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French civilians take cover from German sniper attack along Rue de Rivoli (WW2)

A German and French collaborator sniper attack along Rue de Rivoli in front of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris,( 107 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 ) during the Allied liberation of Paris in World War 2. Crowds scatter to take cover from a sniper fire. United States soldiers with pistols hide behind pillars. French civilians crouching low to hide from sniper. A man stands on stone grille gate near sidewalk. Soldiers hold their rifle in a prone position. A Red Cross truck with a French and British flag parked in the middle of Rue de Rivoli. A wounded French policeman in the crowd. Civilians running across the Rue de Rivoli street. People hide behind carts. Men, women, and cars cross the road to safety. Sniper firing from an upper window of the Louvre. Soldiers and tanks fire at snipers on the Louvre. Crowds dispersing to hide from snipers.

Date: 1944, August 26
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079499
French troops fire with machine gun at German sniper attack near Hôtel De Nice in Paris (WW2)

A large crowd gathered near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during the Allied liberation of the city in World War 2. Throngs of Parisians in a crowd. French men and women standing in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). Over the French civilians, inscription of the Arc de Triomphe reads “Engen Moeskirch Hochstett” (after French victories during the Napoleonic era). Men and women started running, some with bicycles, on the sidewalk of Rue de Rivoli. French and British flags adorn the storefront of Bally (Swiss fashion luxury house). French 2nd Armored Division troops and some French resistance fighters fire machine guns (Browning M1919) at German snipers across the Hôtel De Nice (42 Bis Rue de Rivoli, 75004 Paris, France), near the Hôtel de Ville (Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris, France). French soldier with cigarette on his mouth with Browning M1919 machine gun. Browning M1919 machine gun moves its aim and shoots. American flag hangs on window of a building.

Date: 1944, August 26
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079503
FFI fighters participate in a parade after liberation of Paris (WW2)

French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fighters during a parade in Paris after Allied liberation (World War 2). FFI fighters victoriously marching with French tricolor flags and rifles at the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). Civilians watch the parade on the side of the plaza. Some people are seen clapping. A U.S. Army Jeep with soldiers drives near marching FFI fighters and French guards. A Piper Cub flies low near the crowds. Men and women hold United States, French and British flags and signs “Vive de Gaulle”, “Allies”, on top of a Free French trucks in front of Hôtel de Crillon (10 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France). Sign on the side of the trucks read “Liberation” with French, England, and United States flags displayed. Piper Cub light aircraft flying over the Arc de Triomphe as seen from the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.

Date: 1944, August 26
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079518
German anti-aircraft guns attacking Allied bombers in the Ardennes (WW2)

Cold-weather warfare in the Ardennes (Belgium) during the Battle of the Bulge in World War 2. German soldiers trekking up a slope. Soldiers near a tank. A damaged United States Army aircraft in the snow. Anti-aircraft flak attacks American and British fighter aircraft over the Ardennes. A German soldier looks up to the sky. Smoke German soldier wearing a machine gun belt looks on. Anti-aircraft Flak firing at Allied aircraft. Flakwaffen (anti-aircraft gunners) fire at flying aircraft. A downed Allied aircraft fall. Narrator shouts “Abschluss!!” upon Allied aircraft crashing. Flakwaffen soldier looks up to the sky to search for enemy aircraft. German soldier uses binoculars. Smoke in battlefield. Destroyed U.S. tanks. German Panzer tanks moving. Soldiers climbing out. German soldiers walking through smoky field. Destroyed U.S. tanks and vehicles. A dead U.S. Army soldier.

Date: 1944, December 16
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675079523
B-24D Liberator “Bomerang” Going-Away party in USAAF Hardwick, East Anglia, UK (WW2)

United States Army Eighth Air Force, Second Air Division celebrate a “Going Away” party for B-24D Liberator “Bomerang” (serial number: #41-23722) (Boomerang) in USAAF Hardwick, East Anglia, United Kingdom during World War 2. B-24 Liberator aircraft named “Bomerang” returns to the United States after completing 53 missions. Graffiti depicting bombs and the word “Ploesti” (referring to the Ploesti oil refinery raid). United States Army soldiers stand in front of a B-24 Liberator with nose art depicting a cartoon kangaroo carrying a bomb in both paws, one held overhead and one held in the kangaroo's pouch and the word “Bomerang”. United States and British pilots gather around a cake in front of B-24 Liberator “Bomerang”. Pilot holding a cake “Bomerang”. A pilot delivers a tribute to B-24 Liberator “Bomerang” in front of a crowd. Crowds cheer after pilot gives his tribute speech. Some pilots are wearing life vests. United States Major General James Pratt Hodges shake hands with pilots. B-24 Liberator “Bomerang” is now covered with written dedications from pilots, maintenance, and combat crews of the “Bomerang”. Men and women write their names, homages, and dedications on the body of B-24 “Bomerang”. B-24 Liberator engines are turned on. “Bomerang”’s pilot, Col. Walter Stewart, looks on. B-24 Liberator “Bomerang” taxiing on the runway on its flight to the United States.

Date: 1944, April 17
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079574
Various Christian religious denominations simultaneously celebrate Palm Sunday inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Aerial view of Jerusalem, British Palestine. The dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Christian Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel) is seen from aerial view. The Crusader Tower is also seen from aerial view. Interior of the dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Numerous lighted candles surround Christians attending service inside the church. A Roman Catholic priest distributes the Holy Communion to churchgoers during a Latin Christian rite mass. A Roman Catholic priest celebrates mass in front of the Holy Tomb inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Greek Orthodox patriarchs holding candles in a procession during a religious service. The Greek Orthodox Patriarch and Bishop of Jerusalem, Timotheus I of Jerusalem (Timotheus Themelis), leads the procession. Armenian priests, with black pointed hoods, in a procession inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Armenian priests wearing elaborate cloaks during a procession. A Syrian Orthodox bishop performs a mass in Aramaic during Palm Sunday. Coptic Orthodox Christians attending a Palm Sunday mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Large candles flank the church door. Ethiopian Abyssinian Church holding a mass at the roof of the rotunda of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Ethiopian umbrellas adorn the procession. Abbot of the Ethiopian Abyssinian Church wearing a miter of solid gold.

Date: 1941, April
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079614