French women accused as traitors are punished by public humiliation in Cherbourg, France in World War II. Women accused as German collaborationists stand on the road. Women crying. Angry crowds shave the women's hair. The crowd cheers. Women with shaved heads. Crowd gathered on the streets. A sign in French reads 'Le Char es Collaborateuses'.
French women traitors in Paris, France. Women and men collaborationists are taken out of the building. They have their hands over their heads. The crowds jeer. Gendarmes (French Policemen) prod them forward. A car on the street. The men and women are taken into the car. Crowd gathers around the car.
French women collaborators in Paris, France during World War II. Women collaborationists and civilians before house for trial. The crowds jeer. An accused girl stands before the table. A girl's head shaved on the porch of house. An accused girl registers indignation. People cut the women's hair. Girls marched to trucks and driven through cheering crowds. Humiliated women weeping.
Chartres captured in France. Men locate and mark mines on road. A land mine is blown. Smoke rises up. Two engineers bend down and mark mines. Engineers prepare to detonate mine. Jeeps and other Allied soldiers in the background. A land mine is blown. (World War II period).
Chartres captured by Allied forces during World War II. A sign reads 'Chartres'. Press correspondents and civilians behind trucks. They dodge snipers. United States soldiers fire tommy guns and rifles at snipers. A soldier firing a rifle near a closed Epicerie (French grocery shop). A soldier stands behind an iron gate and fires. U.S. Soldiers and French soldiers run. Crowd stands behind gates of prefecture. FFI (French Forces of the Interior) and Gendarmes (French national police) with a collaborator. A group of men and women collaborators. Women collaborators with heads shaved are paraded in front of the town hall (Mairie). Cathedral Notre Dame de Chartres or Chartres Cathedral (16 Cloître Notre Dame, 28000 Chartres, France). Cathedral spires in view. Snipers march on streets. They are marched to jail. Nazi German snipers with hands on their heads. Crowd waves behind jail. Group of snipers are taken through streets. A priest looks up. (World War II period).
Gestapo torture chambers in Paris, France. Walls of torture chambers of Gestapo (German Secret State Police). Members of victim's family wait to enter. Huge crowd gathered. Interior of the chamber. Burning chamber in view. Hand prints on wall around stakes to which victims were tied for execution. French soldier and policeman look at riddled post. (World War II period).
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