Film opens showing a German soldier giving a canteen of water to an English soldier on a landing craft at Dieppe, after the ill-fated Allied raid there in World War 2. Numerous Allied prisoners (mostly Canadians) make their way across the sands of Dieppe. Some toss their helmets away. They carry a wounded on a litter. They proceed along a road with seaside Church of Notre-dame-de-bon-secours in the background. Some prisoners are barefoot. One is carried on a litter. Next a contingent of Canadian prisoners is seen marching in formation, three abreast, with arms raised. Destroyed and damaged buildings are behind them. Several carry wounded comrades, as they proceed into the center of town. Views of damage to buildings in Dieppe, from bombing and shelling. Canadian prisoners of war being escorted by German guards through town. View from high point overlooking Dieppe, showing the town, with smoke rising in places, and the beach with Allied boats and equipment strewn on it. German officers interview prisoners, including some wearing swim fins. Closeup of one with injured bloody face. Allied prisoners huddled together in a large group. Piles of weapons and equipment collected from the prisoners. Ambulatory prisoners being marched through Dieppe on their way to a prisoner of war camp. The prisoners marching on roads through rural areas. Closeups of some as they pass a camera. View of Dieppe harbor and environs from a high overlook. French residents walking on the streets of Dieppe, as life returns to normal. German soldiers manning a 2 Cm Flak 38 anti aircraft gun overlooking the beach, as a formation of German infantry marches past in the background. View of beach from bunker housing a German coastal gun. A formation of German Ju 88 bombers overhead, and viewed from one of the aircraft in the formation in flight. German gunboats racing through the water.
General Charles De Gaulle arrives in car at Bastille Day parade. Crowd of French spectators and troops lined up for parade. Aerial view of French tanks moving on avenue to Arc De Triomphe. Front view of French troops on tanks. Helicopters and planes flying in sky. Planes creating vapor trails. Views of different French Army Units marching and huge parade passing the avenue.
Oemichen Helicopter testing with the aid of a gas bag. The French Helicopter is launched using balloons for additional lift. Plane rises short distant and then descends. Pilot sitting at controls of helicopter. Other testing of same helicopter showing action as plane swings back and forth like a pendulum, as the Pilot attempts to control it. Men holding the helicopter as it descends to prevent any accident. Testing of helicopter with gas bag lift, men hold on to helicopter and assist in controlling the helicopter.
Streets of Paris. Telegraph cables are installed in President Wilson's Paris Headquarters. Wilson and Admiral Grayson play shuffleboard on the liner George Washington.
President Wilson and Admiral Grayson playing shuffleboard on the ocean liner USS George Washington. Wilson pushes the pucks down the narrow court on the ship and towards the scoring area.
Cathedral of Rheims. President Wilson and the Presidential party look at the cathedral of Rheims. Crowd at remains of a building.
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