Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin visits French President Charles De Gaulle in France. View of the meeting hall with Kosygin and De Gaulle meeting. Dignitaries shake hands with the guests at a reception in the Élysée Palace (55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France). View of chandeliers and decorated dining hall in the Élysée Palace. Dignitaries seated at their tables.
Allied troops land in France during World War II. Allied troops climb down a landing net as they get onto a landing craft along side a ship off the coast of France Landing craft underway at sea. Craft being beached and troops wade through the surf to reach dry land.
Several formations of U.S. Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft over France in the last few days of World War Two in Europe. These bear the distinctive white tails of the 9th Air Force, 98th Bomb Wing, 323rd Bombardment Group, stationed at Denain Airfield (A-83), France.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in France. President Eisenhower arrives in France and is welcomed by NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization ) commander General Lauris Norstad. American flag hoisted. Eisenhower and General Norstad pose as cameramen record the event.
Activities of the Allied military units in France during World War I. U.S. officers gathered together saluting. United States Army General John J Pershing and a French General on a ship deck at a port in France. General Pershing salutes the soldiers. The American and French officers review Army troops and Navy sailors. The soldiers crowd on a street. Buildings along the sides of the street. General Pershing sits in a jeep. The soldiers gather near the jeep.
The Mont Blanc tunnel being built in France. View of snow covered peak of Mont Blanc and gondola on steel cable ascending mountain. French and Italian workers inside the tunnel celebrate the completion of the tunnel from Chamonix, on the French side of the mountain, to Courmayeur, on the Italian side, cutting the road travel distance between Paris, France and Rome, Italy by 125 miles. Italian and French officials celebrate during the ceremony. Civil Engineer and Professor Loris Corbi, head of the Italian team, greets André Borie, the lead French Civil Engineer. Workers celebrate and drink champagne to toast the achievement.
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