U.S. 18th Field Artillery units position 155's (artillery guns) near Viffort in France during World War I. Artillery supplies arrive at Courboin. Terrain near Conde-en-Brie. 111th Infantry troops man trenches at Viffort. The 150th Field Artillery bombards Suippes.-Thierry.
Paris, France. Jewish refugees eat in a dining room of the refugee hostel while few men and women serve them. The hostel is located at 16 Rue Lamarck, Montmartre. Nurses feed several children in a Jewish Society nursery at 12 Rue des Saules. Several children at play in the nursery as others are fed by nurses. Views of the children learning to use the toilet facilities at the nursery.
Night time in Paris, France. Cars on a lit bridge in the night time. Street lamps near the Obelisk in Place de la Concorde. Lit up buildings and towers. Mannequins and apparel on display in a store window. 'Le Berry' sign lit up. Vehicles pass by the Moulin Rouge Cinema. Various cinemas and theaters, including the Cineac Le Jour. At the Follies Bergere, dancers perform on stage. A huge decorative stage and curtains.
Senate members await the arrival of aviator Charles Lindberg after his trans-Atlantic flight to Paris. U.S. Ambassador to France Myron Herrick and Lindbergh arrive. The two along with the Seante members. A large crowd greets Lindbergh. Louis Bleriot, the first to fly across the English Channel embraces Lindbergh. Bleriot, Herrick and Lindbergh stand together.
'Battle of Britain' from the "Why we Fight" series of propaganda films during World War 2. Adolf Hitler stands with other officers in Paris following Battle of France and views the Eiffel Tower. Elevated view from Eiffel Tower of German troops marching in streets of Paris and under Arc de Triomphe. Damaged buildings in Dunkirk after German invasion. Hitler and staff ride in car through street barely passable with rubble and destroyed buildings on either side. In Calais, view of bombed port area and German soldiers keeping watch from a bunker. Hitler looks through V-shaped rangefinder or sighting binoculars across the English Channel toward Britain. Scenes in Berlin Germany of Reich Chancellery exteriors and interiors where Hitler meets with German officers and plans with other officers for invading England. German soldiers guarding the building exterior; Hitler's staff shown examining maps. Pictorial, animated representation of the first phase of the plan showing attack of England from air by Luftwaffe. Phase two shows attack on coastal areas. Phase three shows the actual attack and the course the German army would take to invade Britain.
Front view of Napoleon's Tomb. Different views of The Palace of Versailles, both are located in Paris, France. 7 August1956.
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