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French 2nd Armored Division tanks arrive in front of Notre Dame, crowds watch a parade in Paris (WW2)
French 2nd Armored Division tanks in front of Notre Dame de Paris during World War 2 liberation of Paris. Pedestrians walking in front of Notre Dame de Paris (6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France). French 2nd Armored Division tanks, some with names “Chateau Larose” and “Chateau Laffitte”, arrive in front of the Notre Dame. A soldier directs a tank to reverse. A French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tanks “Pte de Vanves”, “Pte Maillot” driving in front of Notre Dame. French soldiers and civilians stand. Rows of tanks parked near civilians. Red Cross truck arrives. Red Cross medics rush with a wheeled bed. Crowds gathered in front of Notre Dame with the Free France banner hanging in front. Civilians and female nurses running. Groups of civilian men marching in three lines along a road. Crowds of French civilians cheering from stone balustrade. A nurse stands on a balustrade to watch a parade. A French woman smokes a rolled cigar while sitting on a balustrade with crowds. A man smoking a pipe and a girl stand among the crowd.
People walking and cycling on the Pont Alexandre III bridge after Allied liberation of Paris (WW2)
Various Paris landmarks after liberation of Paris during World War 2. Two French soldiers from the 2nd Armored Division look at the camera from their M4 Sherman tank “Mangin” (September 25 1944). Liberation of Paris on August 25 1944. The French and United States flag flying above Paris. Aerial view of crowds crossing a bridge. Aerial view of people frantically running. French men and women use bicycles and walk on a bridge. French people cycling on Pont Alexandre III bridge (Pont Alexandre III, 75008 Paris, France). View of the Pont Alexandre III bridge and the Eiffel Tower. An artillery gun is placed in front of the Statue of Nantes in the Place de la Concorde. People walking in the Place de la Concorde with fountain in foreground. (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). People crossing the Pont Alexandre III bridge. A damaged metal barricade at bridge with Grand Palais in background. People cycling across Pont Alexandre III bridge. as man takes pictures with camera. A boat “Beaujolais” moored next to the Pont Alexandre III bridge. People on bicycles crossing between bridge abutments on Pont Alexandre III bridge with Les Invalides in background.
Tightrope wedding between two acrobats over La Rochelle harbour in Bordeaux, France
A tightrope wedding in La Rochelle, Bordeaux, France. Two tightrope acrobats, Roland Schmidt and Francine Pary, cross a tight rope fixed in between two ancient towers, the Chain Tower of La Rochelle (Tour de la Chaîne, 17000 La Rochelle, France) and Tour Saint-Nicolas de la Rochelle (Rue de l'Armide, 17000 La Rochelle, France), over the La Rochelle harbour. The bride climbs the stairs of a tower. A friend holds up the bride’s wedding dress. Claude Bejac, a well-known cabaret singer and deputizing for the mayor of the free community of Montmartre, climbs a fireman’s ladder. Crowds gathered to watch the couple cross a tight rope. A man helps the groom hold carry his pole. Groom walks on tight rope. The bride carefully crosses the harbor on tight rope on the other side. The bride and the groom meet in the middle of the tight rope. Bride and groom are perched on the ropes. Claude Bejac officiates the wedding of the tight rope acrobat couple. The mayor officiates the wedding while standing on a fireman’s ladder. Bride and groom getting married over the La Rochelle harbour. Harbor front of La Rochelle covered with crowds watching the tightrope wedding over the harbor. Groom puts wedding ring on bride’s finger, the newlywed couple kiss.
Snowball fight after end of the German occupation in Paris, France (WW2)
French civilians and United States soldiers engage in friendly snowball fights in Paris during World War II. A snowball fight at the Avenue Champs-Élysées. French civilians and American soldiers throw snowballs at each other. Civilians throw snowballs at a United States Army truck outside the Aux Trois-Quartiers department store (23 Bd de la Madeleine, 75001 Paris, France), in front of the La Madeleine church. A uniformed woman throws a snowball and laughs. French civilians throw snowballs at a moving Jeep. A French man chases after a girl while others throw snowballs at him. The French woman struggles playfully from the man. A group of French girls throwing snowballs at each other. A United States soldier holds a camera to record snowball fights in Paris. A United States soldier and a French girl stroll through the snow at the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). The Luxor Obelisk is seen.
United States Army 15th Corp and French soldiers in Strasbourg after Allied liberation (WW2)
A map of Western Europe showing the location of Strasbourg, France in World War II. The Raven Bridge or Pont du Corbeau over the Ill River in Strasbourg. A destroyed apartment with gaping hole in roof from damage. Two Allied soldiers read a Nazi German wall graffiti “Angloamerikaner und Bolschewisten bringen Chaos, Not, Hunger, Anarchie, Arbeitslosigkeit. Der Nationalsozialismus kampft bis zum Endsieg fur Freiheit und Brot unseres Volkes!” (“Anglo-Americans and Bolsheviks bring chaos, misery, hunger, anarchy, unemployment. National Socialism will fight to the final victory for the freedom and bread of our people!” in English). An M4 Sherman tank moves on the street, passing by the Oberlin Buchhandlung or Oberlin Bookstore (19 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 67000 Strasbourg, France) which is presently an LCL Bank building. Soldiers on top of the tank are seen. French troops and United States Army 15th Corp soldiers in Strasbourg after liberation from German forces. Slight damage on Strasbourg Cathedral (Pl. de la Cathédrale, 67000 Strasbourg, France). The Rose window and damaged clock of the Strasbourg Cathedral. Civilian German men, women, and children carry their belongings as they enter temporary prisoner of war stockade at Lycée Fustel-de-Coulanges ( 1 Pl. du Château, 67061 Strasbourg, France. )
Civilians cheer and welcome French and U.S. troops during the Liberation of Paris from Germans.
August 1944, Paris: Parisians along the streets of the city. A convoy of Allied troops and vehicles passes by. Civilians cheer and greet the troops. Men remove road blocks and barricades erected by the Germans. Tanks and military vehicles on the streets. 25 August 1944: A large crowd gathered to greet the French 2nd Armored Division led by General Philippe Leclerc. Soldiers on tanks wave to the crowd as they cheer and welcome the troops. U.S. soldiers and tanks amidst the crowd. The convoy approaches the Eiffel Tower. Girls, women and children kiss the soldiers. Street fighting between the FFI, Allied troops and German soldiers. Soldiers run across the street. Civilians take cover. A man clicks photographs. Germans fire. People take cover. The Allied convoy on the road. Soldiers in the streets fight back. German snipers shoot from a building. Nazi officers and soldiers taken prisoners. They are marched out of the Institute of German, used as their headquarters. Prisoners sweep the street outside Hotel Majestic. Allied soldiers and civilians watch. French and U.S. troops ride past Parisian monuments including the Notre Dame Cathedral, Palace De La Concorde, Champs Elysees, and approach the Arc De Triomphe. Collaborationists are rounded up, hissed at, and man handled. French crowd deals roughly with a female collaborationist: Men paint a woman's face and pull her by the hair. Male collaborationists are also led away. German General Dietrich Von Choltitz, Commander of the Paris region, and his German Garrison surrender. The German soldiers are marched through the streets past. The people of Paris celebrate. Civilians hold banners and read the newspaper headlines as they celebrate and cheer. (World War II period).