An air ship disaster in Beauvais, France. Damaged steel frame structure of British airship R101 after it crashed in killing 48 people. Men search through the debris as they look for survivors. Caskets carrying the dead being carried away in a cart.
Metallic dresses from the Paco Rabanne collection on display in Paris, France. Models display micromini dresses made of square and rectangular aluminum plates and knitted wool. Models look at mannequins donning metallic dresses by Paco Rabanne, a Spanish designer of Basque origin in Paris. Metallic earrings being displayed on a mannequin. A model tries a motif mask of traditional style.
Fred Snite Junior, infantile paralysis victim attends mass in Lourdes, France. He arrives in his mechanical respirator (also called "iron lung") to renew his faith and physical strength at the grotto shrine at Lourdes. Fred Snite Junior, suffering from polio, is taken out from an ambulance. A priest prepares for a ceremony in the church.
Annual Saint Hubert's hunt in Compiegne, France. Pack of hounds chases a stag in field and into a stream where the stag continues trying to flee. The French sportsmen on horses follow the hounds on the scent of the deer.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) press conference at Palais De Chaillot in Paris, France. The press conference held by Anthony Eden, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Great Britain and Earl Alexander Minister of Defense, Tunis. Anthony Eden speaks first and mentions the problems confronting the group and the solutions to solve it. He states that help can be provided with materials and supplies. If the British do well in Malaya it will react favorably in Indochina. Earl Alexander states that this is his first meeting. He further says that the meetings are held in a friendly and cooperative spirit.
Evacuation of Allied Troops at Dunkirk, France, during World War 2. Opening scene shows black smoke rising from beach area. Sign reads "Dunkerque". A German Henschel He 126 aircraft rolls over and dives toward Dunkirk. A formation of British Spitfire aircraft are seen, providing air cover over the beach during the Allied evacuation. They have dogfight with a German Fockwulf FW 190 fighter and engage a Heinkel He-111 bomber, and down a German Dornier Do 17 bomber. Allied antiaircraft guns firing from the beach area down a Henschel He 126 aircraft. Contrails in the air from dog fighting airplanes. Gunners fire from open cockpit airplanes. An Allied airplane is downed and crashes in an explosion. German Ju 87 (Stuka) dive bombers dive on targets. View from cockpit of one aiming for a transport ship. The plane pulls out and releases a bomb that explodes in the water next to the ship. View from distance of bombs exploding on a ship. British ships and boats of all kinds being employed to evacuate Allied forces. Soldiers being helped to board them, including some wounded on stretchers. Survivors from bombed ship make way in lifeboats. More smoke on the horizon from bombed ships. A wrecked British Spitfire on the beach. A crashed German Messerschmitt Bf 109 on the beach. A crashed German Heinkel He 111 bomber, inland. View of bomb damage in City of Dunkirk. Roadsides littered with abandoned Allied vehicles and equipment. A dead Allied soldier lying next to a truck. Abandoned antiaircraft guns and variety of military equipment left on the beach.
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