Refine Your Search

Colombey-les-Belles France 1918 stock footage and images

- Showing 817 to 822 of 6519 results
Wilbur Wright prepares for first public demonstration of Wright Flyer in France. A Wright Flyer in flight at Fort Myer, Virginia

A film on the development of air power of the United States. Wilbur Wright places a large wheel under a Wright Flyer Model A, so it can be towed across a field in the first public demonstration of a Wright Brothers airplane at Le Mans, France. Next, A Wright flyer is seen in flight at Fort Myer, Virginia. An Army balloon is seen aloft in the background.

Location: France
Date: 1908
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051057
Adolf Hitler meets French leader Philippe Petain and Spanish General Francisco Franco in France

Adolf Hitler in a meeting with Philippe Petain in Montoire, and then with Francisco Franco in Hendaye France. Soldiers stand in lines. Philippe Petain gets out of a car in Montoire-sur-le-Loir. Pierre Laval beside him. Petain exchanging salutes with German officers. Cameramen take photographs. Petain shakes hands with Adolf Hitler. Scene changes to Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering relaxing and laughing as they ride in Hitler's train car. A sign reads Hendaye, the train's next stop. A bridge in view. A train arrives. 'Espana' written on train. A crowd gathered at the station. Adolf Hitler stands at the station and greets Francisco Franco. Both men walk on the station. Nazi flags hung. They board Hitler's train and pull dark curtain down over window of the meeting room on the train. (Opening slate states 1941, but that is incorrect. This event was October 24, 1940). (World War II period).

Location: France
Date: 1940, October 24
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675053449
Troops return to a rest area, dig fox holes and a burning USAAF P-51 aircraft in France during World War II.

The United States Army in France during World War II. On 5th August, 1944 : soldiers of 35th Infantry Division, 137th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion walk in columns while returning to a rest area near Le Mesnil-Robert. On 8th August, 1944 : an officer of 28th Division, 109th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion shows replacements where to dig foxholes in Gathemo. The soldiers dig the foxholes. A United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) P-51 Mustang burns after a crash landing near Vire. Ammunition in the aircraft exploding. The rescued pilot talks to two soldiers.

Location: France
Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057873
Burned buildings and a power plant in southern France due to Allied bombings during World War II.

Aftermath of Allied bombings in southern France during World War II. Damaged buildings. Children walk past a damaged building. A French woman with her children after the Germans killed her husband and burned down their house. A sign reads 'Matafelon'. A burned restaurant. A sign reads 'Le Port'. Machinery at a power plant. Water comes through a spillway.

Location: France
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078074
Cross of Liberation parade at Rue Royale, Place de Madeleine and Palais Garnier (WW2)

A parade celebrates the awarding of Cross of Liberation (Croix de la Libération) to the city of Paris (World War II). A huge crowd gathers outside the L'église de la Madeleine (Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). French soldiers holding flags march down Rue Royale from Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France) as crowds watch the parade on the sidewalks. Throngs of French civilians crowd Rue Royale and Place de la Madeleine to watch a parade. Two crowd marshals salute to marching soldiers. Young French people perch on top of a newspaper stand to watch the parade. More people watch the parade from their windows. French children holding signs that read “Vive la France” and “Vive Paris”. Crowds clapping. Crowds gathered outside the Hotel Scribe in Paris (Now known as Sofitel Le Scribe Paris Opéra- 1 Rue Scribe, 75009 Paris, France). From Place de la Madeleine, soldiers turn to march in Boulevard des Capucines, marching past the Palais Garnier (Place de l'Opéra, 75009 Paris, France) with more crowds watching from the sidewalk and in front of the opera house.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1945, April 2
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079406
German Tank Panzer Division advances with artillery in Paris and Versailles.

German Tank Panzer Division advances with artillery in Paris, France, during Battle of France and occupation of France in World War 2. Oil tanks and surrounding building on fire. Black smoke rises from the oil tanks. German soldiers enter city with tanks and artillery. German tanks and soldiers on grounds of Palace of Versailles. Nazi German flag hoisted at Versailles. 'Tories Les Gloires Dela France' written on a building. Small German aircraft parked on streets of Paris. German soldier climbs Eiffel Tower and hoists Nazi German flag atop Eiffel Tower.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675043355
<< Previous | Page: 1 ... 137 138 139 ... 1087 | Next >>