Colonel Charles A Lindbergh lands in Paris after his solo trans-Atlantic flight. A large crowd at Le Bourget Field in Paris. People on the roof of a building and on the ground. A huge crowd rushes towards Lindbergh as he arrives. Men adjust large search lights illuminating the night sky.
Charles A Lindbergh's plane, Spirit of St Louis in Paris. People take a look at the plane after its epic flight from New York to Paris. The plane parked behind a fence. Nose of the aircraft.
French Admiral (Platon?) is interviewed by journalist, with microphone. The Admiral is in the company of high ranking German and French officers associated with the LVF (Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism) French and German military officers stand, in ceremony honoring LVF fallen, at the eternal flame by the Arc de Triomphe. Troops, of French Legion Tricolore, form honor guard at tomb of unknown soldier, adorned with wreaths. Crowds on Champs Elysees. German and French officers and officials leaving Cathedral of Notre Dame, following religious ceremony in honor of the LVF (newly renamed the Legion Tricolore). French Republican Honor Guard, seen in shiny helmets, carrying swords. High ranking military and officials getting into their chauffered automobiles, in midst of crowds. Two soldiers of the La Legion Tricolore, in plaza, surrounded by onlookers. (World War II period).
Newspapers print millions of copies to spread the news of Charles Lindbergh's attempt to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Newspapers being printed, bundled, and distributed to delivery services and sellers.
Liberation of Paris at the end of World War II. Army soldiers transported in a military truck. General Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle, General Marie Pierre Koenig and General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque are acclaimed by French civilians. Army troops stand in uniform as the Generals meet the civilians. French civilians sit on tree tops to get a better view. Civilians shout praises and applaud. French Generals salute the gathered crowd. The crowd interacts with French Generals. Children climb over one another with the United States flag in hand.
U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft painted in D-Day stripes, seen taking off at nightfall on June 5, 1944, carrying Airborne troopers from a base in England, during World War 2. Large formations of U.S. B-17 bombers en route to targets in Europe. Clusters of indendiary bombs falling from a U.S. bomber. View from a bomber of explosions on the ground from bombing at a coastline. Allied paratroopers fill the sky with their parachutes as they jump from formations of C-47 transport aircraft. Thirty minutes before the amphibious assaults at Normandy, Allied warships bombard the shore with heavy naval guns. Troops leave their transport ships and board small landing craft (Higgins boats). Soldiers try to stabilize the rope nets for others climbing down, as their small craft pitch in choppy seas. The boats speed away from their transport ships, and head toward the shore. Smoke rising from the shore where naval shelling has caused explosions and fire. Troops from landing craft of the USS, Samuel Chase (APA-26), wade ashore under enemy machine gun fire, at "Fox Green" section of Omaha Beach. They are far away from the beach itself, because of steel and concrete obstacles placed by the Germans, and relatively low tide.
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