View of a motor car. United States President Woodrow Wilson arrives at Quai d'Orsay, French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. President Wilson arriving to attend the Fourth Plenary session of the League of Nations after the end of World War I. Dignitaries standing at the entrance of Quai d' Orsay (37, Quai d'Orsay - 75007 Paris) to greet the President. Guards and are cameramen seen.
United States President Woodrow Wilson leaving the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (37, Quai d'Orsay - 75007 Paris). Wilson leaves after explaining the terms of the Paris Peace Conference to the smaller powers. Delegates seen standing while President Wilson moves. President Wilson boarding his motor car.
Events during the Paris Peace Conference. United States President Woodrow Wilson delivering a speech in the memory of the American soldiers who lost their lives. Dignitaries and people gathered. Boy Scouts and French soldiers seen.
Events during the Paris Peace Conference. United States President Woodrow Wilson shakes hands with a lady. President Wilson talks to the members of American delegation. He places a wreath on one of the graves in the cemetery. Boy scout seen.
Shows the French town of Mazamet. An elderly man comes out of his house. The man passes by Medieval ruins on his way to the town. He walks in the town streets. He talks to an old woman in a house. View of Mazamet as seen above the valley. Man passes by sign showing the distance to Mazamet and Castres. Houses in the town. Man stops at a food shop.
Film opens showing a map of French and English coasts bordering the English Channel. Dieppe is the focus of attention. Narrator states that British, American, and Free French forces, totaling a Division strength, attempted a landing at Dieppe. Animated map illustrates hundreds of Allied landing craft off the coast, protected by Cruisers and Destroyers. A reserve of transport vessels is shown in the Channel and a strong supporting force of Allied bombers and fighter aircraft. Active scene shows German coastal guns firing from bunkers on the French coast and German soldiers deploying to defensive positions commanding the beaches They fire MG 42 machine guns and a 77mm field gun. Shells from British naval artillery explode near German soldiers at shoreline. Explosions at Dieppe harbor from British aircraft bombs. German anti-aircraft fire directed against them. View of Dieppe castle. German soldiers taking up defensive positions on a city street. More explosions from Allied bombers. German soldiers firing a 12.8 Cm Flak 40 anti aircraft gun and black Flak clouds seen in midst of attacking Allied aircraft. German soldiers firing a vehicle mounted 2 Cm Flak 38 gun and quad versions of the same. Allied aircraft struck and trailing white smoke as it falls toward the water offshore. Glimpse of German soldiers in center of town. Low flying Allied aircraft and explosions from their bombs. German Fw 190 fighter planes heading to engage the Allied aircraft. Contrails at altitude from dogfights between Allied and German fighter aircraft. An aircraft struck and falling. Closeup of a burning British aircraft on the ground. Camera pans across German soldiers and buildings damaged and destroyed by Allied bombing. British soldiers being taken prisoner at the beachhead and later marched under guard in the town. A German General visits his troops at the beach front. Scenes of destruction after the battle. Dead bodies of Canadian and British Allied soldiers floating near the shore. Fire burning on a dock. Burning British Mark 8 Landing Craft Tank (LCT Mark VIII) with shell holes in it. More bodies strewn on beach. Knocked out British Churchill tank displaying number 9. Several destroyed and damaged British LCT Mark 8s. Names: "Calgary" and "Beefy"on destroyed Canadian Churchill tanks of the 14th Canadian Tank Regiment. Destroyed British speed boat with sailor's body on it. Other destroyed invasion craft. Several crashed British aircraft at water edge. Closeup of bullet holes near British roundel on one. More destroyed British Churchill and other tanks. Beaches covered with fallen Allied soldiers. British soldier helmets caught in barbed wire.
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