The British Dressing Station for slightly wounded at Minden Post, during Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. Medics providing first aid to the wounded. Watching in the background are several soldiers of the 24th Oldham (Pioneers) Battalion, awaiting orders to advance and occupy captured German trenches. German curtain artillery barrage outside the Minden Post. Their shells exploding in a line across the battlefield. A lone British soldier standing in the remains of British fire trenches wrecked by German high explosive shelling, minutes before. British patrol moving cautiously and stepping over barbed wire, in no-man's-land to clear the area of German snipers and hidden machine guns. They move along line of captured trenches checking for German soldiers hidden in dugouts.
French dignitaries meet in Paris. French Premier Edouard Daladier along with Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet board a flight to London. They meet with Chamberlain and decide to exert pressure on Czechoslovakia to succumb to Adolf Hitler's demand to annex Sudetenland territory. Aircraft taxis and takes off.
Victory in Europe Day, at end of World War II in Europe. French girls with pilots wearing small Allied flags. French man fist pumping. Civilians march as they carry Allied flags. A girl with a poodle on a truck during the celebrations. A French girl in a traditional costume with an Allied soldier. A "liberated" Fieseler Fi 156 Storch aircraft flies over a crowded Avenue des Champs Elysees. A girl with a bicycle wears a dress made of Allied national flag.
German military officers stand about in front of a small rustic shelter. Inside view shows a large round table and chairs. French General Charles Huntziger, head of the French delegation, Rear Admiral Maurice R. Leluc, and French Ambassador Leon Noel step from a railroad car and are directed to the shelter by a German officer. They enter the shelter and a curtain is drawn behind them.. Huntziger and Leluc walk to the railroad car and climb aboard. View inside the car where principals are seated around a table. Huntziger signs documents. Remainder of film shows formations of clouds, numerous Nazi flags waving, a large church building, bells ringing, and a chorus singing in background.
Scenic view of Paris in spring. Huge traffic on the street. Cars pass on the street. Pedestrians stand on the street. Cars cross the road. Arc de Triomphe in the background. Cafe du Coliseon at Champs Elysees. Chairs arranged in the cafe
Scenic view of Paris in spring. Traffic on street. Pedestrians cross roads. Arc de Triomphe in the background. Police-men on the Avenue. Marche aux Fleurs flower market in Paris. Girl sells flowers like Lily-of-the-Valley. Crowd on the shop. People buy newspapers from stalls.
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