Paris parade celebrating the awarding of the Cross of Liberation (Croix de la Libération) after liberation from Nazi Germany during World War II. Parade takes place on Rue Royale, Place de la Madeleine, and other streets in Paris. French troops stand up and salute. Close view of a French soldier saluting outside the L'église de la Madeleine (Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). United States soldiers use cameras to record the event. French troops carrying a flag (with words) marching on Rue Royale. General Charles de Gaulle and other official stand on stage in the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). General Charles de Gaulle salutes. An M5 half-track leaves the Place de la Concorde. Two soldiers with a French tricolor flag on top of a moving Free French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank in Rue Royale, followed by a smaller tank. Two Free French M4 tanks side by side. Several French tricolor flags on flagpoles near crowds of civilians. French troops stand and march with flags in Place de la Concorde. Soldiers with guns marching in Place de la Concorde. A distant observation airplane flying above soldiers standing near the Seine river, with the view of the Eiffel Tower behind. General De Gaulle and important officials sitting on chairs onstage. A cavalry regiment during the parade in Rue Royale. Cheering crowds watching the parade on Rue Royale.
General Charles de Gaulle presents regimental colors and standards to soldiers as a symbolic reconstruction of the French Army during liberation ceremony in Paris (World War II). Two stern United States military police stand in the crowd. French troops attend the ceremony in Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). General Charles de Gaulle presents flags with regimental colors that had been hidden from Germans during the war to French soldiers at the Place de la Concorde. Soldiers go down the stage after receiving their standards. Close up of an elderly soldier. Soldiers salute to General de Gaulle after going on stage. Soldiers receive their standards from General de Gaulle. Words seen on flags include "Honneur et Patrie (Honour and Fatherland) and "Republique Francaise" (French Republic.)
A United States gun crew fires an M114 155MM medium towed Howitzer upon enemy positions in Normandy during World War 2. Gun crew firing artillery under a camouflage net canopy. Soldiers load shells into the 155mm Howitzer. Howitzer fires. A formation of bombers flying. Distant view of a aircraft as it catches fire and breaks up in the sky. View of a gun barrel firing shells upwards. Closer view of crew loading shell into 8 inch Howitzer M1 and firing. Thick cloud formation over enemy position.
M4 Sherman tanks firing into the town of Dombasle, France during World War 2. Thick smoke forms behind trees in Dombasle. Explosion in Dombasle after M4 Sherman tanks fire artillery. Three United States soldiers stand behind a wall while observing their surroundings. Infantry soldiers advance towards Dombasle with tanks. Soldiers wade through a deep creek, holding rifles above their heads. Soldiers running in battlefield, near tanks. Side view of tank firing machine gun. Gun barrel of tank.
Wreckage of a bomber, probably associated with United States Ninth Air Force raids in Europe during World War II. Out of focus views of an airfield and bombers in flight.
Parisians celebrate the liberation of Paris from Nazi Germany during World War 2. A French M4 Sherman tank carrying French women and soldiers of the Free French Second Armored Division pass by crowds. More M4 Sherman tanks, Jeeps, M3 half-tracks of the 2nd Armored Division with troops enter Paris. Smiling people along sidewalks wave and welcome incoming troops and vehicles. French men and women wave the French tricolor flag welcoming United States troops to Paris. Crowds of civilians welcome troops. Nun greeting a soldier with a Faire La Bise (French cheek kiss). French civilians welcome a Free French Second Armored Division M3 half-track “LONGCHAMP” carrying troops. Civilians milling around troops to welcome them. Happy French civilian crowds smiling and flashing the “V for Victory” sign. French women surround an army Jeep with troops parked near a Paris Métro exit. A soldier snuggles and gives a woman a kiss on her cheeks. Soldier and a woman kiss. Soldier stands on top of a Free French M4 Sherman tank throwing chewing gum candies at French civilians.
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