Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ibn Youssef, and French officers, arrive at a reviewing stand in open cars accompanied by honor guard of Spahi, light cavalry, on horseback. They step from the cars and greet French officers. They walk to stand to review parade. Tanks drive through streets. Spahis, Royal Marines, United States soldiers, Free French soldiers and sailors march past in parade. Soldiers stand at the Le Mausolée de Lyautey in Rabat, Morocco. Wreaths lay by a draped French tricolor flag containing symbols of various military units and dates. British and American soldiers place wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The British and American contingents salute, do about face, and march back from the memorial. (World War II period).
An emergency practice training of U.S. Army National Guardmen in the United States. A car drives through streets and arrives at a National Guard Armory. A National Guard soldier, not yet in uniform, gets out of a mid 1950s sedan car and runs into the building, where he and other uniformed National Guardsmen are issued rifles from a rack and depart on their mission. They run up a flight of stairs. They get in jeeps and advance through streets of New York City, near the United Nations building, during a practice training alert. An officer issues instructions and is saluted. A National Guard sentry guards an essential military site.
Former U.S. Ambassador to UK, Joseph Kennedy, records a speech in Washington D.C., United States during World War II. He speaks about candidly reporting on the situation of United Kingdom while he was Ambassador to UK.
An officer seated at a desk and speaking about the Battle of the Bulge action near Bastogne, Belgium with U.S. troops during World War II. He recognizes the forces of the 9th Troop Carrier Command (operating out of England, United Kingdom and out of France) for reaching them with important supply drops late in the battle. United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) Major General Paul L Williams inside a glider cockpit (while parked) and officers and crew standing and walking together on airfield areas. Airplanes parked at an air base. Pilots and crew standing nearby. Close up views of faces of many of the U.S. Army personnel of the 9th Troop Carrier Command, including pilots, ground crew, officers. Point of view shot from inside a glider aircraft cockpit as pilots negotiate landing in a field. Smiling officers, soldiers, and crew of the 9th Troop Carrier Command.
Nazi German propaganda against Allied paratroopers and airborne troops during the Normandy landings in World War II. Allied actions in Normandy, France. A map detailing the Allied occupation of areas in Normandy. Soldiers gather around a map in Europe. A man uses a stick to point to map. They discuss the map. The soldiers prepare their guns in a camp. A soldier puts a brassard with the United Kingdom flag (Union Jack) on the arm of another soldier. Insignia of the Parachute Regiment on a wall. United States paratroopers packing supplies. An airplane parked on a field. Paratroopers board the airplane. Airplanes take off from the field and fly in formation. The paratroopers descend and equipment is dropped from the airplanes. They land on the war front.
French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fighters and Free French 2nd Armored Division soldiers’ parade after liberation of Paris in World War 2. Crowds of French citizens gather on the sidewalk to watch victory parade. French people holding banners reading “Vive De Gaulle” and “Libération” (“Long live De Gaulle” and “Liberation” in English). French people cheering. Soldiers marching with the French tricolor flag along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. The Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) is seen on the background. Soldiers marching in front of a building displaying flags of Allied nations- the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom and France. FFI fighters (men and women) marching, some with rifles and banners, down a road. Banner reads “FFI”. Another Free French placard reads “2e. Section Libération”. FFI men and women in casual clothing marching along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. FFI fighters march with rifles on their shoulders along Boulevard du Montparnasse, passing by Le Sélect brasserie, a notable meeting place for French intelligentsia. Staff car and a group of half-tracks along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Soldiers with a gun sit on top of a tank during a parade. Soldiers and FFI fighters celebrate their victory by raising the “Victory Sign” on top of a moving military vehicle during the parade. French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank “St. Anne d’ Auray” moves during the parade. Soldiers on top of a moving vehicle. Crowds running along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. French people running on the sidewalk of Place de la Madeleine, near the Madelios menswear department store.
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