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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon of England visit France in 1938; German occupation of Paris in 1940

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon of England at a train station in Paris. French officials shake hands with the British King and the Queen. A railroad train at the train station. English and French troops at the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in a parade along the Avenue des Champs-Elysees with the British Royalty and French dignitaries. Parade includes forces from colonies of France and England. Aerial view of parade and ground level views. The King and the Queen in carriages. English troops and French troops march during a parade. In next scene, two years later in 1940, German troops moving in columns under Arc de Triomphe in occupation of Paris. A German officer salutes. View of German soldiers holding guns moving along the Champs-Elysees. Aerial view of the troops moving along the city. Aerial view of buildings. French citizens standing on the sides of a road watch the German troops. Horsemen and troops on carriages moving under the Arc de Triomphe. A German sentry standing in front of the dome of Napoleon at Les Invalides. The Eiffel Tower with camera panning from ground level upward. View of German soldiers at top of Eiffel Tower. The soldiers are seen raising the Nazi German flag atop the Eiffel tower. A German soldier smiling.

Date: 1938, July 14
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070102
Maurice Bourgès Maunoury arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France to meet French President Rene Coty.

French Prime Minister Maurice Bourgès Maunoury arrives to meet French President Rene Coty in Paris, France. Maurice Maunoury arrives at the Élysée Palace (55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France). He confronts the same economic problems and the continuing Algerian War that beset his predecessors.

Date: 1957, June 13
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070198
French aviator Louis Blériot flies his first monoplane aircraft in Calais, France, 20 years after his record Channel crossing

History of famous airplanes and aviators. French aviator Louis Blériot in Calais, France. The pioneer inventor of aircraft is greeted warmly by friends prior to taking off in his first monoplane aircraft, the Blériot XI, in which he was the first to cross the English Channel nearly 20 years earlier. Bleriot gets into the cockpit. The tail structure of the airplane. A flag of France on the tail. 'L Bleriot' written on the tail section. The aircraft taxis across a field past a parked French twin-engined Farman Goliath F.60 biplane airliner. The Blériot XI aircraft takes off. A large crowd of spectators watches the aircraft. The next scene shows a large Blériot Bl-127 ( powered by 2 Hispano-Suiza 12Hb, 550 hp, V-12 engines). As it taxis toward the camera, Its "V" configured engines are exposed and clearly visible. A group of spectators is gathered as the pilot and Louis Blériot emerge from a hatch in the airplane. An official greets M. Blériot.

Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070308
1st Lt. J. C. Brown climbs into the cockpit of his French Spad 7 C.1 at an airfield near Grandvilliers in France.

Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Spad 7 C.1 aircraft with a stork insignia parked at an airfield near Grandvilliers, France. 1st Lieutenant J. C. Brown Escadrille No. 67 of the 12th Group of Storks stands near the aircraft. He climbs into the cockpit of the aircraft. Lt. G. R. Mellin, Escadrille No. 8, seated in cockpit of a Spad 7 C.1. 1st Lt. J. C. Brown seated in the cockpit of his aircraft.

Date: 1918, July 18
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070480
A group of officers stands beside a Salmson 2 A.2 aircraft parked at an airfield in Meuse, France.

Aviation activities in France during World War I. A Salmson 2 A.2 aircraft parked at an airfield in Meuse, France. French pilots and observers of the 28th Escadrille of the French Army stand beside the aircraft. A man in the observer's cockpit turns a machine gun left and right at the aviation camp. Lieutenant Asnard of the 28th Escadrille standing in the observer's cockpit of the Salmson 2 A.2 turns a machine gun left and right and aims it. White Elephant insignia on a side of the aircraft. Captain Paul Daum, Commanding Officer of the 28th Escadrille, stands in the observer's cockpit of a Salmson 2 A.2 working with a machine gun and removes ammunition canisters. A group of officers of the 28th Escadrille stands beside a Salmson 2 A.2. These include Capt. Paul Daum, Capt. Morette of the Aero Photo Section, pilot Lt. Lucien Dautresme, pilot Lt. Dupont, observer Lt. Asnard, observer Lt. Blanc, observer Lt. Mettas, observer Lt. Boug and pilot Adj. Moulon.

Date: 1918, October 18
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070481
British pilots take off to photograph enemy lines, an airfield is prepared and personnel celebrate in Eastern France.

British pilots fly over the West Wall to photograph enemy (Germans) forts and troop concentrations in Eastern France, early during British Expeditionary Force involvement in France, during World War 2. British fliers stand near aircraft of the Royal Air Force. They look at a map. British pilots get into aircraft. An obstacle in front of the wheel of an aircraft is removed. The aircraft takes off over the West Wall to photograph enemy (Germans) forts and troop concentrations. Trucks in a forest. Men work in a trench. A British personnel holding equipment in his hands smiles. Airfields are prepared: Trees are cut and a bulldozer passes along a road to level the land. The aircraft lands. The pilot goes into a tent. He looks at photographs. One British personnel inspects holes in a wall. British soldier carries a live goose away. A British soldier pushes a cart loaded with drums or barrels. A French woman stands outside a house and then quickly turns and runs back in the house. British military personnel read newspapers. They congregate at a bar and reach for bottles of alcohol on the bar.

Date: 1939, October 30
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070942