Salvation Army prepares and distributes food to soldiers in France, during World War 1.. Men and women stand at stairs of Salvation Army Hall. Women make donuts in the kitchen at Vacquerie-le-Boucq in France. One woman rolls the dough, other cuts shapes with a cutter and another one stands besides them with a dish in her hand. A backed dishes and donuts displayed on table while a soldier sits on table and eats donuts stuck into his fingers. Women distribute donuts to American soldiers and allied soldiers from a window of Salvation Army center. Soldiers stand in queue. Soldiers distribute soft drinks and candy to troops at Nouart and Varennes in France. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Pictures taken by military and news cameramen during World War II. France, June 1940: German troops march before the Arc de Triomphe on Champs Elysses after the Battle of France. A German Nazi flag. French Forces of the Interior (FFI) Maquis march in the woods of France. Newspapers run by the underground army. The Maquis members secretly attend a meeting of French collaborationists allied with occupying Germany, to attain information. French Collaborationists listen to the speaker during the meeting, seated beneath a large banner indicating support for the fight against Socialism or Bolshevism, "Le Europe unie contre le Bolchevisme." Nazi posters altered by the FFI to their advantage. FFI resistance fighters raise a flag in a forest encampment. Aerial of London England in an area with many neon lights and neon advertising : Women in elaborate clothes enter a theatre to watch war pictorial films about World War II.
Normal life of civilians resume after German surrender in some parts of France during World War II. Aerial view of flak in sky. Close-up view of two U.S. Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft in flight. (Narrator incorrectly states they are British Lancaster bomber aircraft.) View from bomb bay doors of bombs away shot as the B-25 bomber aircraft drop bombs on U-boat pens at Brest. Explosions and smoke rise. The aircraft drop bombs over ground installation over enemy area. Canadian soldier scenes: Troops advance through a burning coastal town in France. Buildings collapsing and gunfire in streets. Smoke rising. Ruins of destroyed French town are seen. Allied Army tanks advance and fire artillery. German prisoners of war from Wehrmacht 7th and 15th armies being marched under watch by Canadian forces. Among the German prisoners is a 13 year old Russian boy who was forced to work by the Nazis. German prisoners in a soup line and seen drinking from mugs. Some appear to be very young boy soldiers. U.S. Army soldiers in Le Mans: American soldiers are welcomed by civilians of France. Happy French civilians waving to U.S. forces including a happy young woman who runs forward and pats a U.S. Army tank with her hand. Men and women collaborationists who assisted the Germans are rounded up by French and marched away. U.S. Army soldiers seated at stools in a French bar drink as the bar maid pours more into their glasses. French civilians line up at shops and groceries to buy food and goods in Le Mans. Pictures of General De Gaulle for sale. American women in U.S. Army uniforms (possibly nurses or Womens Army Corps WAC members) look in shop windows at French fashions. Voting cards: U.S. Army troops read pamphlets that read "requirement of soldiers to vote" and "Soldiers Voting". The U.S. Army GI's receive and mail postcards to their homes requesting absentee voting ballots for the upcoming November 1944 election. The soldiers line up to secure their application cards for absentee ballots.
A group of passengers waiting to go on board the American ocean liner SS Washington, standing at the port of Le Verdon Sur Mer, Bordeaux France. Passengers leaving France shortly before its fall to Nazi Germany are shown inspected for passport and searched before boarding. A car being hoisted onto the ship. View of the clock tower and loading areas at the port of Le Verdon Sur Mer (subsequently destroyed by Nazi Germany later in the war, in November 1944). Captain Manning standing on the bridge. View of ship SS Washington pulling away from dock. June 1940.
