Gestapo torture chambers in Paris, France. Interior of torture chambers of Gestapo (German Secret State Police). French soldier and policemen near boxes. French soldier and policemen hold a cloth. Ropes and blind fold used on victims. A Nazi prisoner. French men with Nazi prisoner look at post. Burial posts. French soldier stands in a burial pit. Policemen stand in the background. (World War II period).
Generalfieldmarschall Erwin Rommel, with entourage of senior German military officers, inspects German defenses on the coast of France (so-called "Atlantic Wall"). They tour heavy gun emplacements and shore obstacles. During the tour, they view a large bunker, camouflaged to look like a barn, from the air. Sliding doors are opened revealing a railroad gun. This is a 28cm K5 railway gun of battery E712, at Pointe aux Oies, nearBoulogne-sur-mer, France. Gun crew moves it out, partway on the rails, and raises the barrel to a high elevation. Views of rotating gun turrets; more railway guns, and a 60cm railway mortar called "Thor."
German forces engage in live fire exercises as they prepare to defend against anticipated Allied invasion. German gun crew fires artillery piece. Concealed German soldiers look through binoculars toward coastal terrain. .Soldiers climb hilly terrain behind bushes. Soldiers, in trench, hold their ears as they fire a mortar. Artillery guns beinf fired. Heavy smoke rises up due to explosions. Soldiers communicate through radio. View of Atlantic coast from camouflaged defensive position. Sky is filled with German paratrooper chutes. Paratroopers organizing on the ground and moving as a group. Firing a machine gun. German gun crew fires from concealed position. Crewman wipes shells clean before they are placed in gun. German officer looks through periscope. (World War II period).
French General Philippe Petain receives Turkish Ambassador in France. Guard of Honor presents arms. Philippe Petain and Turkish Ambassador stand together. Philippe Petain decorates Turkish Ambassador. Guardsmen in the background. Pierre Laval shakes hands with Turkish diplomat.
Parti Populaire parade down Champs Elysees in Paris, France. Party members carry banners. Arc De Triomphe in the background. Wreath placed in Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Parade passes down Champs Elysees. Spectators watch. Huge crowd on streets. Jacques Doriot addresses party. People seated in the Assembly. (World War II period).
Parade on a street in Norway. Vidkun Quisling honored at Testimonial for efforts against Bolshevism during World War 2. Huge crowd gathered at Square. Uniformed men and women parade. They carry flags. Flag carriers and uniformed men lined up. Vidkun Quisling and other officials give German Nazi salute. Spectators watch the parade. Formation of lined Quisling Guard with German military officers in the background. Vidkun Quisling and two other men in uniform watch the parade. Flag bearers enter field formed by grandstand crowded by people. People on grandstand applaud. Flag bearers enter field. Officers give Nazi salute. Guardsmen, Norwegian soldiers and volunteers from various counties march past. Youth organizations march past.
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