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Officials of Avignon present the keys of the city to French Marshal Philippe Petain in France.
French Marshal Philippe Petain presented Avignon city keys in France during World War 2. The Chief of State of Vichy France Marshal Philippe Petain emerges with Avignon officials from a building. Avignon officials present the keys of the city to Petain. Avignon residents in elaborate traditional costumes during the ceremony. Officers and civilians watch the proceedings. Petain's motorcade moves through the city. Civilians gathered on either side of the streets. People on the streets and in balconies cheer and greet him. Petain waves and acknowledges the crowd from his convertible. Motorcycle escorts around the convertible. Guards control the crowd.
French refugees are fed at a German canteen in German occupied France during World War II.
A German canteen in German occupied France during World War II. French refugees are fed at the canteen in Paris. The Basilica of the Sacre Coeur (The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris, France). A Nazi banner for the canteen. French civilians in lines under the banner. Large milk cans on tables. Children stand in line for food. German officers supervise the food distribution. Children collect food. Volunteers serve food to the refugees. Men, women, elderly people, and children receive food. A woman sits and eats her food. Refugees crowd around a soldier.
Allied Operation Jubilee offensive against Dieppe, France, during World War II.
Allied Operation Jubilee, the assault against Dieppe, France, during World War Two. A sign reads 'Dieppe'. Fighter aircraft diving down across a harbor area. German anti-aircraft guns are fired from fortified positions behind barbed wire. Explosion of a gas tank in the dock area. German defenders, in grass above beachhead, firing rifles and artillery pieces. Wrecked British Churchill tanks on Dieppe beach. Wrecked tanks and a landing craft along a shore. Dead bodies on the beach. German soldiers sitting abandoned craft in the water. The streets of Dieppe, France showing captured British soldiers being marched down a street escorted by German soldiers. A wounded English soldier being carried down a street by four other English soldiers. The wounded soldier with his left eye covered with blood. Other British casualties entering the town. Surrendering British soldiers being escorted up a country road. The coastline of Dieppe. City population going about their business. Men, women and children walking in a street. German coastal guns being erected. Various types of guns and their mountings, camouflaged gun positions, guns being raised into firing position. Coastal gun barrels. A German motor train moving through a street of Germany. A large half-track vehicle towing a string of trucks through a street. A ship plowing through a heavy sea. A large submarine fleet underway at sea. The guns of a battleship are fired. A Higgins boat going through water towards a coastline. Marines aboard the Higgins boat approaching the shore. A coastline showing invasion troops hitting the shore.
Aerial pictures show the damage caused to Goodrich tire factory in Paris after RAF bombings during World War II.
Royal Air Force Blenheim bombers strike the Goodrich tire factory in Paris, France during World War II. RAF bombers in flight and bombs being dropped over the Goodrich tire factory in Paris, France. Billows of smoke rise up after the explosion. A reconnaissance aircraft being worked at and a movie camera being loaded aboard it. Aircraft in flight. Aerial views of the damage caused after the RAF bombing of the factory. Damaged Goodrich tire factory. Pictures before and after the bombings depict the amount of damage caused. Another big building damaged by the bombings. Damage caused to the surrounding buildings. Wrecked Goodrich factory. Bomb crater at th factory.
Allied soldiers in North Africa celebrate Christmas in 1942, during World War II.
Allied Forces in North Africa during Christmas, 1942, in World War 2. Map of Tunisia. Ancient Roman ruins,including the Amphitheater of El Jem. A native plows a field. Children ride mules. Christian Cathedrals in various places. Interiors of a cathedral. At various places Allied soldiers hold Christmas Services outdoors. Camel Corps troops astride their camels. A Christmas service in front of a Curtiss P-40 aircraft displaying an American flag on its right wing and a Christian flag on its left. Scenes of children celebrating Christmas in different parts of the world, including boys throwing snowballs at each other outside a school building in the United States (Lettering above doorway of school reads "Durham Public School", possibly in Durham, NC. Graves of dead soldiers. Religious services held for the allied soldiers. British General Montgomery attends a religious service. Bells ring in churches across the world Sign reads 'A Happy Christmas'. Soldiers carry sacks. Letters brought for soldiers on a jeep. Soldiers run to get their letters. A soldier reads his letter. A soldier wakes up to find a filled stocking hung on his tent. Another soldier opens a parcel. 'Pine Grove USA' and 'Birney Cave Mincoka' written on two signs. Soldiers open parcels. Empty boxes, cups and bottles on a table. Preparation for the Christmas feast. Feathers are plucked from a turkey. Many bottles of rum in a row. Chickens are removed from an airplane. Soldiers in a chow line. A pudding on a plate is put on the table. A bowl of oranges on a table with some WAC service members. A sign in the background reads 'A Merry Xmas' Soldiers feed their pets. A puppy is fed. A donkey and a pig are fed. A pet monkey grooms a soldier's head. Candy is thrown to the native children. The Red Cross dispenses milk given by soldiers to native children. Soldiers go sightseeing in Egypt and observe an Egyptian magician. The Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background as Allied soldiers fall off a camel they are trying to ride. Egyptian women pass in veils. British Soldiers play Cricket. American soldiers play baseball. Soldiers polish uniform brass and shine shoes to prepare for assembly. Others take baths in tubs outdoors. With all troops assembled, President Roosevelt visits riding in a jeep. He is accompanied by Lieutenant General Mark Clark and Major General Lloyd Fredendall, riding in the back of the jeep. Later the President is seen sitting sideways in the jeep, holding his hat over his heart as he passes troops lined along the roadside. Secret Service agents ride behind carrying machine guns. The generals in his jeep salute as they pass the colors. Next, British Prime Minister Churchill is seen greeted by an honor guard of four British soldiers as he arrives in Tunis in August, 1942 to visit British troops, en route to Moscow for his first meeting with Stalin.
Kuwait Harbor on Persian Gulf, in 1942
Peaceful scene of harbor at Kuwait on Persian Gulf, under British administration, in 1942. Several small sailboats are in the water near a wharf. The sun is shining and weather is apparently pleasant, judging by the way people are dressed (all in western garb). A cabin cruiser is docked and several men stand near it conversing. A man, woman, and child stroll along the wharf. Scene shifts to the Brazilian Freighter, SS Ozorio (aka OSORIO) entering the harbor. Camera focuses on the Ozorio, underway. (Note: On June 8, 1941, The SS Ozorio, picked up survivors from the Robin Moor, first U.S. ship to go down in World War II. Later, the Ozorio, herself, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, on September 27, 1942.)
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