Parisian street corner. Policemen stand in front of tunnel entrance to building. Cars pass on a street. Automobile on flat bed wagon being pulled by horses. Pedestrians stand on pavement. Several pedestrians pass by. Pedestrians pass in front of an iron gates of the Ministry of Interior and Hotel de Beauvau, on Place Beauvau, Paris. A uniformed guard stands in front . Several men enter the building. Cars and buses pass by. At train station, trainmen bend down and carefully inspect Steam Locomotive engine and driving wheels. Supervisors in suits and ties also look on during the inspection. A long train is seen traveling on tracks beside hills and woods.
Automobiles at Place Beauvau, Paris. Pedestrians pass in front of the decorative iron gates of the Ministry of Interior and Hotel de Beauvau. Several men enter the building. Several uniformed policemen stand guard and direct traffic. Cars and a bicycle pass by. View of a train station from afar, and then view from inside the train station. Steam locomotive positioned at platform in train station. Crowd at the railway platform. Passengers move about in the train station. A train arrives and stops in the station. Passengers get out and others get into the train. Arriving passengers enter the train station hall. A train arrives. Some travelers await it on platform outside the station proper.
Film opens showing a Paris street scene. Cars and buses pass on the streets. A man peruses publications on a newsstand. Camera moves to the newsstand. Traffic flows past. Pedestrians walk past. Customers patronize the newsstand.Camera moves across the street to reveal flowers on a Chestnut tree looming above the newsstand. Scene shifts to the flower market on the Cite Island in Paris. The Palais de Justice; La Conciergerie; Tour de l'Horloge are in the background. Vendors bring wares to the flower stands. Views of patrons walking amongst the various flower stalls.
Repatriated French soldiers are welcomed at a reception center in Paris.The move in an informal line and are given refreshments by a young woman. The reception center is decorated with bunting. A portrait of Charles de Gaulle is displayed on the wall.
United States Secretary of State Christian Archibald Herter and other Foreign Ministers at Policy conference in Paris. Secretary of State Christian Herter enters the French Foreign Ministry. He talks with the British,French and West German Foreign Minister to establish a common grounds in preparation for their Summit meeting in Geneva.
French Marines, returning from overseas, are met and welcomed by a French official. He goes aboard the ship as it docks, and converses with several of the returning marines. French tricolor flies from the ship. The ship carries the name: "Kairowan." and home port Marseille. The marines disembark onto pier with all their belongings, including rifles.
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