View of 1500 women united in Annual Recreational Pageant, sponsored by the Department of Recreation. Women are dancing and posing in different costumes. African American women perform dances inspired by African American spirituals. Drills and calisthenics are presented in a colorful costume program. Large group of women performing drills and dances.
French official arrives by car to officiate at ribbon-cutting ceremony renaming the Avenue d'Orleans as Avenue du General Leclerc, in honor of Général Philippe Leclerc de Hautclocque, who formally liberated Paris, entering along this street, at the head of his French 2nd Armored Division, in 1944. The French official is greeted by a young woman wearing a sash. Members of the French 2nd Armored Division are seen holding unit flags. The official unveils the new street sign on the corner of a building decorated with tricolor bunting. A member of the French 2nd Armored Divison poses on top of a sherman tank, parked in the square. The official cuts a ribbon..
Units of Darnand's Vichy militia capture members of the French Resistance. German officers checking travel documents on a French highway. SS troops confront a French farmer accused of being in contact with the Resistance. The set his farmhouse ablaze. French currency circulated by the Allies. German Reserve Forces on their way to the combat front, carrying small arms and recoilless anti tank weapons. They clear the road to allow a military vehicle to pass. General Von Kluge confers with his staff. Many Allied aircraft seen in formations overhead. German Antiaircraft gun downs an Allied plane. German troops skirmish with Allied forces in a forest. German Befehls Panther tank advances. German forces in combat. Views of the Channel coast with Allied warships and supply ships seen. Black smoke streaming from an Allied vessel hit by German coastal defense guns of the Atlantic Wall. (World War II period).
General Charles De Gaulle arrives in car at Bastille Day parade. Crowd of French spectators and troops lined up for parade. Aerial view of French tanks moving on avenue to Arc De Triomphe. Front view of French troops on tanks. Helicopters and planes flying in sky. Planes creating vapor trails. Views of different French Army Units marching and huge parade passing the avenue.
U.S. Military band, Units of the U.S. Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard, Color Guard, horse-drawn caisson with casket going past crowds and followed by procession of cars. View of Potomac River in background. Funeral cortege approaching and crossing over Arlington Memorial Bridge.
View of the U.S. Capitol building where funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy is about to arrive. Combined Honor Guard taking their places on steps of the U.S. Capitol. Close views of combined Honor Guard. Marching units arriving at the U.S. Capitol. Crowds in the background.
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