French citizens use every means at their disposal to evacuate a city ahead of German invasion. A man with a baby in a seat on his back, walking with his wife who pushes a baby carriage with belongings loaded on it. Another man and woman using baby carriages to carry children and belongings. Horses and wagons being used to carry evacuees. A horse-drawn milk wagon, with a completely destroyed rear tire, but still moving. Milk wagons carrying people. Automobiles overloaded with people and belongings. All manner of horse-drawn vehicles, automobiles, buses and trucks being used by evacuees. A woman using a wheelbarrow walking with another pushing a baby carriage. Numerous bicycles laden with belongings. A car pulling another car by a chain. (Adjacent clips from same reel are in Hauts-de-France region. This clip is likely in that region)
French troops leave Souilly, the headquarters of French Generals Philippe Pétain and Robert Nivelle, for Verdun by trucks during World War 1. Outside Souilly, General Philippe Pétain observes the trucks leaving for Verdun. Trucks drive along the Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way”), a road that connects Bar-le-Duc to Verdun (Meuse), France. Long convoy of trucks transport troops, supplies and artillery through the Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way ''). Trucks driving along the Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way ''). Soldiers disembark from trucks after arriving in Verdun. Soldiers push field artillery attached to a truck.
An Indochinese gate outside a munitions plant in France during World War I. French troops from Indochina enter through the gate. French officers stand by the gate to watch the soldiers. French Indochinese troops form a crowded line in munitions plant. French Indochinese and African troops in line passing shells to each other and transport them into a train. Troops from various French colonies load boxes into a truck while a French officer watch over them.
French colonial Senegalese troops lunges with bayonet during their training under General Mangin in France. French Senegalese soldiers practice with bayonets on an open field. Senegalese soldiers engage in bayonet fights during their daily training in World War I. French African soldiers advancing up a hill. A group of Senegalese soldiers practice throwing hand grenades.
Senate members await the arrival of aviator Charles Lindberg after his trans-Atlantic flight to Paris. U.S. Ambassador to France Myron Herrick and Lindbergh arrive. The two along with the Seante members. A large crowd greets Lindbergh. Louis Bleriot, the first to fly across the English Channel embraces Lindbergh. Bleriot, Herrick and Lindbergh stand together.
'Battle of Britain' from the "Why we Fight" series of propaganda films during World War 2. Adolf Hitler stands with other officers in Paris following Battle of France and views the Eiffel Tower. Elevated view from Eiffel Tower of German troops marching in streets of Paris and under Arc de Triomphe. Damaged buildings in Dunkirk after German invasion. Hitler and staff ride in car through street barely passable with rubble and destroyed buildings on either side. In Calais, view of bombed port area and German soldiers keeping watch from a bunker. Hitler looks through V-shaped rangefinder or sighting binoculars across the English Channel toward Britain. Scenes in Berlin Germany of Reich Chancellery exteriors and interiors where Hitler meets with German officers and plans with other officers for invading England. German soldiers guarding the building exterior; Hitler's staff shown examining maps. Pictorial, animated representation of the first phase of the plan showing attack of England from air by Luftwaffe. Phase two shows attack on coastal areas. Phase three shows the actual attack and the course the German army would take to invade Britain.
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