Opening of a Stage Door Canteen in Paris. People dance during the opening. Army Band plays music. People listen to music and dance. Allied flags on the wall. Lights put up inside the hall. (World War II period).
Opening of a Stage Door Canteen, Paris. People dance during the opening. Men and women enjoy the dance. Allied flags on the wall. Army Band plays music (World War II period).
People dance during the opening of a Stage Door Canteen in Paris. Allied men and women soldiers, sailors, French girls and civilians dance to the music played by the Army Band at the opening of the canteen. The band uses various instruments for music. (World War II period).
The Germans take over after the fall of Paris during World War II. The Eiffel Tower. A German soldier reads the newspaper while seated beside the Eiffel Tower. A German officer supervises workers at a printing press. They work on the newspaper layout. The officer inspects the final layout. Newspapers come off the printing press. Workers pile and bundle the papers. The German officer walks out with the bundles. The July Column monument is shown. Parisians gathered in a street. They listen to a German propaganda radio broadcast. Men, women, and children listen carefully. An elderly man wipes his tears. French people discuss the broadcast.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas in and around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The Renault Works plant at Billancourt after one aerial attack by the Royal Air Force (March 3, 1943) and two by the U.S. Eighth Air Force (April 4 and September 15, 1943). Workers clear the plant interiors. The damaged plant, collapsed roof, rubble and debris on the floor. Workers clear the debris. Damaged steel structures, pillars and walls. Buildings at the plant. Damaged walls, wrecked equipment and material. Allied officers and workers at the plant.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas in and around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The damaged Hispano-Suiza Aircraft Engine Factory (producer of components for Daimler-Benz, Mercedez-Benz) at Bois Colombe, after three attacks by the U.S. Eighth Air Force in December 1943. The destroyed crankshaft plant, foundry, and tool shop. Aircraft engines overhauled, crafted and ready for shipment, left behind by the fleeing Nazis. Allied soldiers and workers under the bare roof. Damaged equipment and material. Allied officers and civilians survey the damage. Collapsed roof structures. Debris and rubble strewn all over the floor. Bent steel structures. Buildings in the surrounding area. Military jeeps parked in the factory grounds. Damaged structures left standing.
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