The Bastille Day Parade being witnessed by leader of Free French Forces General Charles De Gaulle in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. The officers salute on the side of the road. A man with a camera takes pictures. French naval officers in white uniform and other officers on the side of the road. The U.S. Army band marches on the road. Trees on the side path. The man with camera on the road. U.S. guards with rifles march. Man with U.S. flag in the front. Man with a flag follows. A cadet salutes in the front. Guards with rifles follow. The crowd on the side of the road watch. The French Army band follows. The French troops holding rifles march behind the band. Children, men and women look on from the side of the road as the guards march. Officers salute as they stand in front of the children. Men with flags and rifles march. General De Gaulle with other French officers and dignitaries on the other side of the road. General De Gaulle salutes as troops pass. French troops wearing American uniform ride in tanks and other American equipment. Crowd on either side of the road watch.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Free French Forces leaders General Charles De Gaulle and General Henri Giraud and other military officers in Casablanca, Morocco during World War II. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated in chairs and several army personnel stand behind them on a lawn in front of a building. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill seated in chairs in a garden and talk. A French General Henri Giraud, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, French General Charles De Gaulle and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated in front of a building and talk among themselves. General Giraud and General De Gaulle rise from their chairs and shake hands and again sit down. A building in the back. A group of war correspondents, seated on the grass in the lawn, interview President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Both of them talk and smile. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill seated with other officers standing behind them.
Charles de Gaulle visits Algeria. Moslem masses and Algerian Army gather to give support to French Premier Charles de Gaulle. De Gaulle returns to Paris. John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, brings an invitation from U.S. President Eisenhower.
Shot of public square the Plaza De Mayo in Buenos Aires. The broad Avenida de Mayo seen connecting the Casa Rosada with National Capital. The Palace of the Argentine National Congress building facing the Plaza Del Congreso. Independence monument in Plaza De Mayo.
French Commander, General De Castries in Vietnam. General De Castries salutes. He reviews troops along with another officer. A military band plays. General De Castries converses with other officers.
Film opens showing people in an American city (possibly Chicago) celebrating the Allied victory over Japan on VJ Day, August 15th, 1945. Scene shifts abruptly to Chicago, Illinois, where French General Charles de Gaulle is seen saluting in a reviewing stand at Victory Plaza near Lasalle Street entrance to City Hall. (On August 24th, he had accepted an invitation from Mayor Edward Kelly to stop in Chicago on August 27-28, 1945, during his visit to the U.S. and Canada.) Next, general de Gaulle and Mayor Kelly are seen in an open car in a motorcade amidst crowds of well-wishers. Enthusiastic spectators run along side their car. Glimpse of a dense crowd of people, including a contingent of sailors in dress whites. Final scene shows General de Gaulle speaking with reporters and photographers near a sign reading "W-G-N." (A Chicago radio station). (World War II period).
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