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Parade for Cross of Liberation (Croix de la Libération) award ceremony to Paris after liberation (WW2)

Paris parade celebrating the awarding of the Cross of Liberation (Croix de la Libération) after liberation from Nazi Germany during World War II. Parade takes place on Rue Royale, Place de la Madeleine, and other streets in Paris. French troops stand up and salute. Close view of a French soldier saluting outside the L'église de la Madeleine (Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). United States soldiers use cameras to record the event. French troops carrying a flag (with words) marching on Rue Royale. General Charles de Gaulle and other official stand on stage in the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). General Charles de Gaulle salutes. An M5 half-track leaves the Place de la Concorde. Two soldiers with a French tricolor flag on top of a moving Free French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank in Rue Royale, followed by a smaller tank. Two Free French M4 tanks side by side. Several French tricolor flags on flagpoles near crowds of civilians. French troops stand and march with flags in Place de la Concorde. Soldiers with guns marching in Place de la Concorde. A distant observation airplane flying above soldiers standing near the Seine river, with the view of the Eiffel Tower behind. General De Gaulle and important officials sitting on chairs onstage. A cavalry regiment during the parade in Rue Royale. Cheering crowds watching the parade on Rue Royale.

Date: 1945, April 2
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079405
General Charles de Gaulle presents flags to soldiers during an Easter parade ceremony celebrating the liberation in Paris, France (WW2)

General Charles de Gaulle presents regimental colors and standards to soldiers as a symbolic reconstruction of the French Army during liberation ceremony in Paris (World War II). Two stern United States military police stand in the crowd. French troops attend the ceremony in Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). General Charles de Gaulle presents flags with regimental colors that had been hidden from Germans during the war to French soldiers at the Place de la Concorde. Soldiers go down the stage after receiving their standards. Close up of an elderly soldier. Soldiers salute to General de Gaulle after going on stage. Soldiers receive their standards from General de Gaulle. Words seen on flags include "Honneur et Patrie (Honour and Fatherland) and "Republique Francaise" (French Republic.)

Date: 1945, April 2
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079407
President Harry S. Truman and officials inspect damage in Berlin before the Potsdam Conference (WW2)

United States President Harry S. Truman visits Berlin for the Potsdam Conference at the end of World War 2 in Europe. President Truman, Admiral William D. Leahy, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, sit in open car to view Berlin in ruins. Berlin buildings and façade are destroyed from heavy bombing. Ruins of the Reich Chancellery (Wilhelmstraße 77 10117 Berlin Germany) is seen. President Truman’s car passes by the Berlin Victory Column or Siegessäule (Großer Stern, 10557 Berlin, Germany). Closer view of the Berlin Victory Column, featuring the Victoria statue on top. Large portraits of President Truman, Russian Premier Joseph Stalin and Prime Minister Winston Churchill on a Russian reviewing stand on Berlin’s Unter den Linden Avenue. President Truman’s convoy approaches the Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany), damaged by heavy bombing. Cars driving on the Unter den Linden Avenue. The Berliner Schloss (Schloßpl. 1, 10178 Berlin, Germany) with significant damage. The Secret Service stand on running boards of President Truman's car. President Truman greets a man from his car. President Truman, Admiral Leahy and Secretary of State Byrnes talking. A huge pile of rubble stands in front of a damaged building. Crowds of men and soldiers surround President Truman and his car. Soldiers with cameras take photographs. Secret Service men running alongside President Truman’s car. President Truman’s car passes by a Nazi-style building, driving into the Autobahn. A Military Police vehicle, which acts as guard, follows behind President Truman's car heading to Potsdam.

Date: 1945, July 15
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079677
President Truman delivers a speech, review 2nd Armored Division along the Autobahn in Germany (WW2)

President Harry S. Truman in Germany for the Potsdam Conference during World War 2. Cameramen sitting and standing while taking photos or videos. A military band plays in the background. President Truman delivers a speech, addressing the Honor Guard at a flag raising ceremony. The United States flag flying. Two U.S. Army soldiers salute the flag while standing on top of a building. President Truman and General Dwight D. Eisenhower in conversation as they walk along path. President Truman and staff aboard an M3 half-track reviewing 2nd Armored Division along German Autobahn.

Date: 1945, July 15
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079681
Medics rescue a soldier from a tank, in ruined Wingene, Belgium (WW2)

Medics rescue a soldier from a tank in Wingene, Belgium during World War II. The injured soldier is placed on a stretcher. A burning house in Wingene, in the Belgian province of West Flanders. Flames erupt from windows of the house. Bodies of two dead United States soldiers lying on a snow-covered street.

Date: 1945, January 6
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080009
150th Signal Corps, 10th Armored Division paint half-track and truck with white paint in Metz, France (WW2)

United States 150th Signal Corps, 10th Armored Division whitewash an M3 half-track and 2-1/2 ton truck in Metz, France during World War II. This is done for winter camouflage. Soldiers dip brushes on buckets with white paint or whitewash. Soldiers paint vehicles with white paint. A wheel is covered with white paint. Soldiers painting a truck in white on the side of a street. A soldier paints the truck’s wheels. Man uses a long brush to paint the upper part of the truck.

Date: 1945, January 13
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080011