Secretary of State Cordell Hull walks towards hospital tents of the 267th U.S. Army Field Hospital, where he visits with wounded soldiers. Secretary Hull talks to the wounded soldiers and shakes hands with some. Medics stand behind him.. Secretary Hull and Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley sit in a jeep. (World War II period).
The city of Paris. Boats underway in the Seine River. The Eiffel tower on the river bank. View through the front of a train as a man drives it. View of buildings, train tracks, industries, clock tower, and River Seine from the train. People stand in line at the station. The train enters a tunnel.
A large crowd emerges from the Paris Bourse (Paris Stock Exchange). Rows of motorcars parked outside. The dealing room inside the Stock Exchange. A man with sign boards fixed onto his back. Men and women in the crowd. A Catholic Nun. Men near a news stand or book stall. A man pulls a cart on the road. A traffic policeman minds the traffic. A park.
A boat passes under a bridge over the Seine River. Sightseeing boats pass beneath the Saint Michel Bridge. Men with fishing nets on bank of the river. A woman on the river bank. The Notre-Dame Cathedral. Men look at pictures on display. The Obelisk and fountain at Place De La Concorde. Eiffel Tower in the background. The sun sets over the Arc de Triomphe. A bridge over the River Seine.
Two civilians and two soldiers, are standing on the sidewalk in front of the train station at Montparnasse, Paris (Gare de Montparnasse) during World War 2 liberation of Paris. A remnant of former German occupation is a sign (in German) indicating it is for the German Army and contains the office of the train station guard officer. The French tricolor is displayed on the front of the building. Through the large glass window of the station, several men are seen huddled around a table inside. Camera moves inside, showing General Philippe Leclerc commander of the Free French 2nd Armored Division (2e Division Blindée,2e DB, aka La Division Leclerc). He is reviewing tactical maps with officers of his staff. After a glimpse of a train on a track behind them, the camera returns to Leclerc and his officers, and then pans upward to the train station clock reading 12:47.
View from elevated vantage point, of soldiers assembling beneath the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris. Others move from a street, forming up and marching into the circle around the monument (which has been cleared for the event). Spectators line the sidewalks around the Arch circle. Several motorcycles lead and others escort a motorcade of several cars. Street-level view of General Dwight Eisenhower,saluting the crowds, as he stands in an open car passing the Monument to the Republic, situated at Place de la République. The car crosses a bridge and turns toward the Hotel de Ville (City Hall) on the place de l'Hotel-de-Ville. Closeups of crowds from the passing car. Sequence shifts to a different open car carrying French Marshal jean de lattre de tassigny (smoking a cigarette) sharing the back seat with a French Air Force officer (appears to be Philippe Maurin). (World War II period).
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