German occupation of France during World War 2. The cathedral in Reims, France. Vehicles and a few men on a road in front of the church. Trees lining the road. The railway car in which an armistice agreement was signed by Germany and the Allies at end of World War 1. The Memorial Tablet symbolic of the 1918 armistice, the Alsace-Lorraine, and Ferdinand Foch's Memorial in Compiegne Forest. Ferdinand Foch's carriage in which the first armistice was signed. In 1940 : German troops cross River Marne in rafts. A signboard showing the distances to Paris and Soissons. Another signboard showing the distances to Grand Fitz James and Paris. Troops on tanks moving on roads. A signboard shows distances to Pontarme and Paris. A soldier with a gun on his back. Soldiers moving with carriages on a path between fields. Trees lining the path. German troops moving on tanks advancing deeper into France. The troops on the road in front of the castle in Versailles. The German flag hoisted on a flag pole over the Palace of Versailles and German soldiers occupy the Palace of Versailles.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon of England at a train station in Paris. French officials shake hands with the British King and the Queen. A railroad train at the train station. English and French troops at the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in a parade along the Avenue des Champs-Elysees with the British Royalty and French dignitaries. Parade includes forces from colonies of France and England. Aerial view of parade and ground level views. The King and the Queen in carriages. English troops and French troops march during a parade. In next scene, two years later in 1940, German troops moving in columns under Arc de Triomphe in occupation of Paris. A German officer salutes. View of German soldiers holding guns moving along the Champs-Elysees. Aerial view of the troops moving along the city. Aerial view of buildings. French citizens standing on the sides of a road watch the German troops. Horsemen and troops on carriages moving under the Arc de Triomphe. A German sentry standing in front of the dome of Napoleon at Les Invalides. The Eiffel Tower with camera panning from ground level upward. View of German soldiers at top of Eiffel Tower. The soldiers are seen raising the Nazi German flag atop the Eiffel tower. A German soldier smiling.
Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in Munich, Germany. The Friedensengel monument in Munich. German soldiers try to control the crowd on a road. View of the German flags. The soldiers standing in front of the crowd. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler moving on a path followed by military officers and officials. People waving swastika flags. Large crowds along city streets. The officials moving in an open carriage through the streets. People gathered on sides of roads in front of buildings. The officials arrive in front of a building. Prime Minister Mussolini waves to the people. A large crowd cheers and waves. Chancellor Hitler and Prime Minister Mussolini stand in the balcony of the building. Military officers waving to the leaders. View of the people waving. (World War II period).
USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) B-26 Marauder medium bombers at Glenn L. Martin Company plant in Baltimore, Maryland during World War II. A B-26 aircraft towed out of a hangar. B-26s parked at a field. Preflight inspection and testing of the B-26 aircraft is done under pressure of combat conditions. The B-26 Marauder takes off and is in flight. It lands.
Manufacture of USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) B-26 Marauder medium bombers at Glenn L. Martin Company plant in Baltimore, Maryland during World War II. Aircraft workers work on the nose section of B-26s. Wings of B-26s under construction. Workers use different machines and work on sections of the aircraft. A welder at work. Parts of aircraft waiting to be packed and assembled. Workers assembling parts of aircraft. Close up views of riveting and other join techniques. Nose and fuselage section of B-26 aircraft are joined. Wheels are taken towards the aircraft. Wings are joined. The engine is hoisted. A partially completed B-26 Marauder.
A USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) B-26 Marauder medium bomber at an airfield in England during World War II. A pilot and a copilot board the bomber. The aircraft taxis on an airstrip and takes off. The B-26 Marauder in flight to bomb targets in Germany.
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