Liberation of France from German troops during World War II. Allied soldiers look at a map and plan the strategy to fight against the German troops in Paris. Red Cross flags in the background. Allied troops loaded on tanks and half ton trucks as they advance to counter the Germans. Dead soldiers. Heavy firing takes place. Intense street fighting. Tanks move past the Arc de Triomphe as Allies rout the resisting Germans from the area. German prisoners of war enter a prison. Prisoners made to march.
A lingerie fashion show in Paris, France. Models wear transparent gowns made of cellophane as they walk the runway at a fashion show. Models display different designs of lingerie, as seen through the cellophane.
Victory in Europe Day, Paris, France. A man sitting on another man's shoulders waves a French flag. People on street sing La Marseilles. People sing French national anthem as Allied flags waved. Crowd on the street waves and shows victory signs. American military truck on a street. (World War II period).
American servicemen, during World War 2, rise following a religious service outside a tent at Alto airbase, Corsica, France. Many of them take time to personally speak with Roman Catholic Archbishop Francis Spellman, who conducted the service. Some of them kiss his ring. American military trucks in the background. Another scene shows servicemen kneeling at a prayer service outside the tent.
Allied invasion of Normandy France, during World War 2. About 15 German prisoners with hands on their heads, are lined up under guard on a sandy beach area, behind barbed wire, where they are being searched, one-by-one, by an American military policeman. Suddenly, they drop to the ground, as a low flying airplane passes overhead (unseen). They get back on their feet again. Next, a burning army truck is seen with a dead soldier lying nearby. (He wears an armband and is likely a medic.) American soldiers wade ashore from a landing craft tank (LCT) through surf, at what appears to be low tide. Another LCT (#587) is beached nearby. Larger landing ships are seen further offshore.
German Air Force's raid on the city of Dunkerque (also spelled Dunkirk) in northern France. German Luftwaffe fighter planes in formation, including Heinkel He-111 bombers and JU-87 Stuka dive bombers. German pilot inside the cockpit of a JU-87 Stuka. The plane dives and drops bombs on an airstrip. Bombed and burning buildings in the city of Dunkirk. Luftwaffe Stuka fighters bomb Allied vessels. Antiaircraft guns fired. A German plane crashes in water. View of the wrecked city of Dunkirk, with many fires burning and smoke. Large number of people in the streets. Aerial and ground views of a destroyed church (possibly the St. Eloi Church) with the roof gone and the interior completely destroyed. German parachute troops jump from transport planes descending on Dunkirk. (World War II period).
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