French President Charles de Gaulle visits Montreal, Canada. A large crowd gathers on the streets. The French President Charles de Gaulle gives a speech including the 'Free Quebec' slogan of French-Canadian separatists. The Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson speaks against the French President. A demonstration by the crowd. Policemen arrest a few demonstrators. President Charles de Gaulle returns to France. Cars passing on the street. People crowd on the streets in large number.
British King George VI in Tunisia, Africa during World War II. King George VI wearing a navy uniform gets out from a car. He speaks with United States Navy officers. He enters a Royal Navy canteen. They walk out of the canteen with United States Admiral Cunningham. U.S. sailors stand guard at the canteen door. King George speaks with the officers and shakes hands with them. The naval officers salute. A French committee in Algeria, Africa. The French committee along with French General George Catroux, General Charles De Gaulle stand on the stairs of a building. The committee members standing in the background. General De Gaulle speaks with French General Henri Giraud. General George Catroux and General Henri Giraud enter a car and drive off. General Charles De Gaulle descends stairs and gets into a car. The French flag flutters on a pole.
French General Charles De Gaulle in Africa during World War II. General De Gaulle and French General Henry Giraud converse with each other. Charles De Gaulle shakes hands with French officers and reviews United States troops. General Giraud decorates and honors United States Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The assemblage salutes the American flag. U.S. troops march with the American flag in hand. A number of ships at sea and some ships docked at a harbor. Anti aircraft guns on the ships. U.S. troops unload an invasion barge via roller belts and stack supplies. An aerial view of African coastline. United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. An aerial view of targets on the ground.
French General Charles De Gaulle in Paris, France after the Liberation of Paris during World War II. General De Gaulle and an aide approach the Eternal Light and place a wreath next to it. The Arc de Triomphe in the background. The General speaks to the crowd. People on the streets cheer. The crowd gathered at Champs Elysees with a Piper Cub airplane flying overhead. People hold banners that read 'Liberation'.
Scenes shot in 1942 and 1943 from inside German occupied Paris, France during World War II. German officers and civilians at the Longchamps racetrack in Paris, France. Horses run on a dirt track. German troops at the Eternal Light for the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the Arc de Triomphe. A German Panther tank captured by the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) in 1944. French collaborator Ferdinand De Brinon speaks into a microphone. German officers listen carefully. Collaborators Marcel Deat, and Laval's son in law, Comte Rene de Chambrun also seen. French Regimental flag held by French collaborator militia. A crowd outside Notre Dame Cathedral. French Marshal Philippe Petain arrives in a car. French collaborationist troops stand at attention. Ceremony for the Legion against the Soviet Russia shows assemblage and German Swastikas on a wall.
French General Charles Andre Joseph Marie De Gaulle speaks and people gather around him after the speech in Paris, France. Officials in a conference hall. A man in a black suit walks out of a building. A crowd gathers outside the building. Some are beaten with clubs by police. Officials at a platform address the crowd gathered. The crowd cheers and waves hands. General Charles De Gaulle walks with officials. The French flag flies at the podium. General de Gaulle addresses the assembled.
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