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Members of the French Resistance openly engage German occupation forces during the Liberation of Paris in WWII.

Liberation of France from German troops during World War II. A man at the office of the French Resistance fighters, now known as French Forces of the Interior (FFI), in open conflict with Vichy Government and German occupying forces. Sounds of machine gun fire. An official building with the Allied flags set up on steps. Inside an official signs documents. French civilians gathered on the sidewalks. Several French resistance members are being taken into custody. French Resistance members fire, at German soldiers, from protected positions, such as rooftops. Inside a busy office many typists are at work. One wears an armband of the Free French (Cross of Lorraine). A German truck burns. A man carrying a flag looks at an injured person in the street. Men fire rifles and throw grenades at German beute Somua and Hotchkiss tanks.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675049545
Nurses and patients jump with joy in Paris to celebrate Victory in Europe Day during World War II.

Victory in Europe Day during World War II. A group of French nurses and patients (many appear to be recuperating, wounded soldiers) seated at a hospital in Paris, France. They jump with joy as they hear the news of Allied victory in Europe during World War II.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1945, May
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049775
Airmen of the U.S. 65th Fighter Squadron relaxing on Corsica during World War II.

Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert O. Wymond, Commander of the 65th Fighter Squadron relaxes on a Corsica beach. Lt. Chris Grissinger, army nurse and Wymond's future wife, playfully throws sand at him. Two airmen wade ashore, carrying three large jellyfish on a wooden plank.. Colonel Wymond, Major Francis S. "Spanky" Manda, and other officers sample some French wine at their club on the beach at Alto airbase, Corsica, France. The 65th Squadron Fighting Cock logo is displayed on the bar. P-47s of the 65th Fighter Squadron taxiing on their sandy airfield.

Location: Corsica France
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049831
Traffic on the Champs Elysees in Paris, giving a view of the Arc de Triomphe in the background.

View of heavy vehicular traffic of 1950s cars and buses on street of Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. The Arc de Triomphe seen in the far background.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1956, October
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050425
Landing craft loaded with soldiers and equipment establish beachhead in Normandy during D-Day invasion

Establishment of a beachhead in Normandy, France during D-Day, the Invasion of Normandy. Mix of some dramatic acting portrayals but mostly actual footage. Barrage balloons over a U.S. ship underway at sea. A sailor puts on his helmet on the deck of a ship. The setting sun in the background. A clock shows 12 midnight. Navy officers and soldiers look at the clock anxiously. The clock shows twenty minutes to six in the morning. Explosions as guns are fired from ships. A man talks over a phone. The rising sun. Barges and landing crafts loaded with soldiers in water. Guns are fired at a coast. Smoke comes out of the stacks of a ship. Aircraft in flight to provide air cover. Rockets are fired at the shore. Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel ( LCVPs ) reach the beach and drop their ramps. Soldiers unload from the crafts. Aircraft provide cover. More landing crafts approach. LCIs ( Landing Craft Infantry) loaded with soldiers reach the beach. Troops going ashore on beaches of Normandy under fire from German shore positions. Views from landing crafts in water near shore as troops run up beaches. Landing crafts return to ships. Debris and dead floating in water near beach. A ragged U.S. flag flutters on a U.S. Coast Guard rescue cutter. The Coast Guards take care of the wounded and the dead. A military officer types on a typewriter while smoking a pipe in the United States. Crates of medical supplies for the soldiers. U.S. Medical Field Units reach the shore. Wounded are carried to hospital ships and transports. Wounded are carried on stretchers. Soldiers come down a net on the side of a ship. Soldiers in a barge. Soldiers wade ashore. A wounded man is carried on a stretcher. Men wade ashore. (World War II period).

Location: Normandy France
Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 5 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050822
U.S. ships get damaged due to a gale storm on the coast of Normandy following D-Day.

Storm in Normandy, France following D-Day. German prisoners are marched under guard. Sunken U.S. merchant marine ships form a protective breakwater on the coast of Normandy. Gale force winds hit the area. High waves break over the ships and cause damage during the storm. Wreckage of ships. Soldiers near the wreckage. The United States Coast Guard ship 'Flying Angel' is seen among the wreckage. Dead and wounded men are loaded on landing craft. A military officer types 'V-Mail' on a typewriter while smoking a pipe in the United States. The man puts his signature on the typed paper and then folds the paper. He puts on his cap, gets up from the table and walks away with the help of crutches. Camera zooms in for close-up of a Purple Heart award in a case on the desk. (World War II period).

Location: Normandy France
Date: 1944, June 19
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050825
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