Raging floods in France. Ravaged villages and homes and disrupted communications due to hazardous floods. Washed out bridges and dangling tracks. Wrecked car and demolished buildings. Civilians clean the debris and mud using shovels.
First National Assembly Elections in France. Buildings. French civilians stands in rows to casts vote. They casts their votes in the ballot box. Media persons and reporters inform and file reports on telephones. Officials and leaders attend the assembly for enactment of a new constitution. Charles De Gaulle wins the election against the opposition party.
A cat show in France. Siamese and Persian cats compete during the show. A seal-point Persian cat gnaws strings. A Tabby Persian cat stands during the show. Two Blue Ribbon Champion Persian cats are seen.. A Sleepy kitten yawns in a basket.
Warship flying Greek Royal Navy Ensign arrives at pier in France. King Paul I, Queen Frederika and daughter, Princess Sophia, come down gangway. A full military guard of honor is in formation on the dock. King Paul I in Paris, reviews guard of honor and salutes. He lays memorial wreath on tomb of the unknown at Arc de Triomphe, and pays homage, saluting with phalanx of French military officers. King Paul I arrives at Chateau, where Queen Frederika and Princess Sophia are already standing on steps, holding bouquets of flowers. The royal family enters the building for a reception inside. saluting with phalanx of French military officers. King Paul I arrives at Chateau, where Queen Frederika and Princess Sophia are already standing on steps, holding bouquets of flowers. The royal family enters the building for a reception inside.
Stock car racing in France. French stock car racing begins on a dirt track. Many cars meet with an accident during the race.
A brief promotional scene of large columns of German Army soldiers, in class A uniforms, marching 9-abreast with shouldered rifles. A map of the English Channel with key cities shown along the French Coast. View from shore, of Allied invasion forces off the coast of Normandy, in World War 2. German soldier runs to an Atlantic Wall coastal defense gun, which then fires toward the invasion fleet. View of obstacles placed in surf at the beach. German coastal guns fire at Allied beachhead and ships offshore. Allied ship burning. German gunner seen inside the gun emplacement. Large explosion in water near shore. Destroyed invasion force equipment on the beach. abandoned Allied landing craft with numerous Army vehicles on board. Complete new sequence showing aftermath of the battle of Villers-Bocage, France. Destroyed Allied military equipment lines a road there, including many British Morris army trucks. One destroyed armored vehicle bears insignia of U.S. 2nd Armored Division, with names Betty, Joyce, and Sadie written on it. A German soldier walks past an American M3 halftrack with its right wheel jacked up and jerry cans stored on its side. A line of knocked out British armored trucks. An Allied soldier's shoe and flattened steel helmet. Sign at roadside reads: Villars, Bocage. Knocked out M3 Stuart light tank. Destroyed British Cromwell tanks on streets of the town of Villers-Bocage A British helmet on the ground in midst of debris near destroyed tank treads.
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