Trial of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain and other French officials in Paris, France after World War II. Former Vichy Marine Minister Admiral Blehaut takes the oath and testifies before the court. A lawyer speaks. An officer greets Marshal Petain. The Court President walks up and takes a seat. Another French officer takes the oath and testifies. Reporters take notes. Officers greet Marshal Petain.
U.S. Army General George S Patton visits France. Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) on the Avenue Champs-Élysées. General Patton and French General Alphonse Juin arrive at the Arc De Triomphe in Paris. He is greeted by officers. Photographers click pictures. The General and other officers salute at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He places a wreath at the Eternal Light. The General signs the Golden Book. Soldiers give a gun salute. General Patton salutes the French flag. (World War II period).
A German Ordinance Depot outside of Rennes in France. Damaged and destroyed interior of the Depot. Abandoned equipment on racks. Damaged equipment in the depot rooms.
6 August 1944: A U.S. armored column on the outskirts of Mayenne on their way to Paris, France in World War II. Soldiers in trucks, jeeps and half tracks. Soldiers prepare to fight, push artillery across a field. Troops march into Mayenne. Civilians welcome and greet the soldiers. U.S. troops and a van on the road. The troops and tanks enter Laval. Civilians greet the soldiers. Civilians on bicycles wave to soldiers in a truck. Soldiers and civilians at a bombed bridge. Soldiers fire at Nazis across the river from behind a wall. Civilians with French flags on the streets. A woman collaborationist surrounded by French men, holds pictures and has a Swastika on her dress front. A woman holds a broken picture of German leader Adolf Hitler. People with US, British, and French flags in a building window.
Allied forces entering the port city of Saint Malo, France, during World War II. Smoke from explosions. Allied soldiers load and fire artillery. Tanks, damaged buildings, and soldiers in the streets. Soldiers fire machine guns and rifles across a street in the city. Soldiers in a building. Two soldiers take a wounded comrade to safety. A soldier attends to a wounded comrade lying on the ground. Nazi German prisoners are marched on the streets.
Plywood used to make war material for the Invasion of Normandy. Birch, maple and mahogany logs are boiled for 24 hours. The logs are rounded on rollers and then peeled into long sheets of veneer. Women war production workers take out thin sheets of wood made from the logs. The sheets are then put into drying ovens to reduce the moisture. Women make an alternating wood and glue pile. These are stacked and put into a machine press to make the finished plywood. Workers put together and weld the prepared plywood. The plywood is used to make landing crafts, boats, pontoons, army holding boards, gliders and fighter planes. Men construct boats and crafts. A glider takes off. Worker under the plane. British de Havilland Mosquito bombers parked in a row. The plywood was a major component of the Mosquitoes .
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