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U.S. Army officers and war correspondents at the bombed, abandoned French Chateau de Pont-Rilly during World War II after D-Day

Uniformed U.S. war correspondents and U.S. Army officers explore the house and grounds of the French Chateau de Pont-Rilly, in Négreville near Normandy France, soon after the Invasion of Europe. (The chateau was designed in 1765 by architect Pierre-Raphaël de Lozon for the Marquis d'Ourville). U.S. Army officers in the balcony of the mansion overlooking the entrance. Exteriors of the palatial chateau. A large bomb hole is visible in the roof, right of the main entrance. A French boy points out something distant on the grounds of the Chateau. A swan in a pond. Exteriors of the mansion. At the end of July 1944, near the time this footage was shot, the chateau became the headquarters of Advance Section of Com Z, also known as "ADSEC" (Advance Section, Communications Zone).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022050
Ground crews struggle to control amphibian blimp in wind. Seaplane Competition organized by French Auto Club

Ground crews struggle to control an amphibian blimp being threatened by winds near the water at St. Malo, France. Aviator Barra Sturzt is visible above the cabin of the blimp, waving his arms and trying to direct the efforts of ground crews. Members of the French Auto Club, which organized the seaplane competition, are seen talking together. (At end, a few frames show several club members standing with a military officer in dress uniform with sword. To their left (right in photo) an aviator in flight gear, including helmet, walks toward a biplane aircraft parked on rails at edge of water.)

Date: 1912, August
Duration: 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024167
The Wright Flyer is demonstrated at a horse racing track before a large crowd.

People gather in the grandstand of the Hunaudieres horse racing track near Le Mans, France, in 1908, to watch Wilbur Wright's demonstration of the Wright Flyer airplane. It is a major social event. An article about Wright in the newspaper. They take a passenger with them for 36 miles. An airplane in the field. Men work on the plane. Views of the Wright Flyer aloft, with a passenger.

Date: 1908
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027436
French military vehicles carrying artillery pieces move on a road near Maurepas, Yvelines, during World War I

French Army trucks pass by in a line in Maurepas, Yvelines, France during World War 1. Artillery pieces are seen in the bed of the vehicles. Men standing by on the roadway.

Date: 1917
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027559
Red Cross nurses at Saint Nazaire aboard SS Heredia for United States at end of World War I.

View of a passenger ship SS Heredia docked at port in Saint Nazaire, France. Red Cross nurses dressed in coats and hats aboard steam ship bound for United States following World War 1. Nurses bid farewell by waving their hands.

Date: 1919
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029221
U.S. casual troops and 64th Coast Artillery troops at Saint Nazaire embark SS Huron for United States at end of World War I.

Shows American casual troops and U.S. 64th Coast Artillery troops at Saint Nazaire (France) embarking the transport vessel SS Huron shortly after conclusion of World War I. The American troops are returning to the United States. Troops armed with rifles and loaded with supplies board the ship via the boarding stairs

Date: 1919
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029225