Vichy France leader Marshal Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Petain celebrates his 88th Birthday during World War II. Marshal Petain reviewing French Army. Petain greets the gathered civilians along the street. Petain parades down the street. Marshal Petain views an exhibition of pictures of his life career. The pictures show from the start of his army career up to the final picture of him with Pierre Laval. Marshall Petain in civilian clothes walks through a park.
Statues are dismembered in France during World War II. A view of a building. A man at work on statues. Statues of horses are dismembered. A statue of a sitting man. The statues are dismembered for transportation. They are moved to another building for safekeeping. The statues are moved on a cart to a safe place.
French civilians build a bridge across the Aube River in France during World War II. A slate reads '80th Division to Chalons'. French civilians at work. Civilians carry a log of wood for the bridge. Two men carry a long pole across the bridge. French civilians walk across the bridge as they talk. A French flag flutters from a pole near the construction site. Few men work under the bridge. A civilian climbs down a ladder. A board reads 'Aube'. A man serves a drink to the workers. Men work under the broken bridge. A civilian with a cap drills a bridge block. French civilians build the bridge across the Aube River.
French civilians build a bridge across the Aube River in France during World War II. French civilians nail down a block during the construction of a bridge. They tighten up blocks together with an iron rail. Men work under the bridge. A man shifts a wooden log underneath the piled up blocks. Men work with small hand operated tools on the bridge. A man hits a nail on a wooden log. Men push up wooden logs in between the bridge. A military car moves across the bridge. German prisoners with hands over head march across the bridge. The prisoners are marched under guard across the bridge. French civilians watch the prisoners. French flag flutters from a pole.
An execution chamber used by the Germans in France during World War II. German prisoners march together. German prisoners are brought to the execution place. The prisoners dig up corpses of French civilians. They search for the corpses of people who were executed by the Germans. French Forces of Interior (FFI) men in the background look on. An FFI man walks into a torture chamber used by the Germans. German prisoners and the FFI men look at the stakes where the prisoners were tied.
An execution place in Paris, France during World War II. French Forces of Interior (FFI) men watch coffins dug out from the ground. Four coffins on the ground. A coffin shop. Unused coffins on a shelf at the shop. Half made coffins on the shop floor. A wall of a torture chamber. FFI men and prisoners walk along the wall of the torture chamber. Interior of the torture chamber. Stakes in the chamber. A rosary on a stake in the torture chamber.
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