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André Chapelon’s first locomotive rebuild for the Paris à Orléans (PO) railway in France on Paris à Orléans (PO) railway.

The Nord Pacific No 3566 locomotive as rebuilt by André Xavier Chapelon departs from a railroad train station in Paris along the Poiters-Angouleme route. Train's engineer, wearing goggles, looks through window as he operates train. View of exhaust as steam whistle is operated. Point of View shot toward back of train as it is underway. POV inside train, towards front of moving train as seen by train engineer. Speedometer indicates that train is running at 125 km/h, a bit higher than the French government speed limit of 75 mph (120 km/hr). Train passes by. Locomotive exhaust and whistle. This locomotive featured Chapelon's first major invention, the Kylchap exhaust, which was created with Finnish engineer Kyösti Kylälä, and produced less back pressure than previous designs. This modified prototype Pacific #3566 was originally 2000 indicated horsepower (IHP) but improved to a 3000 IHP with both fuel and water consumption reduced by 25% as a result of the rebuild process. Footage is from 1931, but first tests of this locomotive took place in November 1929.

Date: 1931
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078530
French Commander-in-Chief Marshal Joseph Joffre and Lord Kitchener inspect the frontline in France during WW1

French Commander-in-Chief, Marshal Joseph Joffre, waits at train station platform for the arrival of Lord Herbert Kitchener, the British Field Marshal during World War 1. Lord Kitchener arrives at train station, possible Gare Compiègne. Marshal Joffre, Lord Kitchener, and retinue walk into a trench in a battle ground. Lord Kitchener and Marshal Joffre inspect the frontline using binoculars under a trench. Lord Kitchener and Marshal Joffre walking together in frontline field. British soldiers fire mortar rounds in a snowy trench before Christmas. British soldiers exit a snow-covered tunnel, walk through snowy trenches. Artillery fires in winter battlefield. British soldiers, with pith hats, charges out of snow-covered trench moments before a support beam collapses. Artillery cannon fires in the snow. Explosions from artillery fire throw soil into the air in winter battleground covered with snow. British soldiers charging on snow covered battlefield.

Date: 1916, December
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078704
French nurse applying lipstick beside an ambulance in Normandy, France (WW2)

A French nurse drinks from her canteen beside a Free French ambulance during World War 2. The likely location is Périers. A nurse applies lipstick beside an ambulance. Nurses presses her upper and lower lips together. French nurse applies lipstick in front of a hand mirror hanging on the door of a truck. A French nurse puts on a sock and her shoe on her right foot.

Date: 1944, August 5
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079381
Refugees in winter snow, France (WW2)

French civilian refugees on snow covered road during winter, World War II. French refugees prepare their carts filled with household goods. An old woman with basket sits on top of a cart. A young child sits on a wooden wagon. Elderly French civilians carry their belongings and trek on foot. French refugees move along a snowy road with horses and oxen pulling carts. Women pushing their carts as they leave their village. A boy pulls a sled carrying a sack. He catches up with his parents. A United States Jeep drives past the refugees on the road. A dog pulls a cart, helped by a boy. Another dog also helps to pull a cart. Two boys and their pet dog leave their village. Faces of distraught French refugees. United States troops watch the convoy of refugees leaving town.

Date: 1944, December
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080049
Arrival of Indochinese colonial troops in France (WW1)

Map showing French territories around the world. Map of “Indo-Chine” (Indochina) showing Tonkin, Laos, Cambodia. A French colonial soldier from Indochina stands beside a statue. Indochinese soldiers and volunteers wearing conical Nón lá hats on board a ship arriving at a French port during World War I. Indochinese troops disembark at a French port. The colonial troops leave the port carrying their supplies and rifles.

Date: 1918
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080350
Free French 1st Armored Division M4 Sherman and M3 Lee tanks in convoy near Le Haye Du Puits (WW2)

Free French 1st Armored Division vehicles and tanks moving ashore near Le Haye Du Puits, Normandy during World War 2. Two French soldiers on top of a moving M3 Lee tank. An M4 Sherman tank follows the M3 Lee tank as part of a convoy. A French soldier gets down from top of tank. A Free France pennant in front of a tank. Two French soldiers lean on top of a moving Greyhound light armored car M8. More Free France vehicles including Jeeps and trucks moving as part of a convoy. Civilians welcome incoming Free French 1st Armored Division troops in vehicles in La Haye Du Puits, France.

Date: 1944, August 1
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079375