the European Theater during World War II. The Gaumont Palace Theatre in Paris, France with view of cinema exterior marquee. Interiors of the Gaumont Palace shows English fascist John Amery standing on a raised platform and speaking into a microphone. Guards standing on either side of the platform. The audience listening to the speaker. John Amery speaks about Allied bombings. The audience applauding at the end of the speech. Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle Division men aboard a submarine with Corvette Captain Luet. The Captain shaking hands with corpsmen aboard the submarine. View of the corpsmen with the Captain on the submarine. A few corpsmen inside a control room with an officer. A man aboard the submarine pouring a liquid from a pot for a corpsman holding a cup. The Captain talking to the corpsmen. A few corpsmen getting on to the submarine from a harbor. The Captain talking to the corpsmen aboard the submarine. The corpsmen standing around the Captain.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675066372
General Charles De Gaulle, J. P. Leclerc and other officers at a headquarters in France.

French officers at a headquarters in Paris, France, during liberation of France in World War 2. General Charles De Gaulle, J. P. Leclerc and other officers converse with each other. The General shakes hands with other officers. General Charles seated at his desk reads a document. The General and J. P. Leclerc converse with each other.

Date: 1944, August 23
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043996