Deserted streets in Paris, France during the very end of its occupation by German forces and liberation of Paris in World War II. A sign board on a street reads 'Hotel De Ville'. View of the building. People gathered around the signboard. Nazi flags flutter on poles over a building on Rivoli Street. A man walks in front of a deserted square.
FFI (French Forces of the Interior) fire at German snipers in Paris, France, during the Liberation of Paris. FFI men manning a street barricade. They fire from behind a sandbag barricade and open windows. French soldiers return fire from a building. FFI men fire at snipers in Notre Dame Cathedral. The FFI members seated in a Vercors Republic captured truck. (World War II period).
Captured German civilians and soldiers in Paris, France. German prisoners, men and women get out of an army truck at a prefecture. Captured German soldiers come out of a building. Police FFI (French Forces of the Interior) written on the truck. Red Cross workers operate on a street. (World War II period).
French Red Cross members attend wounded Germans in Paris, France. A nurse and an attendant carry wounded on a litter. Dead German lying on the ground. A wounded man with scars on his face. (World War II period).
Huge smoke rises from a building in Paris, France. Fire and smoke rises from the Great Palace. Damaged Renault factory destroyed by British R.A.F. shells. Vehicles and French civilians on a street. Fire fighters spray water on the burning buildings. Burnt building structure with debris on the ground. Among the ruins is a portion of an entrance way still standing with words on it "St. Pierre des Corps. Entree de Gare". (World War II period).
Scenes shot in 1942 and 1943 from inside German occupied Paris, France during World War II. German officers and civilians at the Longchamps racetrack in Paris, France. Horses run on a dirt track. German troops at the Eternal Light for the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the Arc de Triomphe. A German Panther tank captured by the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) in 1944. French collaborator Ferdinand De Brinon speaks into a microphone. German officers listen carefully. Collaborators Marcel Deat, and Laval's son in law, Comte Rene de Chambrun also seen. French Regimental flag held by French collaborator militia. A crowd outside Notre Dame Cathedral. French Marshal Philippe Petain arrives in a car. French collaborationist troops stand at attention. Ceremony for the Legion against the Soviet Russia shows assemblage and German Swastikas on a wall.
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