The building of Hotel Le Carlton (26 Rue du Président Wilson, 03200 Vichy, France) in Vichy, France during World War II. Interior of a hall. Visitors gather inside the hall. Signs on boards indicate which floors various ministries have been installed. Men looking at a board. Minister of Marine Admiral Francois Darlan arrives at his office in Hotel du Helder (23 Rue du Parc 03200 Vichy, France).
The Ministry of National Defense in Vichy, France during World War II. Exterior of Hotel Thermal where the Ministry of National Defense has been installed. Guards at the entrance. Vehicles carrying staff and materials to the Ministry of Finance in Paris. Labels on the cars. A sign board reads: 'Vichy'.
The Presidency of the Council in Vichy, France during World War II. Vichy France Chief of the Radio and Cinema Section Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour seated at a desk. A woman standing nearby and talking to him. Tixier-Vignancour talks into a microphone.
French Vice President of the Council Pierre Laval in his office in Vichy, France during World War II. Laval seated at a desk. His secretary Olivier de Sardan standing nearby. They discuss a document. Laval reading a newspaper. He leaves Hotel Du Parc and sits in the car.
View of the French Legion Headquarters in London, with flag at half-mast following the capitulation of France to Germany in World War II. Several French officers, including French Admiral Emile Henry Muselier, who support General Charles de Gaulle and his free French forces, walking on the sidewalk. General de Gaulle enters his Headquarters at St. Stephens House (Present day Norman Shaw Building South, 1 Victoria Embankment, London WC2N 5AQ, United Kingdom) in London, and broadcasts, via the BBC, to the French nation, exhorting them to continue fighting, with their Allies, against the Germans.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) in World War 2, in the Middle East. A British flag flying atop a flag pole. A British Bristol Blenheim I aircraft parked on a Western Desert airfield near El Daba. RAF ground crewmen standing nearby. Can by can, they refuel the aircraft, of 211 Squadron. Four-gallon petrol cans lying on the airfield. 250lb bombs loaded on a trailer. The bombs are loaded in the aircraft. British aircrews pose, ready to depart on a mission. Blenheim bombers taking off on the sand airfield. Avro Anson Bristol Bombay transport aircraft taking off.
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