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French General Marshal Petain pose for photographs and reviews the French army troops outside his house in France.

French Marshal Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Petain celebrates his birthday in Vichy France. A lady walks out of a building as Marshal Petain watches. Petain and other family members pose for a photograph in front of his house. Marshal Petain enters his house. Many civilians gather at Petain's house. Marshal Petain speaks to children and play with them. Marshal Petain in civilian clothes review Vichy French troops in uniform. A band of musicians play as they march. French army troops march as Petain inspects them. Petain meets and greets celebrities. A small girl kisses Petain on his cheeks. Soldiers drink and talk to each other after the march. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: French
Clip: 65675065411
Marshal Petain is called to be the leader of Vichy France in the wake of WW2

End of the Third French Republic, on 10 July 1940, in World War II as the parliament gives full powers to 84-year-old Marshal Philippe Pétain. He is seen entering a hall, accompanied by Philippe Henriot (clean-shaven). The camera follows as Pétain walks amongst legislators gathered in the hall. Among those seen is Assembly leader, Jean-Marcel Jeanneney, standing with arms folded. Shift in time and place shows Pétain seated as he prepares to broadcast remarks to Vichy France citizens. Standing nearby is Philippe Henriot (with moustache). The two discuss a ceremony and remarks to be made. Pétain makes some test remarks into a microphone.

Date: 1940, July 10
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: French
Clip: 65675065412
Excerpts from British movie about trench warfare in France during World War One

Scenes from a popular British movie about World War One, released after the war, in the 1920's. British troops fight against the Germans in Thiepval and Gommecourt, France during World War I. British soldiers advance across no man's land. Germans fire machine gun at them from fortified position. Views of the German gunners inside their position. Advancing British troops fall to the machine gun fire. German troops firing rifles at the British troops from sandbagged bunker. Scenes of German troops regaining their trenches at Gammecourt, climbing over the bodies of fallen British troops from the London and Midland Divisions.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066049
German Red Cross dogs help locate wounded on battlefield in France during World War I.

German Red cross personnel in France during World War I. A Red Cross dog leads Red Cross personnel to a wounded soldier. Medics examine the wounded. The wounded being carried away on a stretcher. The medics examine wounded soldiers on a field.

Date: 1916
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066059
A helicopter school instructor with a student in a helicopter in flight through the ranges of the French Alps in France.

A documentary on a helicopter school in France. The entrance to a helicopter school. A helicopter in flight over the entrance. A board at the entrance reads 'Base Ecole 725'. A number of helicopters parked in the school compound. An instructor with the students beside a helicopter. The instructor with a student in a helicopter lifts off. The helicopter in flight through the ranges of the French Alps. The helicopter lands on a snow covered area in the Alps. The helicopter in flight by the mountain ranges.

Date: 1956, July 30
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066315
Marshal Philippe Petain reviews French airmen at an airfield in France. Farman F.220 bombers are seen.

French Marshal Philipppe Petain in France. French airmen lined up at an airfield. A Farman F.220 bomber takes off and flies past the military assembly. Marshal Petain reviews the troops. French Farman F.220 bomber aircraft parked in the background. An officer being decorated at a ceremony. The troops march past the reviewing party.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675066625