Allied troops enter Paris, France during World War II. A large number of French civilians gathered on either side of a street. Civilians cheer and wave after their liberation from Nazi German rule. People clap and wave. the Opera House (Palais Garnier, Pl. de l'Opéra, 75009 Paris, France) in the background. A tank moves past the Opera House. The Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Women collaborators in Paris, France, in the Chatou suburb of Paris, France, during World War II. Women who collaborated with the Nazi German forces have just had their heads shaved, and then leave a balcony down a stair and walk in a single file through the crowd. A woman collaborator crying. They walk past French civilians gathered on either side of the street. Two French women stand close to each other. Women collaborators lined up.
United States 79th Infantry Division troops in assault boat on the Seine River at the town of Limay France, during operations for the liberation of Mantes, France. The 90th Infantry Division troops bring a wounded German prisoner and his motorcycle across the Seine River in the assault boat. While traveling on motorcycle (seen being unloaded from boat), the German soldier had been hit by fire from Sergeant Harril (seen standing over him with his rifle in the boat). The U.S. soldiers attend to the prisoner and put him on a stretcher. The soldier chewing gum who is standing while the boat is crossing the Seine, and moves the motorcycle off the boat and then assists the injured German soldier disembarking from the boat is Lieutenant Stockridge Bacchus, from "A" Company of the 314th Infantry Regiment of the 79th U.S. Infantry Division. (World War II period).
The United States 9th Air Force airmen prepare to eat food in France. A chow line in progress. Tables lined in front of a tent. Containers of steaming food on the tables. The soldiers dish out food for themselves. Trees in the background. Two men in a field. A P-51 flies overhead. The plane does acrobatics in the distance. Pilots of the 354th Fighter Group give an aerial demonstration over their base at the new strip (A-2) just inside the Normandy beachhead in July '44. The town of Criqueville, France is nearby. (World War II period).
U.S. Army Air Forces personnel of the 354th Fighter Group, the Pioneer Mustang Fighter Group, with several horses on a field in France during World War 2. A pilot, in uniform,tries unsuccessfully to mount a small horse, bareback. Later, after lassoing a large horse,with help from others, he approaches and slowly gains its confidence enough to slip a training bridle on and mount it. He then expertly rides the horse bareback, even managing to ride at a canter. (The field is near the town of Criqueville, France, close to the Normandy Beachhead.)
U.S. 3rd Armored Division and French 2nd Armored Division liberating towns in France during World War 2. U.S. and French armored vehicles passing burning German Army equipment on side of road as they enter town of Javron in France. M4 Sherman tank and M4 Sherman tank with bulldozer blade driving into town. Soldiers sitting in jeep talking to people. Soldier looking at French newspaper. Patch of 3rd Armored division on arm. American soldier kissed by French girl. U.S. Army soldier standing on tank handing out cigarettes to civilians.
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