Activities of United States Army soldiers in France during World War I. Rubble of bombed out buildings near Bethincourt, France. American Army soldiers carrying wounded and dead on stretchers. A group of German soldier prisoners under American guard carry a stretcher. U.S. Army soldiers erecting sign boards. A large sign sign board reads: "Bethincourt" and below it a sign reads, "Play the game boys - Obey the MP". American and French engineers building road and buildings. Pick and shovel activities of the engineers. Infantry, wagons and mules advancing near the village.
Officials arrive for the Paris Peace Conference in Paris, France. View of the Hôtel de Crillon (6 Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France) with the French flags fluttering on the top of the building. Cars parked in a line. Dignitaries get inside the cars. Officers converse with each other. People walk on the street outside the building. A dignitary stands outside the building. A soldier poses for a photograph with the locals.
A new spring collection being displayed in Paris, France. French models walk on a street. They display their dresses and footwear by famous French designers such as Pierre Balmain and Gilbert Orcel. Models strolling along the Bois de Boulogne. The Arc de Triomphe is seen in the background. A group of fashionable women walk by the Seine River near the Notre Dame Cathedral (6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France). A woman puts on her white gloves. Women browsing at a bookstall near the Notre Dame. Women feed pigeons on the sidewalk.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler with architect Albert Speer in Paris, France during World War 2. Officials joining them include Munich architect Hermann Giessler and sculptor Arno Breker. They walk up the steps of the Church La Madeleine (Pl. de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). French police salute as the motorcade continues on the street. The motorcade circles the Arc de Triomphe. The Obelisque at Place de la Condcorde. Hitler with other officials visit The Trocadero and look at the Eiffel Tower.
Liberation day parade in Paris , France, marking one year since the liberation of France in World War 2. French soldiers march on the streets of Paris. The Arc de Triomphe. Soldiers march under the Arc de Triomphe. People cheer to celebrate their liberation. French General Charles De Gaulle reviews the parade. Aircraft fly overhead as they pass in review. The aircraft in flight. They leave behind vapor trails.
Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Cherbourg, France during World War II. General Eisenhower steps off a railroad train in Cherbourg, France, and salutes. He gets into a car. General Eisenhower boards the U.S. Army Hospital Ship, Jarrett M. Huddleston, docked at Cherbourg harbor. At the conclusion of his visit, he walks off the ship, accompanied by Major General Henry Aurand. They walk across the dock and look at ships on the other side. They walk past large artillery shell stacked up on the dock.
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