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British troops during evacuation of Dunkirk in World War 2

Smoke arises over Dunkirk harbor, France, from a ship on fire. Clouds of smoke in the sky. Troops are rescued from the ship and embark in small boats, drawn alongside the listing ship. Men rest aboard boat being towed by a tugboat, across the English Channel. Allied forces leaving Dunkirk shore aboard small boats and wading out to a British fishing boat, which is equipped with a deck gun. Evacuation troops boarding the boat. One man climbs over the railing without his pants.. Safely evacuated troops are cheerful,at rail road station. Men sleeping on deck of a ship. Evacuees climb gangway to a ship, most without any shoes. Evacuees on shore, and in train, in England. British troops loading food and drink through train window. Disheveled evacuees smile from train windows.

Location: Dunkirk France
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053151
A religious ceremony held in Paris in memory of the Polish men who died in war.

A religious ceremony held at Paris synagogue in Paris, France. The ceremony is held in memory of the Polish men who died in war. Rabbi Joseph Sachs, Polish Premier General Sikorsky, Ambassador Jules Lukasiewicz and staff of Embassy attend the service. Robert Philippe Gustave de Rothschild (President of Paris Jewish Consistory) and Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild also known as Baron Édouard de Rothschild (President of Central Jewish Consistory) attend the service. Men come out of the synagogue after the ceremony is over. Polish President Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz talks to General Sikorsky. (World War 2 period).

Location: Paris France
Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053819
Civil Defense teams prepare for possible gas attack in Paris (WW2)

The basement of the Third Arrondissement Town Hall (2 Rue Eugène Spuller, 75003 Paris, France) in Paris, location of the Civil Defense Center during World War II. A team of Civil Defense workers practice their plans for dealing with possible gas attack. Team members, wearing gas masks, gas proof hoods, suits, boots and gloves, enter and exit the shelter with stretchers. Doctors who are part of the response team go through the motions of treating persons posing as victims. Extra apparatus is seen in the basement center that produces electricity and ventilates the shelter in an emergency. View of the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1939, June
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053821
Former French prisoners of war enter Paris in trucks and are greeted by citizens, friends and families (WW2)

Repatriation of French prisoners of war in Paris, France after World War II. Several trucks loaded with freed French prisoners of war moving along a road in Paris. People on both sides of the road wave to the men on the trucks. Men and women standing behind barriers on the road wave. The repatriated prisoners wave to them. Men leaning from the trucks, and shaking hands and embracing people. Several people around the truck. The trucks moving along the road. Repatriates getting down from the trucks with their belongings. A repatriate embracing a civilian. A girl running alongside a truck moving with the prisoners. The girl embracing a repatriate. Several people in the background.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055110
Pablo Picasso makes and displays owl painting, collage work, modern art paintings and sculpture of goat

Spanish artist Pablo Picasso with sculptures and paintings in his studio in Vallauris, France. Picasso walks from outdoors into his studio. Many small structures seen in the background. He displays two small statues. Painting of owl seen. Collage and modern art paintings seen. “Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine” by Picasso. He displays pots. He makes the famous She-goat sculpture.

Location: Vallauris France
Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055613
Dignitaries greet and receive the British Queen Mother, arriving at Versailles, during her visit to Paris.

Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) visits Versailles in France. Her Rolls Royce Phantom car pulls up to the entrance of the Versailles palace. A man opens her car doors and moves aside. A uniformed officer holds the door and salutes, as the Queen Mother steps from the car and is greeted by a bearded gentleman in a turban, and French diplomats. She greets people in the receiving line and then enters the palace. Many press reporters and photographers follow. Later, the Queen Mother arrives by car, again, this time, dressed for dinner, wearing a triple pearl necklace. She is greeted cordially and escorted by a diplomat. Exterior views of Versailles, including the equestrian statue of Louis XIV.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1956, March
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055994
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