Armed members of the Belgian Expeditionary Armored Squadron, ACM-corps (Autos Canons Mitrailleuses) are seen assembling with their motorcycles in preparation for their unit's parade in Longchamps, Paris, France, on April 17, 1915, before their departure to Russia, during World War I.
Air France DC-3 aircraft taxis to parking space after landing in Paris. Ground crewman guides it using paddles in his hands to signal the pilot. Dr. Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany, who arrived to participate in the London-Paris conferences determining the future of West Germany, is greeted by diplomats and officials as he descends from the aircraft.
U.S. Army soldiers on road to Saint Marcouf, after invading Normandy in the D-Day invasion of France during World War 2. Paratroopers from the U.S. 101st Airborne Division take German prisoners. A U.S. soldier talks to small French boy and girl. The girl smiles. 101st Airborne troopers display a captured Nazi flag. Allied supplies and reinforcements coming ashore on the Normandy beachheads. German prisoners of war being escorted under guard and loaded aboard USS LCI(L) 584. Disabled USS LCI-30 and some dead U.S. soldiers on the beach.
Wrestling match between Sugar Ray Robinson and Charley Fusari in Jersey, France. James Farley and Walter Winchell seated on chair to watch the match. Sugar Ray Robinson and Charley Fusari fight on boxing floor. Cameramen record the match. Gene Tunney watches the wrestling match. Robinson successfully defended his welterweight title for the last time against Charley Fusari. Robinson won a lopsided 15 round decision. Robinson won the wrestling bout that was staged for the Runyon cancer fund.
Events during the Paris Peace Conference. Train arriving at the Paris station. King George arrives. He is welcomed by many VIPs' including President of France,Raymond Poincare. Delegates move in the horse carriages escorted by the French troops. People standing on the streets with the flags.
Arrival of United States President Woodrow Wilson and Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Physician to President Wilson. They arrive at Quai d' Orsay (37, Quai d'Orsay - 75007 Paris) - French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs to attend a preliminary conference. President Woodrow Wilson bows his hat to greet the dignitaries. Other dignitaries arriving include Prime Minister of Italy Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Italian Foreign Minister Baron Sonnino, Secretary of United States Robert Lansing, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, British statesman Lord Arthur J. Balfour, American advisor of the supreme war council General Tasker H. Bliss, Prime Minister of France Georges B. Clemenceau, French Minister of Construction M. Loucher. View of Salle d' Horloge- the interior of the Quai d'Orsay where the conference was arranged. Cameramen with their camera mounted on stands seen standing. Reporters and guards can be seen. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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