Socializing and shopping in Paris, France. People sit in a bar. French barmaid smiles as she serves bar regulars their drinks and chats with them. Men and women walking near inexpensive shops along the Avenue Champs-Élysées. Woman enters a shop with sign reading 'Soldes' (‘Sales’ in English). French civilians walk in a flea market on the outskirts of Paris. Shops on either side of the market. Men buy goods from the shops. Customer purchases antique items from an antique shop. Two women browsing for chinaware. Antique items displayed on tables. A man looks at the antique items. The Café de Flore on the left bank of Seine. Men seated at tables drink at the Café de Flore (172, BOULEVARD SAINT-GERMAIN 75006 PARIS).
View from street of a bar and the Hotel Cité du Midi Pigalle in the Montmartre, Paris, France. Men and woman stand at the doorway of bar. Man and woman come and enter the hotel next door. A woman approaches a man and talks to him as he walks down the street. The man shakes his head and continues to walk. Man and woman enter the Hotel. Neon signage “PIGALLE”.
Parisian nightlife in Rue Pigalle. A sector in Pigalle, Paris. A sign highlights the name 'Pigalle'. Traffic on the street. People cross the street. A restaurant named 'Narcisse'. A neon sign reads 'Sphinx'. Le Sphinx nightclub across Pigall’s. Pigall’s on the right side of Rue Pigalle (77 Rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, 75009 Paris, France).
The opening of a Stage Door Canteen in Paris, France. Allied soldiers, sailors, women soldiers, French girls, and civilians arrive for the opening of the Canteen in Paris. A guard directs the people. Army band plays on stage. People clap after the first performance. People watch them and talk. Allied flags displayed on the wall. People stand as the band plays the French, British and United States National Anthems. (World War II period).
A U.S. Army Signal Corps training film on Rules for controlling German prisoners of war in World War 2. International conference 1929 in Geneva, Switzerland. Various officers and dignitaries in the conference where the Geneva Convention was agreed-upon by many nations. Image of Field Manual 27-10 states the Rules of Land Warfare based on the Geneva Conventions and describes standard procedures for handling Prisoners of War. Scene of 20,000 Prisoners of War who surrender under Nazi Major General Eric Elster at Loire, France September 16, 1944 to the United States 3rd Army, 83rd Division, under General Macon. General Elster salutes General Macon, then approaches the microphones in the middle of a roadway and delivers a surrender speech. General Macon then replies accepting the surrender on behalf of General Simpson. General Macon states that the men will be treated according to the rules made during the conference in Geneva.
Allied forces bomb Caen, France during World War II. German soldiers use binoculars to spot USAAF aircraft in flight. German soldiers man artillery guns. American planes in flight overhead. Anti-aircraft guns fired from German fortifications. Allied aircraft in flight. An Allied aircraft is hit and descends to the ground. Burning aircraft wreckage in a field.
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