A huge aircraft graveyard at Gennevilliers towards the end of World War II. Thousansd of wrecked aircraft dumped at the graveyard. Wrecked German, French, American and British aircraft downed in the Paris vicinity. The aircraft stripped of engines, propellers, instruments and ball bearings. French children prowl among the wreckage and pluck aircraft parts to keep as souvenirs.
U.S. correspondents visit British and American cemetery in Villacoublay towards the end of World War II. Graves of U.S. Army Air Forces and British Royal Air Force fliers buried with honor by the French. The graves inside the high stone walls of the cemetery. Plain white crosses, flowers, and bushes planted over the graves. Allied officers, soldiers, U.S. correspondents and civilians pay their respects.
Paris under German occupation during World War II. Pedestrians and cyclists on the streets of Paris. Cyclists on a street. A busy street with cyclists and pedestrians. A tram on the street. A street crowded with pedestrians. A woman in a hat walks among the pedestrians.
German occupied Paris during World War II. The Eiffel Tower. German soldiers read a Nazi newspaper under the Tower. A man types the news in a press. He organizes the newspaper layout and sets the type for the printing press. German officers supervise the process. They approve the print. An officer inspects and approves a final print of the newspaper. Workers print numerous copies of the newspaper. Workers pile up and make bundles of the printed papers. A man takes a bundle for distribution.
A broadcast of the German armistice conditions in Paris during World war II. A column in a Paris city square. Parisians crowd around to listen to a broadcast of the German armistice conditions from a van. French people including men, women and children among the crowd. Pedestrians and cyclists stop by to hear the broadcast. People look concerned and saddened as they listen. Some people cry and express grief as they hear the broadcast. French civilians discuss the broadcast.
Liberation of Paris during World War II. A woman collaborator with shaved head marched through the streets. Men gathered around the woman as they hold her face and show her side face. French civilians cheer and show victory signs.
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