Buildings alongside streets in Vannes, France. Flags and flowers hung up across the streets. A woman walks through a street. Civilians with bicycles walk on streets. A man carries an effigy of Hitler's head on a stick. People stand around the effigy. Buildings seen in the background.
Refugees and evacuees returning to Vannes, France during World War 2. A girl rides a bicycle with a baby in the basket. Buildings seen alongside the streets in the background. Civilians stand outside a building. Some people walk on streets. A British officer looks through binoculars and a nurse powders her nose. Trees seen in the background. The exterior of an Institute building used as a Headquarters by German Field Marshal Günther von Kluge. A sign near building steps warning of mines. A jeep on a road. The refugee return with their belongings. Mothers with babies. Nuns escorting children who just arrived by bus. Stone walls in the background. Horse carts loaded with luggage on the roads.
French civilians and officers in Vannes, France. French women walk through the streets along the side a pond. Buildings seen at the side of streets. Civilians walk and move on bicycles. Officers inspect equipment. A woman stands near the equipment on a field.
U.S. Army soldiers and and French civilians on the streets in Le Mans, France, a few weeks after its liberation from German occupation in World War 2. Soldiers rest outside a movie house. Shops and cafes seen in the background. GIs, men and women drink outside a sidewalk cafe. A table of three British soldiers is seen. GI trucks pass by in the background. Trucks and tanks come down a street. A French girl gives apples to a truckload of American soldiers. French African soldier and African American soldiers fraternize and shake hands. They smoke cigarettes.
GIs and French civilians on the streets in Le Mans, France. French civilians walk through the streets. American nurses admire French wartime dresses in front of a shop. Interior of the shop. Articles displayed inside the shop. Women look through a window at the merchandise. Exterior of the 'Bar Americans'. A truck passes by. Civilians and officers stand outside the bar. Inside the bar a bar maid pours wine for men. Girls on bicycles look at a shoe store window.
French civilians in the streets in Le Mans, France. Girls walk down the steps of the Hall of Justice with their blouse showing the French flag. French men and women buy cheese from stores. A man talks with soldiers outside a store. A female vendor fills a bowl with cheese and hands over the bowl to an old lady. The old lady puts the bowl in her basket. Civilians stand near by. Exterior of a grocery store. Civilians stand inside the grocery shop. Grocery articles displayed on shelves inside the shop. A French woman sells newspapers to soldiers and civilians. They read the newspapers. Buildings seen in the background. A woman sells photos of French General, Charles De Gaulle. (World War II period).
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