Red Ball Convoy of Allied Forces in Chartres, France. A sign reads '24th Reg Station, Supply Convoy, Stop'. People stand near the sign. Officers stand under a tent. Brigadier General Plank and staff look at road maps. Trucks loaded with supplies pass along a road. (World War II period).
Red Ball Convoy of Allied forces in Chartres, France. Trucks loaded with supplies parked along a road. German prisoners unload rations. German prisoners stockpile them near Ablis. A United States guard patrols. Trees in the background. A sign reads 'Classic, QM Supplies'. Stockpiled rations in view. (World War II period).
Allied Forces Red Ball Convoy in Chartres, France. A sign reads 'Stop, Army Ammunition Depot'. Men stand near the sign. Convoy supply trucks parked along a road. United States African American troops unload and stock ammunition at a dump near Lachapele. The ammunition is kept on fields. 105 mm shells in a stockpile. 75 mm cartridge cases are stacked in a depot. German prisoners unload and stock ammunition at the dump near Lachapele. (World War II period).
French civilians gather outside the Notre Dame Cathedral after the liberation of Paris during World War 2. The Notre Dame de Paris (6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France). People around the building. A few small buildings are seen near the Cathedral. A crowd at the entrance and the area in front of the Cathedral. M4 Sherman tanks move in a line. A tank has the letters ' Franche-Comte' on it. Soldiers on the tanks. People gathered around to welcome the soldiers.
Free French partisans inspected by General Philippe Leclerc in Paris, France during liberation of Paris. Several soldiers with guns walk in a line on a road. A boy on a bicycle with the soldiers. The walkway near the road lined with trees. A motor vehicle on a road. Buildings in view. Trees on either side of the road. Smoke rises near the building. Trees in view. A tank and some soldiers on the road. French guards in a line on a side of the path. An officer salutes. Two men in front of a motor vehicle salute. General Philippe Leclerc inspects the guards. The General talks to the officer. General Philippe Leclerc holding a swagger stick in his hand as he walks with other officers. (World War II period).
General Charles De Gaulle at the Paris Victory Parade in Paris, France after World War II. The French troops lined on the path. Buildings in view. Huge crowd on the sides of the road. Army band and the guards on one side. General Charles De Gaulle arrives at the ceremony with other officers. The General walks along the road with other American and French officers. A man sets a camera on a tripod stand. The General awards medals to officers. Another man takes pictures with a camera held in a hand. Officers look on. Troops in rows on the other side of the road. Few officers stand at the back and watch the event. Few buildings in view.
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