An elaborate pageant honors Joan of Arc on the anniversary of her victory at the battle of Orleans in 1492, Paris, France. The Statue of Joan of Arc, priests and dignitaries near it. Wreath placed at her memorial. A procession marches on the street with armed infantry troops, band of musicians and troops of cavaliers. Two boys and other spectators watch the procession.
German soldiers fire anti aircraft guns at Allied bombers flying overhead in Normandy,France during World War II. Explosions occur causing a pillar of smoke to rise up. German shoot down an Allied plane. Plane descends and crashes into the ground resulting in an explosion.
Models wear transparent evening gowns made of cellophane at a fashion show in Paris, France. The models strut the catwalk as people watch them.
Titled 'Marshal Joffre goes to his last resting place', newsreel shows French soldiers, statesmen and citizens in a funeral procession bearing the body of Marshal Joseph Joffre to the burial ground in Paris, France.
A French boat named the "Wenette" ferrying American troops, is seen alongside a two funnel ocean liner, in Brest Harbor, France, at the end of World War 1. A Connecticut class American battleship is also seen in the harbor, to transport troops home from the war. Another two-stacker ocean liner anchored in the harbor. American soldiers fill the decks of an armed transport ship, flying the American flag. Several views of French tug boats assisting a transport ship as it leaves the harbor. A large 4-funnnel transport ship surrounded by tugs and other small boats. Closeup of an armed transport ship filled with soldiers, making way slowly out of the harbor.
Closeups of American soldiers walking across a pier at the Port of Brest, France, to board ferry boats that will take them to ocean-going transport ships in the harbor. They descend gangplanks and stairs to boats below. An Army band plays music on the boat deck. View looking upward from the boat to soldiers arriving on the pier above. (A French seaman with two little dogs is seen on the lower ramp.) A ferry boat filled with soldiers pulls away from the dock. View of soldiers packed on the ferry boat deck. another ferry boat seen pulling away from the dock. RMS Mauretania in camouflage paint. Ferry boat ans ships in Brest harbor. Ferry boat pulls up next to camouflaged transport ship. View from high point overlooking a transport ship jammed with soldiers on her upper deck, as she steams away from a pier. Closeup of the RMS Mauretania in camouflage. Camera pans across her while ferry boats are tied along her side. Cargo being loaded on her from small boat.
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