French Indochinese soldiers play musical instruments from their home country while stationed in France during World War I. Soldiers from Indochina with drums, gong, and a fiddle-like instrument (likely a Dan). Indochinese actors dressed as Vietnamese warlords. An elderly Indochinese playing an indigenous trumpet. Actors performing a Vietnamese Hat Tuong opera. A young Indochinese soldier smiling during the play.
French colonial Senegalese troops perform traditional native dances during their spare time in France (World War I). Musicians play tom-tom drums, tambourine, and pipes as French African soldiers dance. Two Senegalese soldiers engage in a wrestling match as a crowd watches.
French colonial Senegalese troops waiting for trains at a railway station in France during World War I. Some soldiers are seen waiting under the shade of a tree. Rifle pyramids in front of soldiers. Senegalese soldiers arrive in station platform. They are boarding a train. A Senegalese soldier peers from railroad train window. French officers waving good-bye at the Senegalese soldiers as train departs.
War correspondents in France after the Allied Invasion in World War 2. War correspondents swim and bathe in a French river. Correspondents including Ralph Moss, Huey Broderick, Joe Priestly and actor Edward G Robinson standing by the riverside and smoking cigars. The correspondents outside a large, stone, Normandy Barn where actors and actresses put up shows to entertain troops. A banner at the entrance reads: 'Normandy World Premier'. Robinson talks and acts for the camera.
French guards and German prisoners of war in France during World War II. A French soldier mans a machine gun at his post in a prison camp. German prisoners move in a line in the enclosure. A French soldier paints on prison uniforms. German prisoners of war (POWs) including officers collect the prison uniform coats and put them on.
France under Nazi rule during World War II. Young French workers at a German ammunition factory. The workmen attend classes to learn German. A woman instructor teaches them German. The workmen take notes. The instructor uses a black board to give instructions. She calls a student to write in German. Workers in an aircraft manufacturing plant. The men in protective gear work at various machines and use various equipment. They work on a semi-assembled aircraft. The workers tests the landing gear of aircraft. Men read a poster in French regarding a visit to the city on Sunday. Buildings on a street. Soldiers walk along as a tram passes on the road. From captured German newsreels.
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