Map showing French territories around the world. Map of “Indo-Chine” (Indochina) showing Tonkin, Laos, Cambodia. A French colonial soldier from Indochina stands beside a statue. Indochinese soldiers and volunteers wearing conical Nón lá hats on board a ship arriving at a French port during World War I. Indochinese troops disembark at a French port. The colonial troops leave the port carrying their supplies and rifles.
Exiled members of the Habsburg Dynasty on vacation in Southern France. A cyclist passes by outside the hotel Villa D'Iris in St. Jean de Luz, France (16 Rue de Sainte-Barbe, 64500 Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France.) Archduke Otto von Habsburg, Pretender to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on a yacht with his family. Former Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma (wife of the late Emperor Charles I of Austria) descends on stone steps. A young blond man in swimming trunks (possibly Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria) stands nearby. Otto von Habsburg gets inside a car with an attendant. A yacht sails away. Otto von Habsburg and some family members walk in a golf course. An attendant opens the villa gate for a car. The Archduke and his siblings are golfing in St. Jean de Luz.
Railroad train station of Le Verdon in Bordeaux, France is shown, early in World War 2. American refugees, including men, women, and children, getting off train and crowding onto platform at train station in Le Verdon, having arrived from Paris France just before the Battle of France and occupation by Nazi Germany. Baggage of travelers seen at station, some refugees going through customs and some are lined up for passport and customs inspection. French officials checking the money and passport of American refugees before they board the SS Washington ocean liner ship.
Aerial view of the city of Paris, from a light observation plane, near the end of World War II. Vast crowds in the main district of the city. Crowded grounds of Place De L'Opera (Place de l'Opéra 75002 Paris) and the Church of Madeleine (Pl. de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). View of Eiffel Tower amidst the city expanse. Panoramic view of the city centering on the Arc de Triomphe. River Seine and its vicinity. Maze of streets and buildings. Throngs of people surrounding the Arc de Triomphe and along the Champs Elysees Avenue. A view of the Tuileries Gardens (Pl. de la Concorde, 75001 Paris, France).
U.S. Army General George S Patton visits France. Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) on the Avenue Champs-Élysées. General Patton and French General Alphonse Juin arrive at the Arc De Triomphe in Paris. He is greeted by officers. Photographers click pictures. The General and other officers salute at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He places a wreath at the Eternal Light. The General signs the Golden Book. Soldiers give a gun salute. General Patton salutes the French flag. (World War II period).
Important landmarks in Paris, France. The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel at the Tuileries Garden (Pl. de la Concorde, 75001 Paris, France) in Champs-Élysées. People pass under the Arc. Traffic on the streets of Rue De Rivoli. People walk on the street. Cars and buses move along. A man, woman, and a child on a tandem bike ride through the traffic. People wait to cross the street.
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