Allied Prisoners are marched in Paris,France during World War II. Large group of American and British prisoners are marched through streets under German guards. Buildings on either side of the street. Buses move through street. Civilians, possibly French collaborationists, jeer and slap at two different Allied prisoners as they march by.
Army Engineers of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) use a rail-mounted conveyer-type bucket dredge to deepen a channel for Allied ships on the Penfeld River at Brest, France, during World War 1. In the background, the Kerguillo mansion in the suburb Bohars, can be seen. The dreged spoils are being emptied into a string of open rail cars. Men work around the base of the dredge, loosening soil with long poles. Army engineers, including African American soldiers of the U.S. Army 501st Engineers work with French civilians to build wharfs on the Penfeld River. They stand with a rail car of concrete at the job site, and manually remove it when emptied. Construction supplies are piled up at the port, where 501st Engineer members are seen with other U.S. soldiers and French soldiers. View from rail car (not seen) moving along track, away from the port. A locomotive is seen with "USA" painted on its side,next to a newly constructed rail platform. A French workman carrying a large can walks next to the tracks. A railroad crane stands on a siding. Workmen build a station on the platform. (One raises his arms out wide for the camera.) An open rail car sits by the platform. A soldier from the 501st crosses the track near a rail car filled with wooden ties. View of U.S. troops running from work on a train of rail cars, as they respond to noon mess call. African American soldiers of the 501st Engineers getting lunch and eating at an outdoor mess. Four of them tap dance for the camera, as their comrades watch and clap.
Armistice Day Parade in Paris, France during World War II. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, French General Charles de Gaulle and Foreign Secretary Robert Anthony Eden watch Armistice Day Parade with the crowd at curb. French and American troops parade on the Champs Elysees. French civilians cheer and applaud. British troops on parade. Churchill and De Gaulle pass in car. Another car with Anthony Eden follow them. Churchill waves his cap. They walk to curb to great notables. Crowd follow them.
Armistice Day Parade in Paris, France. The band of the Republican Guard play in the parade. Mrs. Eden and Mrs. Churchill applaud. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, French General Charles De Gaulle and Foreign Secretary Robert Anthony Eden watch parade. Churchill shakes hands with De Gaulle. Armored vehicles in the parade. Churchill and De Gaulle walk to car and get into it. The car is driven along street followed by mounted guard. Mrs. Eden with Mary Churchill, daughter of Winston Churchill, watch parade. Mrs. Churchill followed by two women leave the area.
Armistice Day Parade in Paris, France. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and French General Charles De Gaulle place wreath and salute at the Arc de Triomphe. Dignitaries walk away. Crowds gathered on the street. The troops march past the Arc de Triomphe led by the Republican Guard followed by French, American soldiers, American sailors and Allied units including colonial troops. (World War II period).
Armistice Day Parade in Paris, France during World War II. Bomber aircraft fly in formation. Churchill, French General Charles De Gaulle and others followed by notables walk away. The plaque at the Eternal Light. Mounted troops of the Republican Guard near the Arc de Triomphe. French cavalry on parade.
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