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Graves being prepared for fallen U.S. troops at the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, in France, during World War II.

German prisoners of war at work digging graves for fallen American soldiers, at the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944, shortly after the D-Day invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord). This is the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II, and located on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach and the English Channel, east of St. Laurent-sur-Mer and northwest of Bayeux in Colleville-sur-Mer. (It is now the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.) Vertical posts with dog tags attached, mark the gravesites of the fallen troops. American soldiers sit near covered dead bodies of the fallen and perform tasks of identification and grave assignment. Covered remains of one soldier are carried across the field on a stretcher. Barrage balloons are seen in the sky overhead.

Date: 1944, June 11
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059457
Liberated French soldiers return to Paris, France towards end of World War II.

Liberated French soldiers return to Paris. French honor band playing. Liberated French soldiers return. French officer shakes hands with liberated soldiers. Wounded U.S. soldier on a stretcher. French soldiers and civilians return after liberation. Liberated Frenchmen march off an airfield after having disembarked from U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain transport plane. French band plays in honor of liberated men.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060157
British Mark IV heavy tanks knocked-out by German artillery in Cambrai, France, during World War I.

British tanks knocked-out by German artillery, near Fontaine, Notre Dame, Cambrai, during World War 1. A large group of German infantry march around a knocked-out snow-covered British Mark IV heavy tank. Closer to a village, several German soldiers are seen on and aroung another British tank from which they appear to be removing arms and equipment. One German soldier, atop the tank, wields a hammer.

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061614
Scenes in Paris after liberation; Fort de Romainville; French Forces of the Interior interrogate civilians in Paris, France

During Liberation of Paris. View of barbed wire enclosed area in Fort de Romainville (Nazi prison and transit camp) with bodies of civilians murdered by the Germans lying on ground (seen from a distance). View of main gate of Fort De Romainville with its inscription at the entrance. Elsewhere in Paris, a painter paints the French flag while children watch. Civilians on a street drinking wine. People bicycling on the street. A woman falls and people come to assist her. FFI (French Forces of the Interior) interrogating civilians on bicycles. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063544
French civilians listen to radio and read notices about French Liberation in Paris, France.

Scenes from the time of the Liberation of Paris. French civilians listen to French Liberation news on radio. People read FFI (French Forces of the Interior) posters on a wall. A communist flag flutters on a window. A board reads 'Rue Des Batignolles'.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063545
Activities at the Partisan Headquarter during the French Liberation in Paris, France.

Scenes from the Liberation of Paris. A partisan blows a bugle from a window. Two partisans discuss important issues at a desk. People walk about and descend the stairs of the Partisan Headquarter. A partisan writes a pass for his mother. A message on a typewriter. A woman partisan leader stands in a street.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063547