Chartres captured by Allied forces during World War II. A sign reads 'Chartres'. Press correspondents and civilians behind trucks. They dodge snipers. United States soldiers fire tommy guns and rifles at snipers. A soldier firing a rifle near a closed Epicerie (French grocery shop). A soldier stands behind an iron gate and fires. U.S. Soldiers and French soldiers run. Crowd stands behind gates of prefecture. FFI (French Forces of the Interior) and Gendarmes (French national police) with a collaborator. A group of men and women collaborators. Women collaborators with heads shaved are paraded in front of the town hall (Mairie). Cathedral Notre Dame de Chartres or Chartres Cathedral (16 CloƮtre Notre Dame, 28000 Chartres, France). Cathedral spires in view. Snipers march on streets. They are marched to jail. Nazi German snipers with hands on their heads. Crowd waves behind jail. Group of snipers are taken through streets. A priest looks up. (World War II period).
Gestapo torture chambers in Paris, France. Walls of torture chambers of Gestapo (German Secret State Police). Members of victim's family wait to enter. Huge crowd gathered. Interior of the chamber. Burning chamber in view. Hand prints on wall around stakes to which victims were tied for execution. French soldier and policeman look at riddled post. (World War II period).
Gestapo torture chambers in Paris, France. Interior of torture chambers of Gestapo (German Secret State Police). French soldier and policemen near boxes. French soldier and policemen hold a cloth. Ropes and blind fold used on victims. A Nazi prisoner. French men with Nazi prisoner look at post. Burial posts. French soldier stands in a burial pit. Policemen stand in the background. (World War II period).
Parti Populaire parade down Champs Elysees in Paris, France. Party members carry banners. Arc De Triomphe in the background. Wreath placed in Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Parade passes down Champs Elysees. Spectators watch. Huge crowd on streets. Jacques Doriot addresses party. People seated in the Assembly. (World War II period).
An aerial view of the cities and villages of Normandy in France soon after the D-Day invasion of World War 2, but after Allied forces had moved further east toward Germany. German installations are bombed and strafed. Allied troops fire artillery. Smoke rises up due to explosions. Soldiers walk in a street. Rubble on the street. An allied aircraft in flight. Smoke rises up as the German installations are bombed. Street fighting in Normandy. Nazi soldiers surrender after street fighting in Cherbourg. Buildings in the background. German prisoners are marched. Wounded soldiers. Civilians gather as a United States flag is raised in Cherbourg. Civilians cheer as the Germans are defeated. A man gives a speech. (World War II period).
Red Ball Convoy of Allied Forces in Chartres, France. A sign reads '24th Reg Station, Supply Convoy, Stop'. People stand near the sign. Officers stand under a tent. Brigadier General Plank and staff look at road maps. Trucks loaded with supplies pass along a road. (World War II period).
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