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Allied officers accept surrender of a German unit in Cordemais France; scenes of relief work for citizens and elderly in France.
Scenes in France near the end of World War 2, a sign "Cordemais" on a damaged building (likely the train station at Cordemais, France). A white flag of German surrender flies in the breeze. American sldiers stand near the building as a German surrender delegation approaches, led by negotiator Hauptmann Reinhold Mueller, to arrange handover of the St Nazaire enclave. A US Army soldier translator is seen speaking to the German officers and taking notes. French negotiator representatives are also seen, including one in black beret with a paratrooper insignia on his uniform. Red Cross representatives are seen taking notes. German and Allied officers (American, British, French) at the surrender conference. French civilians repair railroad tracks damaged during the war. French refugees are assisted by Red Cross workers. Troops board a train and it departs. A sign "Chantenay" (presumably at the train station in Chantenay-Villedieu). Group of people including boy scouts waiting to greet relief train as it pulls in to station. Close up views of the faces of men and women waiting to greet the train with civilians on board. Red Cross nurses walk quickly on railway tracks after train to greet it as it pulls into station. Men and women on train wave. Women, infants, and children first are seen getting off the train at an evacuation center. Scene changes to a snowy woods area and a large dwelling in the woods. A elderly woman collects firewood. An elderly man collects burnable twigs from trash cans and puts them in a bag. Three different older men shown filing a metal item in a vice with a metal file. Man picks up a small frame with a photo depicting a French officer in uniform. Grave site of a French soldier with cross marker and combat helmet hung from the cross top. Ground level view of a line of graves of French soldiers killed in World War 2, each with a helmet hanging on the cross grave marker. An old French woman praying with a rosary. A old woman sitting by a window. Another old woman huddled beside a wood stove rubbing her cold hands and pulling her blanket shawl higher on her shoulders. An old man taking tea in bed. A man rings a doorbell (hanging from a cord) in front of a hospice. Elderly man smokes a pipe and another lights his cigarette from it, women knit. Close up views of faces of elderly French people. Elderly dine at long tables in large hall. French people standing in a line outside a shop. Dix Francs currency of France shown. Views of young women typing and sewing. A diagram of human figures shown. Scenes from a house: An old woman knits, an old man reads, a young woman greets them with kisses.
The SS France is ready for trans Atlantic service after completing trial runs in France.
Launching ceremony of ocean liner SS France at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard, in Saint-Nazaire, France. People gather for the launching ceremony at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard (Avenue Antoine Bourdelle CS90180 44613 Saint-Nazaire Cedex France). French President Charles de Gaulle addresses the crowd from a stage. People applaud. The liner is christened by the First Lady of France Yvonne de Gaulle at 4:15 PM. The newly launched ship slides down the shipway. The ship sails out into sea.
Germans in Paris after the Battle of France and FFI resistance fighters in France during World War II.
Pictures taken by military and news cameramen during World War II. France, June 1940: German troops march before the Arc de Triomphe on Champs Elysses after the Battle of France. A German Nazi flag. French Forces of the Interior (FFI) Maquis march in the woods of France. Newspapers run by the underground army. The Maquis members secretly attend a meeting of French collaborationists allied with occupying Germany, to attain information. French Collaborationists listen to the speaker during the meeting, seated beneath a large banner indicating support for the fight against Socialism or Bolshevism, "Le Europe unie contre le Bolchevisme." Nazi posters altered by the FFI to their advantage. FFI resistance fighters raise a flag in a forest encampment. Aerial of London England in an area with many neon lights and neon advertising : Women in elaborate clothes enter a theatre to watch war pictorial films about World War II.
American soldiers of the 314th Infantry regiment, 79th Infantry Division, entering town as people cheer in Mamers, France; German prisoners in Argentan, France
U.S. Army soldiers of the 314th Infantry regiment, 79th Infantry Division, entering town as people cheer in Mamers, France on August 12, 1944 during liberation of France in World War 2. Next scene shifts to Argentan France on August 13, 1944, and shows German prisoners of war marching through the streets and assembling in courtyard at a monastery in Argentan. View of some Mongolians in a courtyard who were Russians pressed into service by the Germans. General George S Patton talking to Major General Lunceford E Oliver, CG of the 5th Armored Division. General Patton leaves in a jeep.
Vichy France militia and German soldiers round up FFI members and check French civilians in France.
German SS (Schutzstaffel) troops advance on the Eastern Front during World War II. A map of the Western Front. France: Vichy France militia round up FFI (French Forces of the Interior) members. They march FFI members out of a building. German soldiers search French civilians. They stop and check civilians on bicycles and in cars. A soldier with a revolver talks to a French civilian. Soldiers check an elderly civilian. A seized French Allied Military currency.
U.S. war correspondents at a in France shortly after the Allied invasion of France during World War 2
U.S. Army soldiers and U.S. war correspondents in France shortly after the Invasion of France by Allied forces. A war correspondent walks on a Normandy beach. Many triangular beach obstacles with mines attached to them placed there by German forces and slave laborers. A French family poses outside a house. A young girl poses and smiles. U.S. troops advancing to attack at the St. Lo line. Views of the city of Valognes. Military vehicles and U.S. Army soldiers pass by destroyed buildings in Valognes. A U.S. war correspondent walks on city streets. Correspondent seated at the edge of a fountain with Allied flags in the background. HE signs an autograph for a young boy.
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