French Indochinese soldiers play musical instruments from their home country while stationed in France during World War I. Soldiers from Indochina with drums, gong, and a fiddle-like instrument (likely a Dan). Indochinese actors dressed as Vietnamese warlords. An elderly Indochinese playing an indigenous trumpet. Actors performing a Vietnamese Hat Tuong opera. A young Indochinese soldier smiling during the play.
French colonial Senegalese troops perform traditional native dances during their spare time in France (World War I). Musicians play tom-tom drums, tambourine, and pipes as French African soldiers dance. Two Senegalese soldiers engage in a wrestling match as a crowd watches.
French colonial Senegalese troops waiting for trains at a railway station in France during World War I. Some soldiers are seen waiting under the shade of a tree. Rifle pyramids in front of soldiers. Senegalese soldiers arrive in station platform. They are boarding a train. A Senegalese soldier peers from railroad train window. French officers waving good-bye at the Senegalese soldiers as train departs.
People at a market in France. Frenchmen stand at a window of a perfume shop in 7 Rue Scribe, Paris. Nina Ricci perfumes such as Fille d'Eve and L'Air du Temps on display. Some handbags by Helene Dale Paris are also on display. Men and woman walk on the street near the Opera House and enter a large department store Galeries Lafayette (Galeries Lafayette Haussmann, 40 Boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris, France). Fisherman sits on the bench and fishes from Lake of Bois De Boulogne which lies on the western edge of Paris. A sign reads 'Fishing Forbidden'. Two men on the street look at the display of perfumes. Men and woman walk on Avenue de Champs-Élysées near the Arc De Triomphe.
French Marshal Philippe Petain presented Avignon city keys in France during World War 2. The Chief of State of Vichy France Marshal Philippe Petain emerges with Avignon officials from a building. Avignon officials present the keys of the city to Petain. Avignon residents in elaborate traditional costumes during the ceremony. Officers and civilians watch the proceedings. Petain's motorcade moves through the city. Civilians gathered on either side of the streets. People on the streets and in balconies cheer and greet him. Petain waves and acknowledges the crowd from his convertible. Motorcycle escorts around the convertible. Guards control the crowd.
A German canteen in German occupied France during World War II. French refugees are fed at the canteen in Paris. The Basilica of the Sacre Coeur (The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris, France). A Nazi banner for the canteen. French civilians in lines under the banner. Large milk cans on tables. Children stand in line for food. German officers supervise the food distribution. Children collect food. Volunteers serve food to the refugees. Men, women, elderly people, and children receive food. A woman sits and eats her food. Refugees crowd around a soldier.
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