Dead bodies lying along a road in the Aisne region of Northern France, during World War II Battle of France. German cavalry on horseback. Abandoned vehicles along a road, some destroyed. A man rolls a wheelbarrow along the road. Dead bodies and horses, some dead and some alive and standing, in the road and on the roadside. Damaged wagons along the roadside. Wreckage of vehicles, some of which are civilian vehicles and some are military. A dead man sitting in his wagon on the roadside. German troops sitting on motorcycles in a town, in front of a direction sign to Montcornet and Renneval. A car drives through the town. A German halftrack vehicle parked at side of road. Just a shell of one building is left standing. A German soldier riding in a vehicle, speaks to a black African French Priest, who is standing next to a German soldier wearing a red cross arm band. The vehicle proceeds.
Celebration of the Bastille Day in Paris, France. The celebration of the 150th anniversary of French independence. Giant lictor's fasces upon branches of laurel and oak (a symbol of France) adorn the stage. A large crowd gathers for the celebration. French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier delivers a speech. Officials and dignitaries at the platform. Troops marching on the street. Aerial view of the celebration.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev arrives in Paris, France. French President Charles de Gaulle arrives with other officials at an airport to greet him. An airplane arrives at the airport. Khrushchev along with other officials disembarking from the airplane. He arrives for pre-summit talks with President de Gaulle. Soldiers standing in formation at the airport. Building in the background. Cameramen recording the event. Dignitaries seated in a car passing along a street. People gather along the sides of the street. People cheer. The dignitaries place wreaths at the memorial of unknown soldiers of France.
French Minister of Marine Admiral Francois Darlan in an office in Vichy, France during World War II. Exterior of the Ministry of Marine in Vichy. Admiral Darlan comes out of his office in Hotel du Helder (23 Rue du Parc 03200 Vichy, France). Radio trucks used by the ministry to get in touch with a French fleet.
Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Paris, France. He arrives for a meeting with French General Charles de Gaulle. Churchill is bestowed with the 'Order of the Liberation' honor of France. Charles de Gaulle shakes hands with Churchill. He awards him. Churchill and De Gaulle in a building. Their wives seated in chairs.
French soldiers return to Paris, France towards the end of World War II. Crowds in a station and along a street as they wave to buses loaded with American soldiers and repatriated French soldiers. French civilians waving to truckloads of returnees. Repatriate French soldiers loaded in trucks as they move past civilians. Civilians gather around a truck loaded with returnees at the Musee d' Orsay (1 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris, France). Soldiers get off a truck. A French boy scout gets onto the truck and helps unload baggage. The soldiers hold a French flag and get off a vehicle. Many people gathered around trucks loaded with returnees. Repatriated French soldiers get off a truck. People lined up behind barricades as they cheer for the returning soldiers.
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