Japanese-American troops of the 442nd Combat Team in Fays, France during World War II. Memorial services for the dead. An officer speaks to soldiers. The soldiers seated on a field with their heads bowed. The soldiers stand in formation. A band plays. A sign reads: 'Honor Roll of the 2nd Battalion'.
Memorial services in Luxeuil, France during World War II. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Alexander M Patch of the Seventh Army and Major General John E Dahlquist of the 36th Infantry Division present at the ceremony. Civilians gather in a street. Buildings along the street sides. French troops and French veterans of World War I parade. Lieutenant General Patch and a French General in front of a plaque commemorating the American forces of the Lafayette Escadrille. An officer addresses the crowd. Major General Dahlquist ties a battle streamer on the 36th Infantry Division flag. Officers and soldiers salute.
Paris, France under Nazi German occupation during World War II. An automatic hand camera being laced into a basket. Bottles being placed in the basket to conceal the camera. A lens sticks out of a side of the basket. A cameraman on a bicycle rides away. While riding the bicycle the cameraman pulls a string attached to a spring on the camera. Another cyclist alongside the cameraman.
Allied raid on Dieppe, France during World War II. A Royal Navy warship bombards the coast of Dieppe at night. A ship underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Allied airmen get into an aircraft and take off from an airfield in England. The aircraft in flight over the English Channel. American, British and Canadian troops in landing crafts underway in the English Channel towards the coast of Dieppe. German aircraft in flight. A destroyer ship lays a smoke screen. Naval guns fire at the coast. German aircraft drop bombs and explosions occur at sea. British and U.S. aircraft in flight. Explosions occur at sea. A British aircraft falls in sea. A pilot of the Royal Air Force in water. He comes aboard. Landing crafts at sea. LCTs (Landing Crafts Tanks) go ashore. Aerial view of Dieppe as aircraft bombard the city. British and American soldiers aboard a ship. Wounded soldiers disembark from a ship at a port in England. Allied aircraft return to an air base. A wounded soldier shows a thumbs up sign.
Newsreel on a motorcycle or motorbike race in Tarn France. Several motorcyclists take off during a motorcycle race. The motorcyclists racing on the dirt track. People gathered on both sides of the track standing behind barriers and watching the race. A motorcyclist moving on a small bridge on the course. The motorcyclists racing on the rough and curved roads. The winner reaches the finishing line. The winner is offered a bouquet of flowers by a woman. Other officials standing beside the winner.
Air raid victims and bomb damaged buildings in German-occupied Lyon, France during World War II. A motorcade moving on a road. An open car with motorcycle escorts and several cars following in the motorcade. French Marshal Philippe Petain standing in an open car and saluting. A number of people gathered on either side of the road watch the motorcade. A huge crowd gathered in front of a building. Several nuns outside the building. Marshal Petain and a few officers entering a hospital. Marshal Petain meets air raid victims in the hospital. The Marshal and the officers walking through the bomb damaged city. Damaged buildings on a street. The Marshal talking to the civilians.
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