The Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. A sign reads: 'US Coast Guard Ruley C.Pho.M.'. Coast Guard patrol boats underway. Sunken ship in the background. Bow section of the patrol boat. British LCT and two American LCTs underway. Sunken liberty ship in the background. Waves washing over the sunken ship. Landing craft in very rough water. LCT anchored. Waves breaking over the stern.
Two trucks and a bus full of liberated French prisoners drive down an avenue in Paris. A large Parisian crowd including young girls watch their arrival. People wave out to welcome the prisoners as they wave back. Sign on bus stating 'Repatriated Prisoners'. Shots of French prisoners as a civilian offers them cigarettes. A Parisian volunteer nurse. Trucks of prisoners pull up before a building. Algerian prisoner as he drinks from a bottle of wine. A French soldier. (World War II period).
Scenes of a Paris compound. Two men working on a machinery part. A man fixing the hood atop a jeep. Another man approaches the jeep.
Views of numerous gargoyles, grotesques, and chimeras on the Notre Dame Cathedral (Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II, Paris). The city of Paris can be seen in the background. U.S. military personnel leave the church as French honor guards line up outside. Gendarmes around the church as MPs get ready to march. (World War II period)
A USAAF Martin B-26 bomber taxis away from the parking area at an airport in Paris. A long line of B-26s on the perimeter strip with engines turing over. A group of army personnel standing near the hangar. USAAF Douglas C-47s or Skytrains pull up on perimeter strip. French Guard and Band takes position. Officers rush towards the planes to receive the passengers. Liberated Parisians and Frenchmen climb out of a C-47 and walk through Honor Guard. French band playing in the background. A view of the French flag flying. Liberated citizens leaving in trucks as civilians wave to welcome them home. Honor Guard presents arms as an injured Frenchman is carried past them on stretcher. French band playing in the foreground as liberated French soldiers pass. (World War II period).
Liberated French soldiers arrive at an airport in Paris. Long line of Frenchmen as they are greeted by a French officer. Numerous liberated French soldiers and prisoners. Liberated French soldiers climbing out of a C-47 and walking under the wing of the plane. An officer directs the pilot of a C-47 as it taxis up to park. Injured French soldiers on stretchers. The soldiers are received by French Officers and guided to the terminal. Returned Frenchmen greeted by senior French Officers as they pass through the Honor Guard. (World War II period).
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