Victory Day celebrations in Paris, France after World War II. Entrance of U.S. 48th General Hospital in Paris. Wounded American soldiers with nurses in a hospital compound. Soldiers reading news of Germany's surrender. A soldier shows newspaper with headline 'Nazis Reveal Surrender To Western Allies, Russia'.
Victory Day celebrations in Paris, France after World War II. U.S. soldiers parade at U.S. 48th General Hospital followed by wounded soldiers on wheel chairs. Soldiers parade holding American flags. Victory Parade along street showing band preceded by WAC (Women's Army Corps) and band. Soldiers ride on trucks on a street. Band moves ahead preceded by U.S. motorcycles. Cameraman records the event. Parading band comes to a halt in front of U.S. MP (Military Police) Honor Guard. American soldiers and WACs (Women's Army Corps) with their heads bowed in front of Honor Guard.
Victory Day celebrations in Paris, France after World War II. French civilians including children, young men and women on street during the celebrations. A U.S. officer kisses a French woman. Men parade carrying Russian, American, English, and French Flags.
Victory Day celebrations in Paris, France after World War II. American and French flag flies from top of a building. The Obelisk at Place de la Concorde in the background as seen from top of building. French civilians form a human chain on square. American soldiers pose with French women. Two American soldiers kissing a French woman. An American soldier kisses a WAC (Women's Army Corps).
Victory Day celebrations in Paris, France after World War II. Three children pose with an American flag. American soldiers and French civilians along a street. Soldiers and French women ride on military vehicles around Rue de la Paix. A soldier plunges into a fountain at Place de la Concorde. Two American officers talk to each other.
Two girls practice gymnastics in garden. Same girls, nieces of Arthur Kannenberg, pose near headlights of Mercedes car and hold out a small Nazi flag mounted near the headlights. (The older girl is likely Inger Poulsen of Elbingerode, born March 5, 1923 in Copenhagen, Denmark). Arthur Kannenberg arrives and kisses the girls. In next scene, the two girls and a third, younger girl, present a bouquet of flowers to their grandfather on his 73rd birthday. Their grandmother stands next to them. The grandmother and the girls walk along a sidewalk and are met by another man and woman, possibly the girls's parents, outside the Villa Luise. Camera pans upward showing identifying sign on the building.
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