Military band playing music at the Place de la République in Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France during World War II. Musicians playing with drums, cymbals, and trumpets. Moroccan soldiers blowing trumpets. The mayor of Belfort and a nun watch the liberation ceremony from their windows. The United States flag hang from the mayor’s window. French soldiers march past the Monument to the Three Sieges of Belfort (République, 90000 Belfort, France). French civilians crowd the streets of Belfort, celebrating liberation of France from Nazi German occupation.
United States President Woodrow Wilson visits Notre Dame de Reims (Pl. du Cardinal Luçon, 51100 Reims, France) in Reims (Rheims), France. Cardinal Luzon explains something to the President. The President observes the building of the cathedral. He is accompanied by other French officials.
Front of American Consulate building in Bordeaux France. Plaque above the door marked with - CONSULATE of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. Interior of the Consulate where American consul, Mr Waterman is at his desk. American refugees waiting in the consulate for passports as they prepare to depart France shortly before the fall of Paris to Nazi Germany in World War II. Red Cross workers assisting consul. June 1940.
Report on the atom in Paris, France. Jean Frederic Joliot-Curie, French physicist in an office. He makes a speech on France's progress in the atomic energy. A man seated in front of Curie in his office.
American Independence Day in Paris, France. Several people at the tomb of Lafayette in Picpus Cemetery. A number of U.S. flags at the tomb of Lafayette in the cemetery. Several tombs at the cemetery. U.S. Ambassador to France Jefferson Caffery and other officials at the tomb of General Lafayette. A wreath being laid at the tomb. 'Lafayette' inscribed on the tombstone. Officials gathered around the tomb. A flag presented by Count de Chambrun to the ambassador. Jefferson Caffery and other officials converse. The ambassador with the flag. Flags at the cemetery. Several tombs in the cemetery enclosed by small fences. People filing out of the cemetery.
An exhibition of Électricité de France (EDF) in Paris, France. A large crowd gathers. A woman demonstrates an electro-magnetic field. A tray is suspended in mid-air. A man takes off his glasses in disbelief. Eggs are fried on the electro-magnetic tray. People watch and eat eggs cooked from an electro-magnetic tray.
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