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British General Sir David Henderson decorates American Expeditionary Forces (AEF ) officers during World War I

British General Sir David Henderson decorates American Generals in Tours, France during World War 1. He and two staff officers stand beside a table, in a grassy field in the town. Numerous local spectators gather at the edge of the field to observe the ceremony. One staff officer picks up an award citation from the table. Soldiers stand in the background. AEF photographers record the event as General Henderson decorates U.S. Army Brigadier General James Harbord, and shakes hands with him. He then decorates U.S. Generals: Harts; Edgar Jadwin; Langfitt; Connor; and Roackenbach; Major General George S. Simonds; General McCaw; General William Wallace Atterbury; General Dawes; and General McCoy. General Henderson, also decorates seven non-flag officers during the ceremony.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069847
American flyers who escaped from Swiss internment during World War II

view of a building in Annecy, France, during World War 2. Flags of Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and Poland displayed together. A busy street with many bicyclists. A truck driving on a road carrying a group of American flyers who have escaped internment in Switzerland. The flyers, in civilian clothes, smile and wave at the camera from the back of the truck. Change of scene to front view of the truck arriving at Annecy airfield. some flyers are riding on the fenders and running boards of the truck. view of German prisoners of war clearing stones from a field near the airfield runway. A C-47 transport aircraft landing on the field, in background. The German POWs pose for the camera. Cyclists on a dirt road near the airfield, pause to watch a C-47 taking off. Children on bicycles wave to the camera. View again, of German prisoners clearing stones from the field. Local children looking to the sky for airplanes.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070345
German troops decorated and troops pass in review along Avenue Foch, Paris, during World War II.

German troops awarded medals in Paris, during World War 2. Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in Place de L'Etoile, Paris. German soldiers salute Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Crowd lined up. German troops receiving medals. Troops giving salute after receiving medals. View of Avenue Champs-Élysées. Troops parade along Avenue. Arc de Triomphe in the background. Troops pass in review before reviewing German officer, Lieutenant General Kurt von Briesen. Briesen on horseback. Band plays. Horse drawn artillery pieces on Avenue Foch. Bugle corps on horses.

Date: 1940, June 22
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675053121
British troops during evacuation of Dunkirk in World War 2

Smoke arises over Dunkirk harbor, France, from a ship on fire. Clouds of smoke in the sky. Troops are rescued from the ship and embark in small boats, drawn alongside the listing ship. Men rest aboard boat being towed by a tugboat, across the English Channel. Allied forces leaving Dunkirk shore aboard small boats and wading out to a British fishing boat, which is equipped with a deck gun. Evacuation troops boarding the boat. One man climbs over the railing without his pants.. Safely evacuated troops are cheerful,at rail road station. Men sleeping on deck of a ship. Evacuees climb gangway to a ship, most without any shoes. Evacuees on shore, and in train, in England. British troops loading food and drink through train window. Disheveled evacuees smile from train windows.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053151
A religious ceremony held in Paris in memory of the Polish men who died in war.

A religious ceremony held at Paris synagogue in Paris, France. The ceremony is held in memory of the Polish men who died in war. Rabbi Joseph Sachs, Polish Premier General Sikorsky, Ambassador Jules Lukasiewicz and staff of Embassy attend the service. Robert Philippe Gustave de Rothschild (President of Paris Jewish Consistory) and Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild also known as Baron Édouard de Rothschild (President of Central Jewish Consistory) attend the service. Men come out of the synagogue after the ceremony is over. Polish President Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz talks to General Sikorsky. (World War 2 period).

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053819
Civil Defense teams prepare for possible gas attack in Paris (WW2)

The basement of the Third Arrondissement Town Hall (2 Rue Eugène Spuller, 75003 Paris, France) in Paris, location of the Civil Defense Center during World War II. A team of Civil Defense workers practice their plans for dealing with possible gas attack. Team members, wearing gas masks, gas proof hoods, suits, boots and gloves, enter and exit the shelter with stretchers. Doctors who are part of the response team go through the motions of treating persons posing as victims. Extra apparatus is seen in the basement center that produces electricity and ventilates the shelter in an emergency. View of the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Date: 1939, June
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053821