Depicts the signing of Franco-Nazi Peace Pact (Franco-German Declaration) in Paris. A steam engine train arrives at a railway station in Paris. Joachim Von Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Minister moves out of the train. French Foreign Minister George Bonett and other officials welcome him. The two ministers and other officials at Elysee Palace for signing the Non Aggression Treaty. Ribbentrop and Bonett sign the treaty as a step towards European peace. Some ambient room noise in background.
Newsreel titled Atlantic Pact General Ike opens permanent HQ. Official headquarters of Atlantic treaty forces at hotel Astoria in Paris. A guard on duty outside supreme commander General Dawid Eisenhower's office. General Eisenhower signs an order announcing his assumption of command and makes a formal statement about his duties.
German prisoners of war marched to jobs at Etaples. French soldier searches a German. Prisoners lined up in at prison camp.
United States troops board boats to ferry them out to troop transport ships for return home at end of World War 1. The troops are seen aboard a number of steam ferry boats, ready to leave the port. More soldiers march onto the pier and board boats. View from a departing boat as it leaves the docks. Views of the port facilities as the boat passes them. Houses on shore in the distance. Officers in wheel house of the camera boat as it makes way. More views of commercial activities on the waterfront as the boat departs.
Views of destroyed buildings in World War 1. French troops march into town on a road surrounded by completely destroyed buildings. They tow a covered heavy long gun behind a truck. French Army trucks moving in a line across barren fields. Battery of fortified French artillery guns firing. French infantry going "over the top" leaving their trench on the attack. No Man's Land, with shells exploding. French troops running on the attack. A line of French soldiers moving along the ridge of a hill. French troops assaulting fortified German positions on higher ground, partly obscured by battle smoke. Smoke (possibly gas) drifting across no man's land. (WWI; WW1)
Premier Joesph Laniel leaves the car and walks up the steps. Premier converses with his cabinet men.
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