A flag raising ceremony in Paris, France during operations for the Liberation of Paris in World War II. French men exit from an office. A man addresses newly appointed police. People applaud and sing the French Anthem. French soldiers salute. Partisans and FFI (French Forces of the Interiors) members present during the flag raising ceremony. The French flag on the Paris City Hall (Paris Hôtel de Ville, Pl. de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris, France) and blood stains on a sidewalk. Vehicles parked and people walk in a square surrounded by buildings. (World War II period).
Scenes shot in 1942 and 1943 from inside German occupied Paris, France during World War II. German officers and civilians at the Longchamps racetrack in Paris, France. Horses run on a dirt track. German troops at the Eternal Light for the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the Arc de Triomphe. A German Panther tank captured by the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) in 1944. French collaborator Ferdinand De Brinon speaks into a microphone. German officers listen carefully. Collaborators Marcel Deat, and Laval's son in law, Comte Rene de Chambrun also seen. French Regimental flag held by French collaborator militia. A crowd outside Notre Dame Cathedral. French Marshal Philippe Petain arrives in a car. French collaborationist troops stand at attention. Ceremony for the Legion against the Soviet Russia shows assemblage and German Swastikas on a wall.
Smoke rises from the palace known as the Grand Palais in Paris, France, during the Liberation of France. People watch from a bridge with bicycles parked in the foreground. Huge smoke cloud billows out of the building which was set fire by the remaining German occupation force. View of the Seine River. People on the street with Red Cross vans parked in the background. Views of the burning Grand Palais from various places in Paris. (World War II period).
A new spring collection being displayed in Paris, France. French models walk on a street. They display their dresses and footwear by famous French designers such as Pierre Balmain and Gilbert Orcel. Models strolling along the Bois de Boulogne. The Arc de Triomphe is seen in the background. A group of fashionable women walk by the Seine River near the Notre Dame Cathedral (6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France). A woman puts on her white gloves. Women browsing at a bookstall near the Notre Dame. Women feed pigeons on the sidewalk.
United States Army Brigadier General Benjamin Davis and troops in Rennes, France during World War II. Brigadier General Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. speaks to correspondents. Brigadier General Davis Sr. smiles. Military trucks drive past French nuns and children on the road to Rennes. A crowd of nuns and children cheer for the soldiers as they pass through Rennes. United States Army soldiers in vehicles enter Rennes, heading towards the Palais du Commerce (Place de la République, 35000 Rennes, France) on Rue Jules Simon. French men and women cheering for the arrival of United States Army soldiers. Two soldiers who had been captured by the Germans. The soldiers talk to the civilians gathered. A woman kisses a soldier. French resistance fighters escort French women collaborators (with the Nazi forces). A French woman collaborationist, with a shaved head and face covered in iodine, being taunted by a mob as she is being led away by resistance fighters.
United States General Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower and other French officials at Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in Paris, France during World War 2. General Eisenhower and British General Bernard Law Montgomery (wearing civilian clothing) walk along a field. Eisenhower and Montgomery both study a map. General Eisenhower watches military trucks move along the road. Eisenhower points to German wreckage. Remains of a burned German tank outside Paris. General Eisenhower takes a photograph of the German tank using a subminiature camera. Two British soldiers meet and shake hands with General Eisenhower, who is holding a subminiature camera (probably a Riga Minox subminiature camera). General Eisenhower, United States General Omar Nelson Bradley and French officers pose for a photograph at Arc de Triomphe. The crowd gathered waves and cheers. General Bradley and General Eisenhower in car. French civilians applaud and welcome the officials.
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