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Ceremony of farewell in Paris, as France prepares to send the Panthéon De La Guerre to America

Notables in Paris, France, at ceremonies before the Panthéon De La Guerre is packaged and shipped to the United States, where it would be shown in various places, beginning with Madison Square Garden, New York City, May 19, 1927. Raymond Poincaré, President of the French Council of Ministers, speaks in the building housing the Panthéon De La Guerre. The American flag in a holder to his left. Principal participants including Mrs. W.K Vanderbilt (Virginia Graham Fair Vanderbilt, aka "Birdie") are seen in front row chairs. Closeup of several French officials, including Marshal Philippe Pétain and Aristide Briand, French Foreign Minister. Mrs. Vanderbilt cuts a cord to release the huge cyclorama painting, the world's largest, featuring 5,000 full-length portraits of prominent figures from World War I. Views of the painting.

Date: 1922
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052000
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and his family at a beach during a holiday in Bordaberry, France.

Activities of Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a holiday at Chateau Bortaberry, France. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill and a man walk on a beach. A large crowd of spectators gathered on the beach to greet Prime Minister Churchill. Churchill's wife Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill and their daughter, Sarah, on the beach. They read a newspaper. Churchill, his wife Clementine and their daughter come out of water after a swim. They sit in chairs to relax. Churchill with folded pants walks barefoot on the beach after a swim along with his wife. Mountains in the background. Churchill and his family leave the beach. They get in cars. A discarded cigar and a cigar band on the beach

Date: 1945, July 18
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072287
Priests walk in ruins after the bomb damage in Coutances, France during World War II.

Bomb damage in Coutances, France during World War II. Aerial view of the bomb damage in city. Heaps of debris seen in front of the damaged buildings. Priests walk through ruins.

Date: 1944, July 28
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072544
U.S. 4th Armored Division and infantry advance from Lessay through Periers, France, in Operation Cobra, during World War II.

Allied Operation Cobra, during World War II. United States infantry,tanks and other vehicles advance from Lessay through the war-torn town of Periers, on their way to Coutances, France. U.S. infantrymen (probably 90th Infantry Division) and armor of the 4th Armored Division, including M4(105) howitzer medium tanks and M4 medium tanks (part of Operation Cobra) move past a road sign that reads "Périers". At top of signpost, another sign reads: "Road cleared of mines to hedges." The tanks turn right (South) in front of the damaged Periers church, as they pass through town on their way toward the city of Coutances.

Date: 1944, July 28
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072546
German prisoners of war being guarded and transported by U.S. Army military police in France during World War II.

Military police guard German prisoners of war in vicinity of Periers,France, during World War II. German prisoners rest along wall in courtyard of a building. Some prisoners sleep over ruins of buildings. Military police guard them. Prisoners being marched to trucks and loaded, packed tightly onto open trucks. French women on bicycles stop and make fun of the German prisoners Damaged buildings seen in the background. Sherman tank of 4th Armored Division drives past bomb-damaged church. Road sign points along Route 71 to next town (Coutances) and end of route (coastal city of Granville).

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072547
U.S. Army 2nd Armored Division enters Canisy, France during World War II.

As part of Operation Cobra, elements of United States 2nd Armored Division with infantry, tanks and armored vehicles enter Canisy, France during World War II. Views of soldiers loaded on tanks, armored vehicles and trucks. (Troops in half-track wear the rare camouflage uniforms distributed mainly to the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division.) German prisoners of war march along side of road, guarded by U.S. soldier.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072548