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German troops occupy Paris in 1940, during World War II, and scenes from Bastille Day Parade in 1939

A contingent of German army troops marches loosely along road at Champ de Mars, during World War 2, as music of a fife and drum corps plays in the background. The Eiffel Tower looms in the mist. Some soldiers on bicycles bring up the rear. View shifts to the Champs Elysees, with Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) dominating the empty street. German military cars move along one edge of the road. Camera moves closer to the Arch. Suddenly there is a flashback to the 1939 Bastille Day parade, in Paris, showing British Grenadier Guards in dress uniforms with bearskin hats, parading on the Champs Elysees, along with French colonial Tirailleurs Sénégalais (Senegalese Riflemen), French Sailors, and French infantry. Then, from a high point overlooking the parade, vehicles are seen pulling artillery along the Champs Elysees. Back at street level, French Renault UE Chenillette tankettes drive in the parade, followed by a formation of Panhard AMD armored cars. Film cuts back again to a year later (1940) with German occupation troops marching past the Arc de Triomphe. As the German troops pass, camera focuses briefly on German Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Fedor von Bock, Commander of Army Group B, reviewing the troops from the sidelines with another German general. View from Eiffel Tower of spectators and column of German troops below. Closeup of German officer on horseback, leading contingent of troops. Marshal von Bock, saluting. Closeups of parading troops. Aerial view looking down on the city of Paris, with Arc de Triomphe near center of the view. German artillerymen towing guns and caissons by means of horses. Ground views of the Arc de Triomphe, and Eiffel Tower. German troops riding on horse-drawn wagons, towing field artillery at the Place de la Concorde. The French Naval Ministry building (Hôtel de la Marine, 2 Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France) seen behind them. More horses with troops, and artillery. Grim-faced Parisians watching from sidewalks. German sentries standing guard at the Hôtel des Invalides (Hôtel de la Marine, 2 Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France), where the narrator notes, Napoleon is buried. French policemen talking with a German soldier, as they consult a map. German troops proceeding down the side of a commercial district street. Two French women smiling as they realize the camera is focused on them. Cheerful German soldiers marching informally, along a French countryside road, with a German marching chorus song heard singing in the background.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675043356
Events of 1947: Marshall plan aid; Communists demonstrating in Europe; meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers; the Freedom Train touring America

Industrial scenes in America with a factory with smoke from chimneys, a steel factory in operation, views of the tops of railroad train coal cars filled with coal. Secretary of State George Marshall speaks about providing European countries with material and money (Marshall Plan). He is seen speaking to legislators in Washington DC on November 10, 1947, asking for funds for Austria, Italy, and France "to provide the supplies necessary to permit the people of these countries to continue to eat, to work, and to survive the winter." Truman signs an interim aid bill, S 1774 on December 17, 1947. View of Eiffel Tower in Paris and communists marching and demonstrating in France. Communist demonstrations across Europe. French police monitor communist protestors in France and then disperse a crowd of communists. Narrator notes of similar communist demonstrations in Italy. Winston Churchill arrives for peace conference meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers in London in December 1947. Vyascheslav Molotov attends the conference. George Marshall talks with Molotov. View of the Friendship Train railroad train in the United States approaching on railway tracks during its tour. Also a view of the 1947 special exhibit Freedom Train traveling. Citizens board the Freedom Train at one of its train station stops, to view artifacts and exhibits about American democracy, including a 1823 facsimile of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Exterior view of U.S. Supreme Court building. Statues at the Supreme Court building. The base is inscribed 'The Heritage of the Past is the Seed that Brings Forth the Harvest of the Future'. A group of American boys and girls are seen reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. A larger group of children reciting the pledge of Allegiance (from before the 1950s when "under God" was added) and viewing an American flag fluttering in the wind. View of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, and then another view from the top of the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building looking outward.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1947
Duration: 4 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053101
Reaction to Jean Jaurès death, French reservists depart by train during WWI

Parisians react to the assassination of French Socialist leader and outspoken war critic Jean Jaurès by Raoul Villain in France at the onset of World War 1. Throngs of people grab newspapers from vendors in Paris. The Le Petit Parisien front page announcing the declaration of war by Germany against France and the French decree to mobilize troops, with the headline, "La France décrète la mobilisation...." Crowds in Paris reacting to news. Reservists in civilian clothing, one with a child on his back, and uniformed soldiers, holding Lebel Model 1886 rifles with small French flags sticking out of their muzzles, marching in Paris. Aerial view of crowds of military-age men march to the Bureau Militaire to report for mobilization. French Bureau Militaire signs directing inductees. French reservists depart Paris by train, possibly from Gare du Nord train station. Enlisted Frenchmen waving good-bye from a moving train.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1914, July 31
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079180
French civilians watch a parade in Rue Royale to celebrate awarding of the Cross of Liberation (Croix de la Libération) to Paris (WW2)

French civilians gather to watch a parade celebrating the awarding of the Cross of Liberation (Croix de la Libération) to Paris after liberation of France from Nazi Germany during World War II. French women clapping. United States soldiers marching out of the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France) into Rue Royale. A French civilian holding a camera as spectators cheer. Women's Army Corps (WAC) officers marching toward the L'église de la Madeleine (Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). French troops marching toward the L'église de la Madeleine. French children clapping as they watch the military parade. Three women watching and clapping among the crowd. French troops march and carry the French tricolor in Rue Royale. A marching band playing. A goat mascot accompanies marching troops.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1945, April 2
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079404
American troops of 1st Infantry march into liberated town of St Marie Du Mont, Manche, France during World War 2

U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers march past on a road with a sign board pointing way to St. Marie Du Mont and Carentan. Soldiers enter the town of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and are greeted by civilians as some of them show victory sign. Close-up views of the American soldiers marching past the towering church of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont.

Location: Sainte Marie du Mont France
Date: 1944, June 11
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038186
Allied ship convoys and preparations underway in English Channel before Normandy invasion during World War 2

Anchor being raised on an allied military ship. Ships at sea. Floating piers of concrete and steel being towed across channel. Barrage balloons over ships. Allied Troops on landing craft. Wake of a Coast Guard cutter. Allied bombers in the air heading toward targets in France. Soldiers seated and standing on landing craft, and quietly contemplating the task ahead. Antiaircraft guns firing at German warplane. German warplane destroyed and parachuted pilot descending. Ships in convoy heading for coast of France. Views of religious services being led by chaplains on the decks of Allied ships, before the D-Day invasion of France in the Normandy region.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031066
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