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French citizens evacuating a city using all means available, ahead of invading Germans during World War 2

French citizens use every means at their disposal to evacuate a city ahead of German invasion. A man with a baby in a seat on his back, walking with his wife who pushes a baby carriage with belongings loaded on it. Another man and woman using baby carriages to carry children and belongings. Horses and wagons being used to carry evacuees. A horse-drawn milk wagon, with a completely destroyed rear tire, but still moving. Milk wagons carrying people. Automobiles overloaded with people and belongings. All manner of horse-drawn vehicles, automobiles, buses and trucks being used by evacuees. A woman using a wheelbarrow walking with another pushing a baby carriage. Numerous bicycles laden with belongings. A car pulling another car by a chain. (Adjacent clips from same reel are in Hauts-de-France region. This clip is likely in that region)

Location: France
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073797
Ruins in Place Clemenceau of Fère-Champenoise; French citizens flee town during German advance in World War II.

Damaged and abandoned French artillery guns in position in the Place Georges Clemenceau of the town of Fère-Champenoise (Marne). Dead horses lay on the pavement in the Place Clemenceau town square following battle. Camera pans along tow sides of the town square. Numerous dead horses are seen. Shops on two sides of the square are burned out and destroyed, including a restaurant on one corner and the Cafe du Commerce on another corner (Rebuilt and still there today in Place Clemenceau, 51230 Fère-Champenoise). Street sign is visible along N4 road pointing to Connantray-Vaurefroy, 5 km away, and Vitry-le-François, 44 km away. French citizens and refugees evacuating along a country road, with horse-drawn wagons, cars, and bicycles, past advancing German troops on motorcycles and in trucks. French cars parked along the edge of road. One has trouble crank-starting. Others proceed slowly along the road with many belongings.

Location: Fère-Champenoise France
Date: 1940, June
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073798
German troops on horseback, bicycles and motorcycles advance in France during World War II. Citizens evacuate. French prisoners

Invasion of France by Germany during World War II. German soldiers on horseback move out of path in woods to join a convoy of mechanized troops proceeding along a road. German soldiers ride motorcycles with sidecars. Others ride bicycles. French prisoners of war, with hands raised, are hurriedly marched on opposite side of road, towards the rear. French citizen evacuees travel in horse-drawn carriages and by bicycle, away from the battle front.

Location: France
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073799
German soldiers ride bicycles and direct traffic in a German occupied zone of France during World War II.

Invasion of France by Germany during World War II. Several men in uniform and a woman, walk along a wet sidewalk outskirts of a French city. German soldiers direct traffic on a French city street. They don't bother French cyclists who pass them. A French car passes with commercial business writing on it including "Compiegne." Two German soldiers on bicycles, stop by the guards to show their identification papers, before continuing on toward an area where German military vehicles are parked.

Location: Compiegne France
Date: 1940
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073800
German tanks and troops advance in France during World War II.

Invasion of France by Germany during World War II. Long column of German tanks advance along a road. German troops advance into a French town. Large number of German Army vehicles are marshaled in an open field. German soldiers sit in horse-drawn wagons that appear to be filled with camouflage materials.

Location: France
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073801
German troops, tanks and vehicles in a French town during World War II.

Invasion of France by Germany during World War II. French prisoners of war use plywood on roadway of a railroad bridge to facilitate automobile and pedestrian traffic. A woman appears to be a supervisor, of sorts. She speaks to workmen and then motions for a woman with a bicycle, to follow her. French soldier and policeman wearing white armbands, appear to be monitoring the prisoners and their work. A motorcycle carrying two German soldiers drives past the work area. A man and two French women with bicycles along with some French children, pass by the work area. German tanks and trucks roll into a French town, as local citizens watch from sidewalks. German troops set up in a town square, where they clean weapons and eat lunch.

Location: France
Date: 1940
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073802
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