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American troops training with mortars and machine guns, in France during World War I

Troops of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) pose in front of a building at their Gondrecourt training area in France, during World War 1. Six Stokes mortars are set up in a line on the ground in front of them, with unit flags fastened to them. Two soldiers adjust elevation of a Stokes mortar and then commence firing it rapidly. Another pair of soldiers are seen firing a Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun. They remove the gun and its tripod carriage, separately when done firing.

Date: 1917, August
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030264
French jet aircraft Baroudeur, launched without landing gear, from a mobile platform, at airfield in France.

The SNCASE S.E.5000 Baroudeur, a new French jet aircraft, lacking conventional landing gear, is launched from a special mobile platform, at an airfield in France. The jet takes off, leaving the mobile launch platform rolling along the runway. A drag chute deploys to brake the launch platform. Aerial views of the jet in flight.

Date: 1954, June 24
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030290
Danniel Genot wins the Miss Europe Contest in France.

Contestant dressed in swimsuits walk on a stage during the Miss Europe Contest in France. Dannielle Genot of Paris wins the title.

Date: 1954, June 24
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030292
End of WWII in Europe. German and American prisoners of war are exchanged in France.

End of World War II in Europe. A map shows Atlantic coast of France. American and German officers facilitate the repatriation of their soldiers at port of Dunkirk. Red Cross workers exchange papers with officers. Officers and soldiers in a boat. The soldiers stand in a group and talk. They stand at a road side. They happily board boats to take them home. German military high command consult and broadcast to the people of Germany about actions being taken to return their troops to their homeland of Germany.

Date: 1945
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675032098
United States 9th Air Force pilots and crew readying for missions in France, against German targets.

Fighter pilots of the United States 9th Air Force, 354th Fighter Group, with their P-51s in France. A dugout with camouflage netting. Three soldiers come out of the dugout. A man in a glass enclosed tower behind the dugout. A bomb marked with 'To der Fuhurer mit love' attached under a P-51. Pilot lieutenant W B King, of 355th Fighter Squadron, leans over wing of his P-51, 'Atlanta Peach.' A crew chief paints additional swastikas to record German aircraft kills on a P-51. A man shaves while looking in a mirror. The sign on the mirror reads 'Hitler turned Europe upside down.' (Note: Pilot, William B. King, an ace of the 355th Fighter Squadron, "The Pugnacious Pups," was officially credited with 5 1/2 confirmed aerial victories, and was awarded the Silver Star. He was from Atlanta, GA.) (World War II period).

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033410
Allied bombers strafe enemy ground installations in France.

The Allied spearhead drives forward on the Western Front. British tanks move forward in France. Anti mine tanks move in front. Smoke in the distance. Allied bombers fly through flak to strafe and bomb ground installations. Allied planes bomb an enemy convoy off Helgoland, Germany (Heligoland). Enemy ships at fire. Allied spearhead advances forward. Half tracks and tanks move through a rubbled French town. The soldiers march. An Allied soldier picks and reads a leaflet. Allied tanks followed by soldiers. Soldiers aim and fire. A soldier marches a captured Nazi soldier. Allied planes bomb German supply vehicles. Explosion and fire as the bombs hit the targets. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033610