German officers tour France during World War II. Officers including German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, German Air Force Minister Hermann Göring and others seated at a desk in the train car. They discuss a map. Soldiers at a railroad station. The soldiers entrain. They meet their loved ones. They wave towards them as the train leaves the station. Houses and buildings in the background. The train on a railway track. Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and other officers seated in Hitler's private railroad car touring occupied southern France. The soldiers wave at a station. A board reads: Hendaye (on the southern border of France near Spain. Hitler and officers at railroad station in Hendaye as train arrives with Spanish leader Francisco Franco on board. Franco exits the train and greets Hitler. They walk past German soldiers at attention, as Franco offers a Nazi salute. Franco and Hitler board another waiting train.
United States Army General John Joseph Pershing visits France. General John Joseph Pershing reviews French Marine troops. General John Joseph Pershing with other officers leaves in a staff car. Policemen control a crowd. John Joseph Pershing arrives at the Gare du Nord (18 Rue de Dunkerque, 75010 Paris, France) in Paris. He poses with officers. He rides through huge crowds. He speaks to throngs from the balcony of the Hotel de Crillon (10 Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France).
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.
Two landmarks in France: Grounds of La Cour des Adieux at the he Château de Fontainebleau in France. Wide view of various buildings on the courtyard. Horseshoe staircase seen at Cour des Adieux (also known as the Cour d'Honneur). A few people walking on the grounds. Scene changes to Versailles, France, and various buildings on grounds of the Palace of Versailles. A few pedestrians walking on the grounds of the Palace. Next view is looking toward Apollo Fountain and onward toward the Palace, inside the Palace garden at Versailles. A man seated in a horse-drawn carriage. Several carriages on grounds. A man and woman pass on road between rows of trees on garden grounds. (Amateur home movie.)
French President Albert Lebrun's son, Jean Lebrun, marries a tennis player in Rambouillet, France. People gather outside the Rambouillet City Hall (2 Pl. de la Libération, 78120 Rambouillet, France). A man greets a woman. Photographers take pictures of the bride and groom. President Lebrun with his son and the bride. Guards and minister walk out of the Église Saint-Lubin-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church (Pl. Jeanne d'Arc, 78120 Rambouillet, France) after the wedding ceremony. The newlywed couple poses. President Lebrun with his wife, Marguerite Lebrun.
Animated map showing the Atlantic coast of France in World War II. Allied and German officers facilitate a prisoner exchange at Dunkirk, France. A group of Allied prisoners of war are gathered at a port in Northern France for a prisoner exchange. Red Cross workers exchange papers with officers. An injured prisoner is carried by two soldiers as the prisoners of war board a boat. A boat loaded with German soldiers pulling away from the port. Some of the soldiers wave happily to the camera. Soldiers taking pictures and videos with cameras. German soldiers getting out of boat and celebrating. German officers at staff meeting, with maps behind them. German military officials broadcast to the people of Germany about the repatriation of captured troops back to Germany.
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