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German forces advance in France in WW2; scenes of World War I monuments; Germans take Versailles in World War 2.

German occupation of France during World War 2. The cathedral in Reims, France. Vehicles and a few men on a road in front of the church. Trees lining the road. The railway car in which an armistice agreement was signed by Germany and the Allies at end of World War 1. The Memorial Tablet symbolic of the 1918 armistice, the Alsace-Lorraine, and Ferdinand Foch's Memorial in Compiegne Forest. Ferdinand Foch's carriage in which the first armistice was signed. In 1940 : German troops cross River Marne in rafts. A signboard showing the distances to Paris and Soissons. Another signboard showing the distances to Grand Fitz James and Paris. Troops on tanks moving on roads. A signboard shows distances to Pontarme and Paris. A soldier with a gun on his back. Soldiers moving with carriages on a path between fields. Trees lining the path. German troops moving on tanks advancing deeper into France. The troops on the road in front of the castle in Versailles. The German flag hoisted on a flag pole over the Palace of Versailles and German soldiers occupy the Palace of Versailles.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070101
Excerpt from end of film about John Glenn, America's first Astronaut, extolling the nation's scenic diversity and beauty

Scenic views of landmarks and landscapes in the United States in the mid 1960s. A couple strolling among cherry blossom trees during Spring, at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. The Jefferson Memorial seen in the background. A university or college campus. Aerial view of skyscraper buildings in lower Manhattan, New York City. Street scenes in New York City with car traffic on street and pedestrians walking on sidewalks and crossing an intersection. Seven harvesters operating in parallel on a wheat field. Street scene in San Francisco, with cable car approaching passengers gathered at the Powell Street turnaround, near Ellis Street. Sign for Golden State Hotel is seen on Powell Street. Powell Street crowded with parked cars, shops and pedestrians. The Golden Gate Bridge. Waterfall and river in Yosemite National Park. Visitors watching Niagara Falls. "Maid of the Mist" tour boat moving along the base of the falls. View from car driving through forest in National Park. Cars driving on street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Cowboys herding cattle on a ranch in southwest or western United States. Beautiful scenes of America's natural outdoors including mountain ranges and a rushing river. A woman riding a horse on a rocky coastline with the ocean behind her, at sunset. Closeup of the American flag waving.

Date: 1963
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070451
British pilots take off to photograph enemy lines, an airfield is prepared and personnel celebrate in Eastern France.

British pilots fly over the West Wall to photograph enemy (Germans) forts and troop concentrations in Eastern France, early during British Expeditionary Force involvement in France, during World War 2. British fliers stand near aircraft of the Royal Air Force. They look at a map. British pilots get into aircraft. An obstacle in front of the wheel of an aircraft is removed. The aircraft takes off over the West Wall to photograph enemy (Germans) forts and troop concentrations. Trucks in a forest. Men work in a trench. A British personnel holding equipment in his hands smiles. Airfields are prepared: Trees are cut and a bulldozer passes along a road to level the land. The aircraft lands. The pilot goes into a tent. He looks at photographs. One British personnel inspects holes in a wall. British soldier carries a live goose away. A British soldier pushes a cart loaded with drums or barrels. A French woman stands outside a house and then quickly turns and runs back in the house. British military personnel read newspapers. They congregate at a bar and reach for bottles of alcohol on the bar.

Date: 1939, October 30
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070942
German forces defend as U.S. Army forces probe parts of the Siegfried Line (West Wall) of Germany in World War II

Film opens with a map showing the Ardennes forest with cities Aachen, Maastricht, Eschweiler in the north and Saarburg and Strassburg to the south. (Elements of the American VII Corps have penetrated the Siegfried line (West Wall) in the vicinity of Roetgen, Germany, in September, 1944, when this film depicts German defense responses, from their perspective. Numerous German rockets are seen speeding through the black night sky. In daylight, German gunners fire large artillery pieces as well as more rockets (Nebelwerfer) which also can be heard as the streak past. German gunners firing a 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 18 or sFH 18 heavy howitzer. Shells exploding in the distance. Closeup of German soldiers observing the shells exploding. American soldiers being taken as prisoners of war, march past dragons teeth of the Siegfried line. German Panzer tanks rolling along a road as Allied prisoners march the opposite way, under guard, with their hands over their heads. German troops slogging along a muddy road. Some carry panzerfaust anti-tank weapons. One carries an MG-42 machine gun. Bodies of dead U.S. Army soldiers on the ground. German tanks maneuvering and firing their guns. German soldiers in a village engaged in house-to-house combat with American soldiers.

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675071154
German prisoners questioned,and wounded carried by U.S. soldiers in Bastogne,Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge of WWII.

U.S. 6th Armored Division in Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge of World War II. Opening scene shows German soldiers surrendering from positions in the forest. Snow covers the ground and they emerge with hands up. A group of German prisoners under guard. U.S. soldier comes upon a German foxhole. Camera shows a wounded German soldier lying on a bed of straw in the trench. Next scene shows U.S. troops carrying a wounded on a stretcher. Scene shifts to group of German prisoners of war assembled outdoors, under guard by U.S. soldiers. Several German officers are interrogated separately. Then other German prisoners are seen being interrogated. A sizeable group of German prisoners is escorted under guard across snowy field.

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071302
Maquis in summer uniform and Free French flag is raised in France during World War II.

Maquis guerrillas in France during World War II. Maquis move on an open field. They push a cart. Maquis in summer uniform. They move into action. Maquis lying on ground. They enter forest area. Maquis stand in attention and officer salutes as Free French flag is raised.

Date: 1944, June 20
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071369