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Prime Minister Mussolini of Italy declares war on France and the UK in World War II.

Slate announces "Fall of France." in World War 2. Next, huge crowd of enthusiastic people is seen jamming the Piazza Venezia in Rome. Prime Minister Benito Mussolini ("II Duce," the Leader) of Italy is seen on the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia, overlooking the Piazza. View from behind him as he waves to the crowd. Closeup of Mussolini announcing that Italy will consider herself at war with Great Britain and France effective 11 June 1940. Another view of the crowd, from the Palace balcony. Scene shifts abruptly to fires burning in a town in France and scenes of death and destruction in France from invading Axis forces. French soldiers and police assist a French civilian lying on the ground near a path in a bucolic setting in France. Several Frenchmen on bicycles ride along the path, behind them. More scenes of fires and destruction. A civilian being carried on a stretcher, accompanied by a nurse in white. A French boy walks next to the stretcher bearers. A French woman holding a baby with look of anguish on her face. Closeup of young boy and girl children among French civilians fleeing bombing. The boy is asleep on a burlap sack, with a woman's arm over him. The girl simply looks wide-eyed at the camera. A French civilian woman and a child, lying together on a stretcher on the ground. Glimpse of a person's hand lying open on the ground.

Location: Europe
Date: 1940, June 10
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059032
Passengers visit Fort-de-France, during a cruise aboard a Hamburg-American Line steamship, SS New York, in the Caribbean.

Hamburg-American ocean liner, SS New York visits the port of Fort-de-France, in the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Three Women passengers,in swimwear, lean against the ship's railing as other passengers sun themselves lying on deck chairs on the ship's deck. The Island of Martinique can be seen in the background. Another scene shows buildings in the town of Fort-de-France. Crew members lower a tender from the ship to carry passengers to the town. View from the tender underway with crew and passengers aboard, and the SS New York seen at anchor in the background. They pass a two-masted sail boat. View of local people carrying baskets of goods on the town pier. Fish and lobster in a basket. A woman carrying a keg and package on her head. Children walking along the pier with their mother. Local women buying and selling goods. Local people conversing in what the slate calls "a peculiar French patois." Two women and two girls (one holding a doll) conversing. The Fort-de-France Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Fort-de-France) built of wood except for its steel steeple. The park of La Savane, with statue of Josephine, Empress of France, wife of Napoleon,who was born in Martinique. Passengers returning to the SS New York,climb a gangway from their tender, as local boys in small boats wait nearby for the chance to dive for coins from the passengers aboard the ship.

Location: Martinique
Date: 1931
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068688
A German soccer match underway in Vichy France.

A map shows German occupied France. A German soccer match underway. Players tussle for the ball. Goal keepers defend the goal posts. Crowd watches the match.

Location: Vichy France
Date: 1942
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020603
German reserve troops cross the Somme River as they advance into Merville France during World War 2.

5 June 1940 during Battle of France: German reserves including trucks, soldiers and tanks enters the French city of Merville. The troops cross a bridge over the River Somme. German tanks and infantry cross the bridge and then fire at French positions. Smoke due to bombardment. A French tank is hit. French soldiers surrender with the tank and are taken prisoner by the Germans. A French tank on fire.

Location: Merville France
Date: 1940, June 5
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020644
Former Vichy Transport Minister Mr. Berthelot testifies at a post-WW2 trial in Paris, France

Trial of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain and other French officials in Paris, France during World War II. Mr Berthelot, former Vichy Transport Minister takes oath and testifies. Reporters take notes. The Minister is taken away by the guards. An official takes a seat.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1945, July
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020649
U.S. Forces rest in Pontaubault on their way to Paris in France.

United States Army forces rest in Pontaubault on their way to Paris. Soldiers seated on the roadside. They relax and smoke. Destroyed buildings and ruins in the city. U.S. Army soldiers march on the streets and enter St. James (Marche) France, widening the Brittany corridor, as crowds of French citizens welcome them. Soldiers in jeeps and trucks. Market area in the town. Civilians, nuns and children wave out to soldiers. Civilians with flowers and French flags welcome the troops. Soldiers on vehicles as people cheer for them. People gather around as a man pastes a proclamation on the city walls. (World War II period).

Location: Pontaubault France
Date: 1944, August 3
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020662
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