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).
Departing passengers and luggage crowd sidewalk outside of Paris train station. Automobiles jam the street in front of the station. Travelers include very old people and families. Two women carry babies. View of the Champ Elysees at night. Cars and lights in shops.
The Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. Landing vehicle tracked (LVT) underway on Normandy beach. A tank in the background. (LCM) coming up towards the beach. LCM being pulled off the beach. It advances on the beach. A rubbled house. Landing craft in the background. Liberty ship at anchor. Coast Guardsmen standing about a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI). LST alongside the liberty ship. Coast Guardsmen in the background. Two men working on the windlass in the background. A sea going tug towing a caisson. Task Force in the background. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) underway at sea. Normandy beach in the background. Barrage balloons and liberty ship in the background.
The Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. A sign reads: 'US Coast Guard Ruley C.Pho.M.'. Coast Guard Cutter, Task Force and barrage balloons in the background. Men working on a ship. They hold up canned Vienna sausages on the main deck of the ship. Vienna sausages are taken out of can and put onto tray. Deep cliff that drops down to the sea. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) underway in the background. Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) loaded with troops. Sunken ships in the background. Sunken boat with Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) alongside. British trawler with two barges behind it. Patrol boat, sunken ships and another patrol boat in the background. LCI washed upon the beach at Normandy.
The Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. A sign reads: 'US Coast Guard Ruley C.Pho.M.'. Coast Guard patrol boats underway. Sunken ship in the background. Bow section of the patrol boat. British LCT and two American LCTs underway. Sunken liberty ship in the background. Waves washing over the sunken ship. Landing craft in very rough water. LCT anchored. Waves breaking over the stern.
Two trucks and a bus full of liberated French prisoners drive down an avenue in Paris. A large Parisian crowd including young girls watch their arrival. People wave out to welcome the prisoners as they wave back. Sign on bus stating 'Repatriated Prisoners'. Shots of French prisoners as a civilian offers them cigarettes. A Parisian volunteer nurse. Trucks of prisoners pull up before a building. Algerian prisoner as he drinks from a bottle of wine. A French soldier. (World War II period).
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