General Charles de Gaulle lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France) during World War 2, following the liberation of Paris. Various signs read “1800”, “1793”, “Vive De Gaulle” (“Long live De Gaulle”), “De Gaulle Au Pouvoir” (“De Gaulle in power”), “Vive Les Alliés” (“Long live the Allies”) and “1944” are displayed in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). A man climbs a lamppost to watch a parade. Boy sitting on tree branch watch the man climb a lamppost. Nurses and medics carry with flags of Allied nations (United States, France, United Kingdom). Arrival of General Jacques Philippe Leclerc, holding a walking cane. Leclerc shake hands with an Allied military figure. Charles de Gaulle arrives in Arc de Triomphe with a wreath. General de Gaulle salutes and lays a wreath in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Soldiers and journalists surrounding General de Gaulle take photographs using cameras. General de Gaulle walks with Generals Jacques Philippe Leclerc and Marie-Pierre Koenig, and other French officials.
Park roads in the Rocky Mountain National Park (Rocky Mountain National Park 1000 Highway 36 Estes Park, CO 80517-8397) in Colorado, United States. A car driving on a scenic mountain road to Long’s Peak. Snow-capped Long’s Peak, 14,225 feet above sea level, is seen in the background. Buildings stand near the road. Men riding horses in the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains. National Park Service uses a ditch digger during road construction. Coniferous trees grow in the Rocky Mountains. Rocky mountainside and a lake. View of the Rocky Mountains. Tourists cross a wooden bridge over a small waterfall in the Rocky Mountain National Park.
Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Communist People's Republic of China during the "Great Leap Forward." Beijing skyline and its surrounding suburbs. Crowds carrying banners and marching during a rehearsal for the People’s Republic of China’s National Day. Chinese young men carrying banners translate to, "Taiwan must be liberated" and "United States must get out of Taiwan." A young Chinese woman smiles while holding a red banner. Buses, bicycles, horse drawn carts, and cars pass through Tiananmen Square, Beijing’s “Red Square”. The western and eastern walls have giant placards that read "Long Live the People's Republic of China" and "Long Live the Great Unity of the World's Peoples". A man pushes a cart full of bricks. A man slides bricks down a wooden chute at a construction site where a sewer is being built. A construction site building a sewer.
Counter attack of South Vietnamese during the Tet Offensive Battle of Hue. Two soldiers walk towards the city. People going with their children. ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) airplane flies in the sky and drops bombs over the conflict area. Many soldiers coming towards the conflict area. People load their luggage on shoulders and heads as they leave the city. Soldiers firing from behind barricades. Bomber plane flying over the houses and dropping bombs.
RVN (Republic of Vietnam) Marines advance into the city of Hue during Tet Offensive. VNMC Marines hide behind the barricades and fire. They discuss a map. Tear gas grenades released into the houses to evacuate the residents. Marines fire from inside a house. They wear protective masks on their faces while firing M-16 rifles and M-60 machine guns. RVN Marines take wall on outskirts of the city. They again discuss a map. They rush towards an area after the discussion. They capture weapons and equipment of the enemy in that area. Fallen Vietcong and North Vietnamese soldiers are seen.
American 199th Light Infantry Brigade troops check ID cards of civilians at doorways of their homes, as they search for enemy fighters, during the Vietnam War. Soldier kicks down door of house. Soldiers enter and search houses. Dead civilian on street. Partially covered body of a dead civilian. Soldier stands by as a civilian opens door of a locked house. Soldiers search in destroyed and wrecked houses. One soldier climbs up on roof to a porch on a house. Soldiers break down door of house with a wooden beam. Soldiers atop M-42 self-propelled antiaircraft gun, with twin 40mm guns, as it drives on dirt street.
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