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French Marshal Henri Petain arrives in Montoire to meet German Chancellor Adolf Hitler during World War II.

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and French Marshal Henri Petain meet in Montoire France during World War II, during a tour by Hitler of occupied France. Henri Petain arrives (historical records indicate meeting also included Laval). Building in the background. Marshal Petain inspects troops. Soldiers stand at attention. He meets Adolf Hitler. Interpreter Paul Schmidt and Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop also present.

Date: 1940, October 24
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675065457
General Eisenhower visits hospitals and the Port of Cherbourg, during inspections in World War II.

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Cherbourg, France during World War II. General Eisenhower walks with Major General Henry Aurand, across railroad tracks in port area of Cherbourg, France. Steam locomotives and railroad trains in the background. Eisenhower walks along the docks, past a ship being offloaded to a railroad box car. General Eisenhower and Major General Henry Aurand, step from staff car upon arrival at 165th General Hospital. They are escorted along established paths lined with post and rope fencing. The large hospital tents display red crosses. General Eisenhower gives some soldiers his autograph. He and his party stand by a large pressure tank, as a soldier uses a wrench to adjust a control. Eisenhower chats pleasantly with U.S. Navy personnel at the camp. General Aurand stands by Eisenhower as he talks with an Army Colonel. His staff car and driver are in the background. Eisenhower warmly greets Naval and Marine officers on board a ship in port, where supplies are being offloaded. He looks down into the ship's hold from the deck above.

Date: 1945, February 21
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066628
French workers remove sandbags from Luxor Obelisk and remove defenses following German capture of Paris (WW2)

German newsreel shows activities of French workers in Paris, France following capture and occupation of the city by Nazi German forces in World War II. French workers and soldiers lined up on a ladder and removing sandbag defensive protections from the Luxor Obelisk (Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France) at the Place de la Concorde. Buildings in the background. Workers pull nails from boards as they disassemble defensive positions and gun emplacements. Long line of saddened workers and French soldiers pass buckets slowly in a bucket brigade. Eiffel Tower in the background.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675072695
American Expeditionary Forces reviewed by Wilson and Pershing; U.S. troops return home; Franklin Roosevelt meets French officials after WW1

Intertitle saying “1919”. United States President Woodrow Wilson reviews troops alongside General Pershing at Pershing's headquarters in Chaumont, France. American Expeditionary Forces, wearing “doughboy” helmets, march with American flag. Assistant Secretary Franklin Delano Roosevelt with French army officials in France. American Expeditionary Forces climb stairs. American Expeditionary Forces smiling as they assemble to return home to the United States after World War I armistice. Franklin Roosevelt speaks to French officials. Crowds celebrate the return of the American Expeditionary Forces from Europe at the Victory Arch in Madison Square Park in New York City. American Expeditionary Forces, who fought in Europe during World War I, parade with their bayonets at the Victory Arch in Madison Square Park New York City.

Date: 1919, March 25
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079074
Paris leisure in spring and winter during WW1

Spring and winter city scenes in Paris, France during World War 1. Men rowing boats leisurely on a lake, likely at the Bois de Boulogne park (75016 Paris, France). Two women rowing a boat on a lake. Boats on frozen lake in winter. A woman feeds ducks and swans beside frozen lake. Ducks peck on bread crumbs. Snow-covered bronze Triton and Nereid from the Fontaine des Fleuves in the Place de la Concorde in the center of Paris.

Date: 1916, January
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079215
Free French military vehicles and ambulance passing through destroyed buildings in Périers (WW2)

Red Cross ambulances passing through Périers, France during World War 2. Free France Red Cross ambulances driving in a street with buildings destroyed from bombing. French men and women watch the passing Free French M3 half-tracks, ambulances, trucks. Buildings in Périers are almost complete ruins. French civilians cheer and welcome the arrival of French troops in Périers. French soldiers wave back at cheering civilians. M3 half-tracks are named “18 Juin 40”, “14 Juillet”.

Date: 1944, August 5
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079377