Director of Alsace Ecclesiastical Matters looks into the matter of the removal of the religious objects from churches in evacuated villages in Alsace, France. A Catholic church in a village. A catholic priest removes religious objects from the church. He is accompanied by men of Garde Mobile. They spread a sheet on which all the objects are kept. The objects are loaded in a truck. The priest stands with a rabbi and a Protestant Minister.
The Marial Congress in Lyons, France. French crowd walks with umbrellas in hand. Children and women take part in the procession. Decorative floats on the street. The procession advances over a bridge. Priests perform religious rites during the ceremony. Large crowd gather in front of the Cathedral.
British pilots fly over the West Wall to photograph enemy (Germans) forts and troop concentrations in Eastern France. British fliers stand near aircraft of the Royal Air Force. They look at a map. The pilots get into the aircraft. An obstacle in front of the wheel of an aircraft is removed. The aircraft takes off over the West Wall to photograph enemy (Germans) forts and troop concentrations. Trucks in a forest. Men work in a trench. A British personnel holding equipment in his hands smiles. Airfields are prepared: Trees are cut and a bulldozer passes along a road to level the land. The aircraft lands. The pilot goes into a tent. He looks at photographs. One British personnel inspects holes in a wall. A man pushes a cart. A woman stands outside a house. British personnel read newspapers. They celebrate by drinking.
French battleship Richelieu launched in Brest, France. French Marine minister Cesar Campinchi arrives with other officials for the inauguration of the French battleship Richelieu. Sailors on deck of the ship. Sailors stand in formation on deck. Madame Mons, the wife of one of the workers in the arsenal who took part in the construction of the boat, cuts the ribbon and launches the battle ship. Officials look as the battleship leaves the dock. Sailors on rail of the ship. Cesar Campinchi takes a protective mask while welding. Other officials stand around him.
A mock air raid and defensive precautions in Paris, France. Dramatization : Gas detector crews on motorcycles speed to bombed areas to warn citizens and aid the wounded. Men treat the injured. Men carry a stretcher. They put injured on stretcher. Men carry the injured on stretcher.
Officials meet in Paris, France during World War II. The officials standing outside a building. They shake hands and enter the building. British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax arrives to confer with French Premier Edouard Daladier and Foreign Minister Georges Etienne Bonnet. Officials walking inside the building. They meet to discuss the anti-axis treaty.
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