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Germans in Paris after the Battle of France and FFI resistance fighters in France during World War II.
Pictures taken by military and news cameramen during World War II. France, June 1940: German troops march before the Arc de Triomphe on Champs Elysses after the Battle of France. A German Nazi flag. French Forces of the Interior (FFI) Maquis march in the woods of France. Newspapers run by the underground army. The Maquis members secretly attend a meeting of French collaborationists allied with occupying Germany, to attain information. French Collaborationists listen to the speaker during the meeting, seated beneath a large banner indicating support for the fight against Socialism or Bolshevism, "Le Europe unie contre le Bolchevisme." Nazi posters altered by the FFI to their advantage. FFI resistance fighters raise a flag in a forest encampment. Aerial of London England in an area with many neon lights and neon advertising : Women in elaborate clothes enter a theatre to watch war pictorial films about World War II.
British Lancasters bomb at Brest, Canadian troops advance, civilians buy goods and U.S. soldiers secure voting cards in France (WW2)
Normal life of civilians resume after German surrender in some parts of France during World War II. British Lancaster bomber aircraft demonstrates precision bombing in flight. View from bomb bay doors of bombs away shot as the Lancaster aircraft drop bombs on U-boat pens at Brest. Explosions and smoke rise. The aircraft drop bombs over ground installation over enemy area. Canadian troops: Troops advance through a burning coastal town in France. Buildings collapsing and gunfire in streets. Smoke rising. Ruins of destroyed French town are seen. Allied Army tanks advance and fire artillery. German prisoners of war from Wehrmacht 7th and 15th armies being marched under watch by Canadian forces. Among the German prisoners is a 13 year old Russian boy who was forced to work by the Nazis. German prisoners in a soup line and seen drinking from mugs. U.S. Army soldiers in Le Mans: Yanks get welcome by civilians of France. Happy French civilians waving to U.S. forces including a happy young woman who runs forward and pats a U.S. Army tank with her hand. Collaborationists who assisted the Germans are rounded up by French and marched away. U.S. Army soldiers seated at stools in a French bar drink as the bar maid pours more into their glasses. French civilians line up at shops and groceries to buy food and goods in Le Mans. Pictures of General De Gaulle for sale. American women in U.S. Army uniforms look in shop windows at French fashions. Voting cards: U.S. Army troops read pamphlets that read "requirement of soldiers to vote" and "Soldiers Voting". The U.S. Army GI's receive and mail postcards to their homes requesting absentee voting ballots for the upcoming November 1944 election. The soldiers line up to secure their application cards for absentee ballots.
U.S. Army General George S. Patton and elements of his 3rd Army armor enter Coutances, France during World War II.
Lieutenant General George Patton, Commander of the U.S. Third Army, rides, standing up in a jeep, as he arrives in Coutances, France during World War II. He appears to say something as he passes some soldiers standing atop a Sherman tank. He then salutes in the direction of the camera. His jeep passes an M3 half-track carrying soldiers. Closeup of Patton as he passes them, and they smile. His jeep continues along the dirt road, past soldiers waving salutes from atop a Sherman M4A1 tank. View of a Sherman tank equipped with plow blades and camouflaged with foliage. Another Sherman tank (M4A3) with foliage camouflage. Closeup as it passes. Several more Sherman tanks followed by trucks and jeeps carrying infantrymen. Closeups as they pass. An M3 half-track, towing a field piece, is directed at an intersection by an MP (military policeman). More armor and trucks are seen including a Sherman tank equipped with a bulldozer blade, followed by an M3 Lee tank. A spire of the Église Saint-Pierre (Rue de l'Église, 50570 Marigny-le-Lozon, France) at Marigny-le-Lozon is seen in the background as vehicles pass it. A truck and a wheeled vehicle equipped with an A-Frame are parked at the side of the road. An M8 Light Armored Car passes. A jeep carrying medics, displaying red cross emblems, passes a truck towing a field piece.
SS Normandie gets a grand welcome in New York as it sets a speed mark.
SS Normandie sets a speed mark. Aerial view of SS Normandie as it gets underway leaving from port of Le Havre, France on May 29, 1935. Passenger ship SS Normandie en route on her first record breaking Atlantic crossing. A huge crowd gathered to see the ship off in Le Havre. Smoke coming out of large stacks on ship. Close-up view of rudder on ship slicing through water at high speed. Civilians standing on ship deck. Captain looks through binoculars. Passengers play badminton and table tennis on ship deck. Fleet of small boats escort the SS Normandie into New York harbor. Statue of Liberty in foreground. Passengers waving on arrival. Aerial view of New York City skyline and skyscrapers with SS Normandie ocean liner in harbor.
Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau visits Poilus French Infantry in the trenches with officials (WWI)
French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau visits the trenches during World War 1. French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau and other French officials disembark from a “Europeens saloon car (no. 2444)”. Front page of the Le Petit Parisien announcing “Le cabinet Clemenceau est fait”. A French soldier reads a newspaper in a dugout. A French soldier leads Prime Minister Clemenceau and military officials to a trench. Prime Minister Clemenceau and officials inspecting the trench. Prime Minister Clemenceau and military officials ride a car. A French soldier smokes a pipe while standing on a trench. A French Nieuport biplane flying.
Canadian forces successfully captures Caen, celebrate with flag ceremony (WW2)
Anglo-Canadian soldiers holding the city sign saying “CAEN” after a successful capture from German forces in World War 2. Debris from houses damaged from bombings. Caen almost completely wrecked. Bulldozer clears out debris in the city center. The Abbey of Saint-Étienne, also known as Abbaye aux Hommes ("Men's Abbey"), is seen from the background. A Nazi propaganda poster written in French, depicting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a vulnerable woman. “Aurai-je assez” (“Will I have more”) is written on the poster. Debris and a road sign showing the direction to “Paris Rouen Le Mans Laval” in front of a pharmacy. Anglo-Canadian soldiers perform a mop-up operation near the pharmacy. French locals gathered to raise the flag of Free France (France Libre et les Forces françaises libres) in front of the Lycée Malherbe (building is now the Caen City Council 9 Place Mgr. des Hameaux).
