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French politician Jacques Doriot addresses a unit of the "Legion of French Volunteers" at the Velodrom d'Hiver in Paris.

A unit of the "Legion of French Volunteers" gathered at the Velodrom d'Hiver in Paris, German occupied France, under the Vichy government. Banners hung at various places. Officers and soldiers seated. Official at podium gives Nazi salute. A band plays at the ceremony. French politician Jacques Doriot takes to the podium and addresses the troops. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675020640
Dover and Calais after various attacks by Germany in World War II.

Dover, United Kingdom: The town of Dover in Kent. Men, women and children move to underground shelters. Women play cards and knit. German artillery fired. British soldiers amid ruins. Scene changes to Calais, France: Calais under the liberating Canadian soldiers. Man cleans a room. Destroyed bridges. Canadian soldiers evacuate French civilians across the Calais Canal. Men, women, children, and wounded civilians helped across the canal by soldiers. Wounded lifted into military ambulances. A woman holds her wounded child. Allied airplanes drop bombs over enemy territory. Explosion and smoke due to bombardment. British and Canadian Army soldiers examine German artillery and coastal guns. A white flag put up at a surrendered German post.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020656
U.S. General Dwight D Eisenhower celebrates the Liberation of Paris at the restored Arc De Triomphe (WW2)

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces General Dwight D Eisenhower celebrates the Liberation of Paris at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. View of the Arc De Triomphe. General Eisenhower and French officers arrive at the venue. Allied officers and soldiers gathered around. General Eisenhower lays a wreath at the French Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. French soldiers give a sword salute. He addresses the gathering regarding the Liberation of Paris by the Allied and French Forces of the Interior (FFI). Photographers take pictures. Soldiers seated on tanks. General Eisenhower presents the Shield of Honor to the people of Paris in World War II.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020673
War correspondents at their headquarters as French troops take the city of Rampieux, in World War II

War correspondents in France during World War 2. The war correspondents headquarters at Rampieux. American soldiers seated on benches at the HQ. Correspondents including Ernie Pyle, Pete Carol and Hollywood director George Stevens stand near a military jeep. They hold a French flag and look at a helmet. Distance sign for Versailles and Paris. Soldiers on trucks and other vehicles. Civilians watch the army vehicles on the streets. War correspondents stand by a military jeep and discuss a picture.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020914
General Charles De Gaulle and Allied troops during the Liberation of Paris (WW2)

First day of the Liberation of Paris in World War II. A war correspondent views the city from atop a hill. View of Paris with Eiffel Tower in the background. View of the Arc De Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). People greet soldiers along the Champs Elysees Avenue. General Charles De Gaulle takes the salute and receives flowers from a little girl. French policemen control the crowd. The General parades down the Champs Elysees Avenue followed by the U.S. troops. Civilians wave to soldiers and cheer. Sudden firing by the forces left behind. Soldiers fire machine guns and artillery at the building. Soldiers on a bridge. Civilians take cover under and behind military vehicles. They crouch and lie flat on the street. General De Gaulle in a car. French policemen drag Germans and other prisoners. The people assault and beat them.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020915
3rd Armored Division units with French children near Dragon's teeth on the Siegfried Line in World War II.

Ardennes, France in World War 2. Green hills in the countryside. American General Joseph Collins talks to General Maurice Rose of the 3rd Armored Division (who was later killed in Cologne, Germany). 3rd Armored Division units celebrate. Soldiers on M3A1 Scout Car; Willys MB U.S. Army Jeep; and Harley Davidson WLA Military motorcycle, coming.out of a gate. French children in school uniform with the soldiers. Soldiers talk to them and pose for pictures with them. White flag on a pole outside a German home. French children stand before Dragon's teeth on the Siegfried Line, pyramidal fortifications built by slave labor. They shut their ears due to the loud noise made by gun fire nearby. Soldiers walk among the fortification. A GMC CCKW 5.3 ton 6X6 U.S. Army cargo truck seen in background.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020918