The secret Free French headquarters in Paris during World War 2. Opening scene shows the Lion Of Belfort Statue, at Place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris, France. Pedestrians and cyclists are moving through the area. Next are views through the windshield of a car driving around the statue. It drives up a side street, and a passenger is let out. As the car drives away, the passenger enters a building, housing the secret headquarters of the Free French Forces of the Interior (FFI) and goes inside. He proceeds through some anterooms and down several flights of stairs deep into a subteranean room where he is admitted by a man wearing a white FFI armband. He delivers a paper message to one of two men sitting at a table. The information causes various members of the FFI in the headquarters to begin taking actions to plan a mission. A woman transmits the informtion and orders via a teletype machine.
Opening scene shows French General Charles de Gaulle and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill as they leave a French Headquarters building in Paris, France, after its liberation in World War 2.. It is snowing. An American soldier, bugler, is blowing a salute. Another U.S. soldier holds the door of a staff car open. Among those following Churchill and de Gaulle, is British Field Marshal Sir Alan Francis Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. And (behind two French civilian officials), is French General Marie-Pierre Kœnig. Next, is seen an honor guard of American soldiers, rendering rifle salutes with right shoulder arms. Alternating Closeup glimpses of Churchill, de Gaulle, and company with those of the honor guard. Very close view of Churchill. Scene shifts to French military drum and bugle corps playing. Closeup of Churchill, de Gaulle, Brooke, and French General de Lattre, all saluting, and a French military color guard dipping colors in salute as others render rifle salutes. More views of French honor guard. Next, a jeep carrying General de Lattre, in front and Churchill and de Gaulle in the rear, passes by with occupants saluting. Glimpse from rear of French military honor guard. The jeep passing between troops in formation and a line of American Sherman tanks with their crews standing in front of their tanks. Views from various angles of the scene.
U.S. 3rd Infantry Division, 38th Infantry Regiment in Coupray, France during World War 1. Inspector General of American Expeditionary Force (AEF), Major General Andre W. Brewster and Commanding General of U.S. 3rd Infantry Division, Major General Joseph Theodore Dickman, review troops. The troops on horses. Soldiers carrying guns march on a field. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. 3rd Infantry Division, 38th Infantry Regiment in Coupray, France during World War I. Inspector General of American Expeditionary Force (AEF) Andre W. Brewster, Commanding Officer of U.S. 3rd Infantry Division Joseph Theodore Dickman and General Ragueneau review troops. The troops march across a field. Commanding Officer of 38th Infantry Regiment Ulysses Grant McAlexander, Joseph Theodore Dickman and General Ragueneau on horses. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
French war artist Leon Reni Mel in Paris, France. Leon Reni Mel stands on a ladder holding a painting palette. A painting made by Leon Reni Mel.
The Seventh French Dragoons at Fontainebleau in Paris, France during World War I. French troops on horses at a parade. People watch the troops in a parade. Troops make formations while in a parade.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.