Charles A. Lindbergh posing in front of his airplane, "The Spirit of St. Louis." The Spirit of St. Louis landing at an airfield in the United States. People gathered around the Spirit of St. Louis, with its engine running.Lindbergh climbing aboard his airplane at Roosevelt Field on May 20, 1927, and taking off on his historic solo transatlantic flight to Paris. View of Lindbergh climbing steeply in the Spirit of St. Louis during his flight from Paris to Brussels, in 1927, Nightime scenes of crowds running to see Lindbergh upon his arrival at Le Bourget airfield in Paris on May 21, 1927. French President Gaston Doumergue stands with Lindbergh on a balcony, where they wave the French tricolor. They converse, framed by American flags (one of which, almost falls from the balcony). Lindbergh holds and waves both the American flag and the French tricolor. The French President presents the Honor Legion Medal to Charles Lindbergh. Tug boats and fire boats fill New York Harbor to welcome Charles A. Lindbergh upon his arrival in that city. New York fetes Lindbergh with tickertape parade.
French citizens take cover and run from sniper attack in Paris during World War 2 liberation of Paris. A British soldier with a pistol crouches beside a Jeep. French Forces of the Interior (FFI) resistance fighters and civilians take cover behind Jeeps and other motorized vehicles. Nurses and medics run through the street as snipers fire at people. A man walking on top of a Le Rallye shop.
A French collaborationist is being made to march on the streets by French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fighters during World War 2. French collaborator holds his hands up while marching. FFI fighters flank the collaborator while marching. Some FFI fighters walk with bicycles. French civilians watch the collaborator march. Collaborator passes by the Le Café du Musée. Collaborator and FFI fighters enter a building. French people view an abandoned German tank in front of “De Guise” in Rue de Rivoli. Allied tanks driving in Paris.
United States Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration at the 27th Paris Air Show in Le Bourget Airport as part of its European Tour during the Cold War. People watch a lone Blue Angels aircraft (Grumman-built F-11A Tigers) flying low over the airfield leaving a streamer of white smoke. A pair of Blue Angels' aircraft in formation over the field. Blue Angels' seen climbing steeply in formation, leaving streams of pink and blue smoke. Front view of a Blue Angels aircraft in box formation on fly-over leaving streamers of smoke. Blue Angels aircraft climbing, turning sharply, leaving streamers of smoke in the sky. An aircraft flying over the field, moving in to inverted flight. Front view of the Blue Angels aircraft in box formation, the aircraft begin parting, moving away from each other and closing back in single type formation, making a speed dive off to the left and back into box formation.
A view of Place de la Concord looking towards American Embassy. Obelisk of Luxor in the background. 1940s and 1950s cars and trucks on the busy roads of Paris. Exterior of museum of Art de Métiers. Open air philately stamp market for stamp collectors. Scene of the flame at the tomb of an unknown soldier at the base of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
French Army practices relocation of citizens in a civil defense exercise during the Cold War. Civilian participants seen climbing down from a truck. French military trucks equipped with long seats practice carrying citizens from Parts of Paris to safe locations, in a training exercise. Participants look at a large map posted at a park, and get instructions from French soldiers. The trucks are seen, filled with exercise participants, traveling about in the city, as military police direct the traffic. Traffic and trucks on roads with Hôtel des Invalides in background. The trucks display signs that say, (in French) 'The Army, serving the nation, will help you in times of need.'
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