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Hitler visits Arc de Triomphe and other Paris, France sites with Albert Speer.
Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler visits Paris, France with architect Albert Speer during World War II. Also joining them is architect Hermann Giessler and sculptor Arno Breker. They travel by car and on foot and visit Eglise de La Madeleine (Pl. de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). French Gendarmes salute the motorcade as it continues down the street. The motorcade circles the Arc de Triomphe. Close up of some damage to the Arc de Triomphe. Motorcade passes The Obelisque at Place de la Concorde. Hitler and Speer visit the Trocadero and view the Eiffel Tower.
General De Gaulle tours city and snipers fire artillery on the crowded streets in Paris,France during World War II.
General De Gaulle visits Paris,France during World War II. Aerial view of the Arc De Triomphe. French General Charles De Gaulle places wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. De Gaulle leads on the procession and tours the city. Notre Dame De Cathedral. Large crowd of civilians gather at the street square. Snipers fire artillery on the crowded streets. Civilians escape and hide beneath vehicles. Buildings in the background. Wounded people are carried on litters to hospitals. Soldiers fire back at snipers. Police capture Germans. Angry civilians beat the Germans as the Police drive them away through streets.
French civilians take cover from German sniper attack along Rue de Rivoli (WW2)
A German and French collaborator sniper attack along Rue de Rivoli in front of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris,( 107 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 ) during the Allied liberation of Paris in World War 2. Crowds scatter to take cover from a sniper fire. United States soldiers with pistols hide behind pillars. French civilians crouching low to hide from sniper. A man stands on stone grille gate near sidewalk. Soldiers hold their rifle in a prone position. A Red Cross truck with a French and British flag parked in the middle of Rue de Rivoli. A wounded French policeman in the crowd. Civilians running across the Rue de Rivoli street. People hide behind carts. Men, women, and cars cross the road to safety. Sniper firing from an upper window of the Louvre. Soldiers and tanks fire at snipers on the Louvre. Crowds dispersing to hide from snipers.
FFI guerrillas leading German prisoners through streets; crowds gathered under the Arc de Triomphe (WW2)
Captured German prisoners of war led through streets by French Forces of the Interior (FFI) guerrillas after the Liberation of Paris during World War II. Civilian onlookers watch the German prisoners marching away. Some hostile French civilians attempt to punch and beat German prisoners. French nuns, civilian women, and a priest clapping in front of a building. French civilians gather under a monument in Paris. M3 half-tracks moving in front of the Arc de Triomphe. A man holding the French flag under the Arc de Triomphe. General Charles de Gaulle walking on the street while escorted by a group of personnel. An M4 Sherman tank moving on a street near Avenue Champs Elysees. Crowds gather to watch military vehicles under the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France).
De Bothezat helicopter being tested during its development at the engineering division of McCook Field in Dayton,Ohio
Shows the rotor blade for the de Bothezat helicopter being tested during its development at the engineering division of McCook Field in Dayton,Ohio. Inventor George de Bothezat was hired by the U.S. Army Air Service in 1921 to produce a helicopter. This footage shows various tests being conducted: First a test of the " plane radical lifting screw ". The rotor is seen moving at high speed and lifting the front of the cart to which it is anchored. Second is a test showing the pitch variation mechanism. Next sequence show U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel J.E. Fechet, Major T.H. Bane, and the inventor of the helicopter George deBothezat discussing with each other. De Bothezat points to the aircraft mechanism as he talks to the officers. De Bothezat and four Army officers sit in the helicopter to test the lift capability. The rotor rotates and lifts the front end of the cart with the 5 men seated in it, absorbing 30 horsepower.
General Charles De Gaulle and Allied troops during the Liberation of Paris (WW2)
First day of the Liberation of Paris in World War II. A war correspondent views the city from atop a hill. View of Paris with Eiffel Tower in the background. View of the Arc De Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). People greet soldiers along the Champs Elysees Avenue. General Charles De Gaulle takes the salute and receives flowers from a little girl. French policemen control the crowd. The General parades down the Champs Elysees Avenue followed by the U.S. troops. Civilians wave to soldiers and cheer. Sudden firing by the forces left behind. Soldiers fire machine guns and artillery at the building. Soldiers on a bridge. Civilians take cover under and behind military vehicles. They crouch and lie flat on the street. General De Gaulle in a car. French policemen drag Germans and other prisoners. The people assault and beat them.
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