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German army prisoners of war taken in Mulhouse (Mulhausen), Alsace-Lorraine, France, in World War II.

Large number of captured German soldiers is marched along a pathway,in Mulhausen (Mulhouse), Alsace, guarded by French soldiers of the 1st Army, during World War 2. They are followed by groups of French irregulars, who also perform guard duties as a contingent of the German soldiers is marched through the center of town, past Mulhouse Cathedral.German prisoners are herded into a narrow alleyway where they are searched and processed by French troops.

Date: 1944, November 22
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055073
The return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule is celebrated at the Egyptian Obelisk in Place de la Concorde in Paris, France.

Citizens of Paris celebrate the return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule in Paris, France. French and American flags atop a building. A biplane aircraft is seen flying near the Egyptian Obelisk in Place de la Concorde. Onlookers sit on a World War I era tank. A man waves an American flag and bugle with the Paris Arc de Triomphe in the background.

Date: 1919
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029215
Hundreds of doves are released as citizens celebrate the return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule in Paris, France.

Citizens celebrate the return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule by releasing hundreds of doves from cages in Paris, France. Thousands of citizens gather and celebrate on streets while others sit on a the wings of a airplane to watch.

Date: 1919
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029217
Aerial view of a huge crowd celebrating the return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule in Paris, France.

Aerial view of throngs of citizens celebrating the return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule in Paris, France. Thousands of citizens gather and celebrate on streets.

Date: 1919
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029219
Citizens dismantle a captured German airplane and celebrate the Liberation of Alsace-Lorraine in Paris, France.

Citizens celebrate the return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule in Paris, France. Thousands of citizens gather and celebrate on streets. People dismantle a captured German airplane.

Date: 1919
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029220
The fall of France and entry of Italy, on side of the Axis Powers, in World War II

Crowd fills the Plaza Venezia in Rome where Benito Mussolini appears on the balcony of the Piazza Venezia (formerly known as the Palace of St Mark) in Italy, on June 10, 1940. He announces that Italy has entered World War 2 on the side of the Axis powers. Views of the jubilant crowd waving Italian and some Swastika flags. Next, a road sign points to Paris and to Poissons, in France followed by view of German troops triumphantly entering Paris, through the Arch of Triumph. View of the Eiffel Tower, and of a German flag flying atop it. More views of German troops marching through Paris. A German railway gun firing. (Narrator implies that the target is the Maginot Line, which is not correct. It was bypassed by the Germans, negating need to attack it directly.) Other German railway guns and siege mortars firing and many huge explosions and fires are seen, including some from flame throwers. Next, German troops are seen marching around a circle where a railroad car is parked near Compiègne, France. This rail car is the scene of Germany's surrender to France in World War I. Statue of French Marshal Foch, who had then, received the delegates of vanquished Germany here. Adolf Hitler walking past a German Honor Guard, salutes. He is accompanied by Marshal Hermann Goering and other high ranking military persons. The nearby 1918 "Alsace-Lorraine monument" is covered by a German flag. The German delegation headed by Hitler and Goering, enter the rail car and take their places. Outside, the French delegation, headed by General Charles Huntziger, is escorted by German officers. They enter the car and he German delegation stands. Both delegations exchange salutes. Next, Hitler is seen stepping from the rail car, followed by Goering. The German delegation walks past the honor guard, and Hitler salutes them. German and French officials still in the rail car exchange salutes. Hitler expresses jubilation.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046081