Meeting with Petain, Laval, and Franco in France October 24, 1940 during World War II. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler meets with Prime Minister of France Phillippe Henri Petain, French politician Pierre Laval, and Spanish Head of State Francisco Franco in France. Petain gets out of car and shakes hands with Foreign minister of Germany Joachim Von Ribbentrop. Petain crosses train tracks and shakes Hitler's hand. They are being photographed. Hitler on train with a leading member of the Nazi party Hermann Goering and military officers; Hitler laughs. Train moves past a saluting officers at Hendaye station, close to French-Spanish border. Town signs. Hitler and officers at a platform as they await arrival of Franco. Spanish train pulls up and Franco gets off and he and Hitler warmly shake hands. Hitler salutes down line of Spanish officers and Franco salutes German honor guard. Hitler and Franco board a train.
Trial of Pierre Laval charged with high treason in France. View of the Palais de Justice courthouse (10 Bd du Palais, 75001 Paris, France) in Paris, France. Pierre Laval defends himself during the trial. Many people gathered to watch the trial. He is sentenced to death after he is found guilty on October 9.
Strategic Secret Intelligence teams operating with the 7th Army in the southeast France during World War II. Mountains in the eastern France. Animated map of France shows U.S. 7th Army driving in Bourgoin. Secret Intelligence teams and motor cars. Teams set up missions. A radio jeep makes a contact with Strategic Secret Intelligence headquarters. 7th Army officers look at a map. 7th Army soldiers drive along streets. People standing on both sides wave at them. Soldiers seated in a jeep surrounded by French people. The soldiers talk to citizens. Officers standing outside a building smoke. Large crowds gather and wave at the soldiers. They try to get autographs of the soldiers. Children run behind a jeep.
French troops and equipment move along the Siegfried Line in France during World War 2 Battle of France. French troops and tanks advance through a small village during occupation of France. (Renault UE Chenillette armoured carriers seen at seconds 26-37). The tanks and the troops advance across a field. A view of the village with smoking chimneys. Nazi signs on the walls of a village. Trucks and troops move through a town. Horses lined up outside a building. A damaged wooden structure. Wrecked German vehicles and equipment. An ambulance and a hospital. Soldiers look at a collection of teller land mines. They come down a hill. The soldiers on the top of a fortification along the Siegfried Line.
German officers tour France during World War II. Officers including German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, German Air Force Minister Hermann Göring and others seated at a desk in the train car. They discuss a map. Soldiers at a railroad station. The soldiers entrain. They meet their loved ones. They wave towards them as the train leaves the station. Houses and buildings in the background. The train on a railway track. Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and other officers seated in Hitler's private railroad car touring occupied southern France. The soldiers wave at a station. A board reads: Hendaye (on the southern border of France near Spain. Hitler and officers at railroad station in Hendaye as train arrives with Spanish leader Francisco Franco on board. Franco exits the train and greets Hitler. They walk past German soldiers at attention, as Franco offers a Nazi salute. Franco and Hitler board another waiting train.
United States Army General John Joseph Pershing visits France. General John Joseph Pershing reviews French Marine troops. General John Joseph Pershing with other officers leaves in a staff car. Policemen control a crowd. John Joseph Pershing arrives at the Gare du Nord (18 Rue de Dunkerque, 75010 Paris, France) in Paris. He poses with officers. He rides through huge crowds. He speaks to throngs from the balcony of the Hotel de Crillon (10 Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France).
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