Civilians and refugees flee bombing in France during World War II Battle of France. Buildings set on fire due to bombardment by Nazi German aircraft. Heavy columns of smoke rises up from the fire in homes and buildings. Dead body of a woman on a litter on a street. Rubble of a church destroyed by bombing. Belgian refugees walk along a road with their personal belongings on carts, and take cover in a ditch beside the road as they are subject to bombing and strafing from the air. Damaged buildings in the area. French soldiers and French police officers walking in busy city area and questioning civilians on street and in an outdoor cafe, asking to see their papers, and trying to find and root out an "5th column" elements or those working for the enemy. Motorcycle police pull over a car and demand papers from the driver.
French guards and German prisoners of war in France during World War II. A French soldier mans a machine gun at his post in a prison camp. German prisoners move in a line in the enclosure. A French soldier paints on prison uniforms. German prisoners of war (POWs) including officers collect the prison uniform coats and put them on.
Men and women pick grapes on a farm in France. Children stand nearby. The men and women with baskets on their back. They pick grapes and drop them into the baskets and wheel barrows. The picked grapes are then loaded into barrels on a cart. People follow the cart and sing songs in French as the cart is driven away to a wine making facility. The barrels are unloaded and grapes collected in a vast container. Men with pitchforks sort the grapes. A worker offers another a glass of wine.
Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War 1. Several American pilots are shown in their aircraft. Opening scene shows pilot clad in heavy flying suit, helmet and goggles, climbing into cockpit of a De Havilland DH-4 aircraft, as another officer stands nearby. An army ground crewman steps to the propeller and slowly rotates it to clear any hydraulic lock. He then stands ready to pull it through for a start. Closeup of pilot in the cockpit. Another ground crewman joins hands with the first to help him as they pull the prop through and the engine starts. The aircraft taxis out, with a rear gunner also aboard. Halfway through the film, Eddie Rickenbacker is seen in a Spad VIII. Rickenbacker in the cockpit. Plane taxis before take off. Aircraft takes off with hangar in the background. Men push a plane with a pilot in the cockpit. Pilot in the cockpit of a DH-4 aircraft, the aircraft takes off. Plane in flight. Pilot in the cockpit of a Nieuport aircraft. Aircraft seen taking off and in flight.
A Panzer division crosses the Marne River via a pontoon bridge in France during World War 2. Military trucks, motorcycles and German infantry cross the river. A German Schwerer PanzerspƤhwagen armored reconnaissance vehicle drives on dusty road. Another vehicle covered with tree branches drives past. An officer, possibly German General Hermann Ritter von Speck, speaking to a soldier of the Panzer division. German soldiers sitting on boats forming pontoon bridge. Close view of a German soldier. German soldiers in raincoats marching in the rain. Captured French soldiers, probably of Senegalese descent. A Senegalese soldier of the French Army with a sad expression getting wet from standing the rain. Captured Senegalese soldiers use a tarpaulin to take cover from the rain. German soldiers on horse carts cross bridge. More Panzer division tanks and motorized armored vehicles advance over muddy dirt road, raising dust, in the French countryside .
World War II war crime trial of Vichy France leader Marshal Philippe Petain in Paris, France. Outer building of the Palace of Justice (10 Bd du Palais, 75001 Paris, France). Guards stand outside the court as they talk. Marshal Petain arrives at the court. Former French President Albert Lebrun, Ex French Prime Ministers Edouard Daladier, Paul Reynaud, and Leon Blum seated in the court. People sit in court room. Face and hand of Marshal Petain. Marshal Petain reads a paper. Paul Reynaud stands and speaks. Marshal Petain seated in the court.
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