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King Edward the Eighth dedicates Vimy Ridge War Memorial.

Scene of Vimy Ridge War Memorial in Pas-de-Calais, France. King Edward the Eighth goes to inaugurate the War Memorial. Military officers gather to see inauguration. King Edward unveils the Figure of Canada on Vimy Ridge Memorial. Large crowd gathered to see ceremony.

Date: 1936, July 26
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034180
German prisoners of war in town of Saint Lo after allied bombings, following invasion of Normandy (WW2)

CIC patrol moves though wrecked streets of the town of Saint Lo in France after allied bombings and D-Day (World War II). Views of city after heavy bombardment. German prisoners captured in battle are marched off with their hands behind head.

Date: 1944, July 27
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038869
Twenty one former Nazi German SS men go on trial before military tribunal for the massacre of 1944 in Oradour-sur-Glane.

Twenty one former Nazi German SS men go on trial before military tribunal for the massacre of 1944, of 642 men, women and children at a village in Oradour-sur-Glane, France during World War II. While in the village, seven survivors survey the charred buildings of the hamlet which was put to torch. Abandoned bicycle with flowers. Mourners at graves.

Date: 1953, January 19
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040139
African American soldiers of Field Artillery Battalion of 92nd Infantry Division operate a 8-inch howitzer during WW2

United States Army Field Artillery Battalion of 92nd Infantry Division (Colored), "Buffalo Soldiers," equipped with tractor-drawn 8-inch Howitzers, in Mantes de Gassicourt, France during World War 2. Opening scene shows an 8-inch howitzer shell on a stand. It has the words: "Harlem to Hitler" written on it in chalk. A gunner screws a fuse into its nose. Closeup of the shell and chalk message. Four soldiers then pick up the shell and walk it towards the breech of their 8-inch howitzer. Cloeup of the gun breech as gunner locks breech and then unlocks and opens it for the camera. Scene shifts to gun crew member communicating on field telephone. Camouflage netting is visible behind him. Next, a gun crew member is seen holding his ears as if to protect against the noise of a gun firing. Change of scene shows members of gun crew relaxing near their 8-inch howitzer, near a grove of trees. New scene shows brief glimpse of a shell exploding in hill above Mantes. (The tower of the Mantes Notre Dame cathedral is seen in lower left of the shot.) (Note: These scenes probably show members of the 795th or the 999th Field Artillery Battalion)

Date: 1944, August 24
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042599
African American soldiers in foxholes; General Bradley in Normandy on D-Day (WW2)

A tractor after landing on the beach in Normandy, France during D-Day landings in World War II. The tractor carries soldiers and Jerry cans as Jeeps trail behind it. African American soldiers talking and eating in the foxholes on the beach. Barrage balloons flying over the beach. A sign in German reads “Minen” (“Mine”). General Omar Bradley, wearing his helmet and field jacket, stands next to another officer.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080719
Arrival of President Woodrow Wilson at Trianon Palace Hotel in Versailles during the Paris Peace Conference.

Events during the Paris Peace Conference. Dignitaries seen waiting outside Trianon Palace Hotel (1 Bd de la Reine, 78000 Versailles, France). United States President Woodrow Wilson arrives in a motor car. He is greeted by the American Advisor of the Supreme War Council General Tasker Bliss and United States Diplomat Henry White. People standing outside Trianon Place Hotel. German diplomats arrive at the Hotel. French guards and motor cars seen.

Date: 1919, May 7
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026973