Views of Paris in the late 1930s, prior to World War II. The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (Arch of Triumph). The Tuileries gardens (Jardins des Tuileries) with bed of tulips in full bloom in foreground. The Eiffel Tower (la tour Eiffel). The fountain of River Commerce and Navigation at the Place de la Concord, Paris, with the Madeleine church (L'église de la Madeleine) directly behind, the Hotel de Crillon,barely seen at left, and its twin building, the French Naval Ministry, opposite, on the Rue Royale. People strolling and shopping on the Boulevard Haussmann. Awning of Les Deux Magots café and patrons seated at tables outside, in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of Paris. People relaxing in the Tuileries gardens, with Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and Musée du Louvre in background. An artist at work, seated at a bench in the foreground. The west facade of Notre Dame Cathedral. Parisians looking at posters, reading in parks, visiting bookstores. Sign directing visitors to the Congres des Ecrivains (Congress of Writers) held at Maison de la Mutualité conference center at 24 Rue Saint-Victor, 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.in June, 1935. Several writers seated at a table with others standing around. Closeup of three. Closeup of British writer, Aldous Huxley, wearing eyeglasses. Two writers conversing. Scene shifts to Paris at night. Car traffic on streets of Paris at night. Illuminated sign at Moulin Rouge cinema theatre, topped with illuminated arms of a windmill. Lighted sign of nightclub, Le Rat Mort, in Place Pigalle. Interior of a Paris nightclub with sophisticated clientele. French entertainer musician playing a guitar. An official posting an announcement called "Counseil de Revision," calling for conscription (military draft recruitment) of citizens for military service. Parisians preparing defenses in the city, in front of the Eiffel Tower. Man deep in a trench preparing a shelter. Men carrying sandbags up a ladder to protect a national monument. Copy of the New York Times newspaper annnouncing the German attack on Poland. Copy of New York Daily News announcing fall of Holland. The New York World-Telegram paper announcing capitulation of France. German Panzer II tanks and motorcycle troops entering Paris. German infantry marching through the Arch of Triumph, on the Champs-Élysées. A Frenchman wiping his eyes as he watches the occupying troops. Hermann Goering with other officers riding in an open car along a Paris street. Closeup of Arch of Triumph. Adolf Hitler, accopanied by staff, looking at the Eiffel Tower. Nazi flag flying from the tower. Closeup of Hitler looking around. The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in Academic garb, at the University of Virginia commencement ceremony, in Memorial Gymnasium, on June 10, 1940. (FDR's son Franklin Jr. was among the graduates assembled, from the UVA Law School). Roosevelt expresses American sympathy and support for nations invaded by the Nazis. American street scene. Women preparing gifts intended for France. A poster showing a French soldier, entitled: "Le Paquet Au Front." American draftees in training at an army post in the U.S. Smoke billowing from American industrial facilities. Workers at an American shipyard. View of warships under construction at the yard. A Huge gun barrel being moved on special rail dollies, in a U.S. arms factory. U.S. Navy F4U Corsair Production Line during World War II. M3 Lee medium tanks being manufactured in U.S. factory. Closeup of finished one being transported via transverse crane. M4 Sherman tanks moving on flat rail cars. A speeding steam locomotive pulling freight cars. Martin PBM-5 Mariner in flight over an Atlantic convoy carrying war materiel to the United Kingdom. Sailor wearing headset, standing near depth charges at stern of a ship. British Naval Ensign flying from mast of a ship.
Triumphant Nazi German parade after Battle of France and successful occupation of Paris during World War 2. German Generals Fedor von Bock and Georg von Küchler watch the triumphant parade in Paris. German soldiers on horses transport artillery. Unhappy French men and women watch the parade by Nazi German forces. German forces look at French locals while marching at the Place de la Concorde. Aerial view of Paris. German soldiers stand on guard outside the Dôme des Invalides (originally Chapelle royale des Invalides) inside the Les Invalides compound. German soldier with map speaks with French gendarmes. A Nazi military parade near the Les Invalides. French women talking as they watch the Nazi military parade on the street. Tired German infantry marches over dusty roads after crossing the Maginot Line and occupying France. A German soldier smiles and salutes at the camera as he rides a bicycle to Paris. German soldiers on horseback smiles at the camera. A German soldier smiles as he marches with the troops. Various German soldiers smiling. Triumphant German troops marching all over France. The Parteiadler eagle, symbol of Nazi Germany.
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