The civilians greet General Charles De Gaulle in Cherbourg, France. A crowd in front of a building. Three flags on the balcony of the building. Man on the balcony. Men, women and children wait outside the building looking at the balcony. A few men and two children walks on the path in front of a building. A crowd on the side of the road. General Charles De Gaulle with other officers arrive. The crowd greets the General. The street filled with people. Buildings in view. The General stands on the balcony of the building with other officers. The building has the letters 'Hotel De Ville' on it. Flags hoisted on the balcony. A U.S. flag, a French flag and another flag. General De Gaulle comes out of the building with the officers. The General amidst the crowd. The General talks to a child in a woman's arms. Several men and women in the crowd. An officer in uniform in the crowd. General De Gaulle with officers and the people. People crowded at the entrance of the building.
A harbor in Cherbourg, France. A vessel in the water. A harbor dock in view. A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter anchored to the dock. Men in harbor. Two cranes in position just off the docks beside a capsized ship. Cherbourg harbor buildings in view in the background. Boats in the water. Men at work in the harbor. Two children watching a Patrol Torpedo boat at the dock.
A harbor in Cherbourg, France. A Coast Guard cutter anchored to the dock. A few pieces of equipment in the harbor. Fueling pipes arrayed across the docks to the ship. Other equipment on the dock. Men adjust and align the fueling pipes of the tanker with the pipes on vessel. A board that reads "Positively no tampering with pol equipment" is seen. Long length of fueling pipes. Two men at work. A man turns a valve. A man bathing on the ship's deck under a shower head. Men on the Coast Guard cutter. Small vessels in water. Buildings on the other shore in view. U.S. soldiers working on a cement mixer on shore along with German military prisoners of war. The U.S. soldiers offer cigarettes to the German prisoners and they smoke cigarettes.
A Seventh-day Adventist Christian mass baptism in Saint Maurice, France. Men and women, holding umbrellas, stand on a raised area on the shore of a water body. A flight of steps leads down to the water. A woman comes down the steps. A few people standing on a platform near the water. A man who stands waist-high inside the water helps the woman into the water. The woman immerses herself fully in the water and comes up, baptized as a Seventh-day Adventist. The woman is helped by another man out of the water. Men and women along a walkway. A woman holding umbrella on the walkway. Women talking and having tea. Another woman standing behind, watches.
First United States Army in Saint-Lo, France. American tanks move along a road to Saint-Lo. Trees on both sides of the road. First Army soldiers on the tanks. A German pilot prisoner shakes hands with Captain Richard Kellenbar of Marlborough, Massachusetts. The prisoner and the Captain converse beside a tent. The prisoner sits on a chair outside a tent. A large group of First Army soldiers escort the pilot prisoner. The pilot prisoner with raised hands with the soldiers around him. The pilot prisoner seated on the ground. The prisoner gets into a jeep. A few soldiers get into the jeep. Other soldiers stand around the jeep. (World War II period).
Officials and interested spectators fill the stands at Hunaudieres race course, near Le Mans, France, to watch a demonstration of a Wright Flyer airplane. Wilbur Wright places a large wheel under the aircraft as he and his team prepare a Model A Wright Flyer, for movement.Horses are seen towing it across a field. A man checks the planes launching track. Closeup of men maneuvering the aircraft into position on the launching track. Next, several of them are seen pulling together on a rope to raise a heavy weight up a small tower, to provide the launching power for the airplane. Next, two men pull the propellers through to start the Flyer’s engine. A passenger is already seated as Wilbur Wright climbs aboard and puts his hands and feet on the plane’s controls. View of the launching weight dropping to the ground and causing the Flyer to accelerate along its track and take off. A group of officials, wearing white armbands, watch the takeoff and the Flyer as Wilbur Wright maneuvers it skillfully above the race track grounds. Complete change of scene shows U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt on a platform, covered with a huge American flag. He is giving a speech. Scene shifts back again to Le Mans, where the Wright Flyer is still maneuvering all about in the air, above the grounds. Scene shifts again to World War I. American volunteer flyers with the French Lafayette Escadrille are seen in flight gear, by their Spad airplanes (marked with their distinctive Indian in head dress logo). They run to their respective planes and board them. View of the Spad airplanes with engines running and then taxiing out for takeoff.
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