French men and women welcome the Free French 2nd Armored Division troops in Luce, France during World War 2. Smiling French men and women. Soldiers and crowds gather outside a hotel in Luce, France. French tricolor flags are hanging on house windows. A man pours wine for a French soldier. A woman offers a tray of sliced bread to a soldier. French troops assemble for a meeting in the town center. A soldier takes notes. A soldier speaks beside a soldier smoking. Soldiers drinking coffee offered by an old French lady with coffee pot. Elderly French woman pours wine for a soldier. Major General Jacques Philippe Leclerc on a moving Jeep. Soldiers at the border of Le Mans. A sign reads “LE MANS 113 400”. Military vehicles parked in roadside.
People gather in the grandstand of the Hunaudieres horse racing track near Le Mans, France, in 1908, to watch Wilbur Wright's demonstration of the Wright Flyer airplane. It is a major social event. An article about Wright in the newspaper. They take a passenger with them for 36 miles. An airplane in the field. Men work on the plane. Views of the Wright Flyer aloft, with a passenger.
Wrecked and burning buildings in Carentan, France after the D-Day landings in World War II. French civilian men pump water to extinguish the flames. A French fireman blows his whistle. Firefighters extinguish fire with jets of water in front of the burning building. A man looks at the remains of a burned house. Smoke rises from the rubble of the destroyed house. Civilian man sweeps the sidewalk. Soldiers sit on Jeep beside the Carentan Great War Memorial (8 Pl. de la République, 50500 Carentan-les-Marais, France). United States and French flags adorn the Carentan Great War Memorial. A woman pushes a stroller with a young girl. The girl holds a flower. A French woman looking up beside a man and child as they both stand in the front door. United States soldiers and French firemen exchange their hats with each other. A soldier seated in Jeep receives wine from a French child. The soldier drinks the bottle.
Development of early airplane. Memorials of Wilbur and Orville Wright for their contribution to science and aviation. Wilbur Wright memorial (72100 Bd Anatole France, 72100 Le Mans, France) by Paul Landowski at Le Mans in France. A memorial marking the place of first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk in Virginia. Memorial of Orville and Wilbur Wright at Kitty Hawk. People visit the memorial.
Paris designers and couturiers show their summer collections in Paris, France. Women sewing designer clothes at the atelier of Jean Dessès, a top French designer. Jean Dessès at work. A dummy with a designer evening dress by Jean Dessès. The House of Carven with designer collection. Marie-Louise Carven with models wearing her latest designs. Designer Manusardi states that the summer collection can be end up in one word 'Femininity'. Top French couturier Jacques Heim’s 1965 Summer collection. A woman wears white dress designed by Jacques Heim. Pierre Cardin with his latest collection. Women show Pierre Cardin evening gown collection.
French women traitors or women collaborationists with shaved heads along the side of the road after Allied liberation of Cherbourg, France in World War II. A few women are seen seated, and a few are standing. Two boys holding a banner behind them. A man on a walkway picks up a pile of hair and tosses it in air. A group of men standing. A man trying to cut the hair of a woman. The woman bending over not letting the man. Another woman sits beside her. A man shaves the hair of the woman. 'Le Char Des Collaboratrices' written on a banner. A group of people move in a truck. One of the men holding the banner. A few men and women beside the truck.
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