A U.S. Army Air Service De Havilland DH-4 airplane taxis away from a make-shift canvas structure, near a railroad train, in France, during World War 1. Aviators occupy both front and rear cockpits. The airplane displays a tricolor roundel on its fuselage. A machine gun is installed in front and bomb racks (empty) are installed under the lower wing. The airplane takes off from large grass field. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British officer speaks with General Charles de Gaulle, while standing in a group of Allied officers and officials, including Winston Churchill, who is smoking a cigar and holding a cane. A light airplane flies overhead, as troops in the field engage in practice maneuvers. Tanks advance in the field and smoke rises from explosions. Churchill poses by a heavy armored vehicle on which his name is painted. He inspects the troops in the field and removes his hat, as the soldiers wave theirs and give three cheers for the Prime Minister. Churchill poses with officers and lights a cigar. (World War II period).
Scenic view of Paris in spring. Traffic on street. Pedestrians cross roads. Arc de Triomphe in the background. Police-men on the Avenue. Marche aux Fleurs flower market in Paris. Girl sells flowers like Lily-of-the-Valley. Crowd on the shop. People buy newspapers from stalls.
A 1940 Packard long body sedan, carrying General Charles de Gaulle, comes up the drive to the White House. A group of U.S. military officers, and civilian officials, standing under an awning, greets him.
French civilians gather outside the Notre Dame Cathedral after the liberation of Paris during World War 2. The Notre Dame de Paris (6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France). People around the building. A few small buildings are seen near the Cathedral. A crowd at the entrance and the area in front of the Cathedral. M4 Sherman tanks move in a line. A tank has the letters ' Franche-Comte' on it. Soldiers on the tanks. People gathered around to welcome the soldiers.
A harbor in Cherbourg, France during World War II. Two vessels anchored to the harbor, one of them the Destroyer Escort USS Donnell (DE-56) recently converted to duty as Electric Power Barge (IX-182) supplying power to shore in Cherbourg from her turbo-electric generator. A smaller ship "32" by her side. A crane in the dock in view. A man on the dock. Flags flying on the two ships. Men step from the USS Donnell to the harbor. Few officers and sailors standing and talking on the USS Donnell aka Electric Power Barge IX-182. View of shore battery anti-aircraft artillery gun beside the dock. Men unloading materials from a truck and a few men at work with a concrete mixer including German prisoners of war under guard. Several seamen beside a board with 'US Navy Boat Landing' written on it. Small boat arrives and a number of U.S. Navy sailors come ashore.
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