United States troops enter Rennes, France during World War 2. Sign board reads 'Rennes Centre Autres directions and Chateubriant Angers'. Soldiers enter town with tanks and artillery. French civilians welcome the United States soldiers. The Rennes City Hall (Place de la Mairie, Rennes) from the side of the Rue de l’Horloge displays the flags of France, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Prisoners move raising their hands. Women and children dance on street. French men and women wave heir hats and flags of the United States as military vehicles drive by. People cheering near the Dressoir shop on the Rue d l’Horloge. Captured German soldiers being made to march after their surrender. A group of United States soldiers restrain an outraged French man from attacking captured German prisoners. German prisoners sitting. French women Nazi collaborators raise their hands up and leave the Cinéma Royal (Place du Calvaire, Rennes) after their surrender, with crowds booing at the women. Angry French man in the crowd. Angry French mob tries to attack an apprehended militia chief, only to be restrained by soldiers. French women and men holding their hands dancing. Crowds outside the Café Poncel (4 rue de Coëtquen, Rennes, France).
Liberation of France from German troops during World War II. German half trucks, tanks and infantry move on the streets of Paris in France during la liberation de paris. Arc de Triomphe. French men put posters announcing the liberation of France from German control. Posters appeal to people for their cooperation in liberation efforts. FFI ( French Forces of Interior ) trucks in streets of Paris. Snipers fire from windows at the German troops.
Liberation of France from German troops during World War II. People celebrate the liberation of France as well as Paris. General Charles de Gaulle addresses the people of France. People celebrate in the streets of Paris. Allied soldiers loaded on trucks and tanks being greeted by the people. A soldier addresses the masses in French. People get on a tank.
General Charles De Gaulle and other officers march along the streets of France. A group of men walking on the streets of France. General Charles De Gaulle accompanied by other officers and several men march on the street of Toulon, France. Several buildings in the street. Trees along the side of the path. General De Gaulle salutes the French flag. Several men behind the General. Other officers also salute the flag.
U.S. Army Air Forces vehicles parked at curb near Hotel France, in Ambilly France, during World War 2. American and other allied flyers gathered near a plaza. some are in uniform and some in civilian clothes. All have escaped from internment across the border, in Switzerland. Local French people gather around them as they are photographed. Next scene shows the flyers leaving in the AAF Vehicles. A soldier stands near a street sign in the town (Ambilly). It points to the Swiss frontier border. (Another sign shows the Ambilly town speed limit of 30Km per hour.) Remainder of the film shows view of Château de Menthon Saint-Bernard on Lake Annecy, France. with cloud and mist above it and majestic Alps mountains behind.
Military band playing music at the Place de la République in Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France during World War II. Musicians playing with drums, cymbals, and trumpets. Moroccan soldiers blowing trumpets. The mayor of Belfort and a nun watch the liberation ceremony from their windows. The United States flag hang from the mayor’s window. French soldiers march past the Monument to the Three Sieges of Belfort (République, 90000 Belfort, France). French civilians crowd the streets of Belfort, celebrating liberation of France from Nazi German occupation.
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