French crowd inspects captured German equipment. World War I German tanks, cannons, field guns, railroad guns, and gun carriages displayed at the Place de la Concorde (75008 Paris, France) and in Hotel des Invalides (129 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France). View of Place de la Concorde in Paris. Automobiles and other vehicles circle the plaza. Many pedestrians are seen. An American soldier inspects a damaged German artillery piece on display. Visitors flood the display area to view the various weapons on display. At a park, the curb is lined with undamaged field pieces. Crowd gathers around a young boy manipulating controls on a captured German s FH 02 field howitzer
King Alfonzo XIII of Spain, French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, and other officials, speak with a Roman Catholic clergyman inside bombed-out remains of Cathedral of Notre-Dame (7 Pl. Mgr Ginisty, 55100 Verdun, France) in Verdun, France. The king and others walk out of the building. King Alfonso XIII at the Gare de Verdun train station. King Alfonzo XIII, and others, escorted by French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, examines the Verdun battlefield. Snow on the ground. From a high point overlooking the battlefield, Marshal Foch points out key locations with his swagger stick and then escorts the king down into a trench and dugout. The king with Marshal Foch in a car.
Visitors on the grounds of the Paris Exposition of 1900, walk under and around the base of the Eiffel Tower (Champ de Mars, 5 Av. Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France). Some women carry parasols. Men and women are fashionably dressed. View of Eiffel Tower from base up to top and down again. Buildings of the Exposition can be seen through the arch of the Tower.
An elevator of Eiffel Tower (Champ de Mars, 5 Av. Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France) ascending. The girders of the Eiffel Tower seen. Views of the 1900 Paris exposition and of buildings surrounding the Champs De Mars.
Marshall Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia arrives in Paris with his wife. He is greeted by French officials. High security measures are taken in France. Marshall Tito seen in a car. Security on alert against assassins. President of France Rene Cote awards him 'Military Cross'. He lays wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
United States President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy board a helicopter on the lawn of the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States). The helicopter takes off with the Washington Monument in the background. President Reagan along with his wife disembark from aircraft in Paris. President Reagan holds an umbrella while he descends from the airstair with Nancy Reagan. President Reagan visits the Élysée Palace (55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France). French troops in uniform stand along with French President Mitterrand to welcome the United States President. Members of the Economic Summit receive a red-carpet welcome at the Palace of Versailles (Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles, France). British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is seen, along with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki Zenkō. United States Secretary of the Treasury Donald Regan speaks before the assembly. A gala dinner and dance are held in the evening, ending with fireworks.
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