General Charles de Gaulle presents regimental colors and standards to soldiers as a symbolic reconstruction of the French Army during liberation ceremony in Paris (World War II). Two stern United States military police stand in the crowd. French troops attend the ceremony in Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). General Charles de Gaulle presents flags with regimental colors that had been hidden from Germans during the war to French soldiers at the Place de la Concorde. Soldiers go down the stage after receiving their standards. Close up of an elderly soldier. Soldiers salute to General de Gaulle after going on stage. Soldiers receive their standards from General de Gaulle. Words seen on flags include "Honneur et Patrie (Honour and Fatherland) and "Republique Francaise" (French Republic.)
United States 150th Signal Corps, 10th Armored Division whitewash an M3 half-track and 2-1/2 ton truck in Metz, France during World War II. This is done for winter camouflage. Soldiers dip brushes on buckets with white paint or whitewash. Soldiers paint vehicles with white paint. A wheel is covered with white paint. Soldiers painting a truck in white on the side of a street. A soldier paints the truck’s wheels. Man uses a long brush to paint the upper part of the truck.
A map shows countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. German army and Italian army motorized units occupy Southern France during World War 2. German and Italian soldiers, tanks, and artillery move along on a road. Many German Quad 20mm anti aircraft guns (Flakvierling 38) in the Port of Marseilles, including some by the Marseille Basilica, high above the port . Ocean liners in the port. German soldiers sit around a truck. Sailors prepare equipment and guns. French officers explain the port facilities to German officers. Civilians in the city. Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians on the streets. Sign for the town of Cerbere. Motorized columns including German tanks proceed to the border with Spain. German and Spanish troops fraternize. Soldiers greet each other and interact. Fortifications are constructed on the South France coast. Axis soldiers camouflage artillery on the beach.
American soldiers and officers at a military cemetery in Ste Mere Eglise, France. Flags on grave markers. Soldiers stand with flags in hand. Officers stand. They pay respect to the graves of the American soldiers killed in World War 2 in the invasion of France. They place wreath on a grave. Children watch the officers paying respect to the graves. Soldiers stand with flags. Soldiers band. They fire in the air. They march with the band.
Tribute paid to an American soldier in Chalons-en-Champagne, France. People gathered in the city hall (Pl. du Maréchal Foch, 51000 Châlons-en-Champagne, France). The American flag on the building. Officers salute as soldiers carry the coffin of the American soldier who is the selected unknown American soldier, chosen to be represent all such soldiers in the tomb of the unknown soldier in the United States. Officers on horses in the background. The soldiers place the coffin of the unknown soldier on a horse driven caisson. The coffin is carried on the cart. The soldiers and the officers march in the background. An officer addresses people. The soldiers carry the coffin on a dock followed by the officers. People place wreaths on the coffin. The French and the American flag on the ship USS Olympia. The ship leaves the dock. People stand and watch from the dock, bound for the United States and final burial ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC.
The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. German war material hauled into France. Trucks are loaded at docks. Soldiers load material. German trucks haul the war material into France. A road sign gives directions for 'Mecheln, Brussel, Antwerp, Mons, Bayern'. The convoy advances. Soldiers and horses in trucks. German soldiers sort and load cans, ammunition and other war equipment into trucks. German engineers and technicians build and repair war material. Engineers repair a bridge. Huge equipment used for the repair. Smoke emitted from a locomotive engine as it crosses the bridge. Soldiers seated cleaning ammunition. German civilians manufacture war material. Workers manufacture ammunition, rifles, guns, shells and artillery pieces. German officers confer over a map on a table. Soldiers ready artillery. Trucks transport German war supplies. German soldiers eat, drink and rest. Some wash clothes, bathe, get hair cuts, get dresses, and read. A soldier bathes a dog in a tub, another washes clothes in a tub. A soldier uses a hand pump, another dries clothes on a line. The men clean ammunition, clean and shoe horses. Soldiers lined up before an officer in a field. German officers and soldiers sated at tables. Officers confer over a map. Soldiers sort mail while others write letters. A sign reads 'Deutsche Feldpost' (German Army Postal Service). A soldier with a mail bag at the entrance. He gets into a mail van and leaves. Soldiers sort mails and parcels.
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