Musee du Louvre in Paris, France. A view of the Louvre Museum (99 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris France). Famous paintings in the museum are brought back on trucks after six years, following the end of World War 2. Trucks loaded with big wooden cases contain the paintings that had been relocated to protect them during the war from damage and prevent theft of the art by Nazi German forces. The cases arrive in one of the Louvre Museum's courts. A sign reads 'Entree Musee'. Cases unloaded and brought into the museum while Garde Mobile (National Guard of France) men watch with machine guns.
Trial of Pierre Laval in Paris, France. Interior of the Courtroom. A huge crowd seated in the Courtroom. Judges sit in the Courtroom. Judge Lliontignbeaux presides the trial. Pierre Laval rises. He speaks and pleads in his defense. Papers on desk with name Pierre Laval. Clerks hand out papers. Former President of the Armistice Commission General Dayan takes oath and speaks. Senate Secretary Charles de la Pommeraye speaks for the prosecution. Former French Ambassador Leon Noel. Courtroom shows the empty seat of the accused. Headline in the newspaper 'Stars and Stripes'. Headline reads 'Laval Guilty-Doomed to Die'.
Trial of Philippe Petain in Paris, France. A street sign reads 'Quai Des Orfevres'. View of automobiles outside the Palace of Justice (10 Bd du Palais, 75001 Paris, France). Men of Guard Mobile march in Palace of Justice. A police van enters the Palace of Justice. Bedroom window of Marshall Petain's room. Courtyard of the Palace of Justice. Judge Mongibaud enters the Palace of Justice. Spectators get their credentials checked before they enter the Palace of Justice. Spectators enter the Palace of Justice to attend the trial of Philippe Petain.
Trial of Philippe Petain in Paris, France. Spectators enter Palace of Justice (Palais de Justice 10 Bd du Palais, 75001 Paris, France) to attend the trial of Philippe Petain. Gendarmes, advocates, and spectators gather in the Courtroom. Members of Court seat themselves at the table. Presiding judge and advocates. Marshal Petain enters and sits in the Courtroom. Marshal Petain reads a paper in his defense.
American Independence Day in Paris, France. Several people at the tomb of Lafayette in Picpus Cemetery. A number of U.S. flags at the tomb of Lafayette in the cemetery. Several tombs at the cemetery. U.S. Ambassador to France Jefferson Caffery and other officials at the tomb of General Lafayette. A wreath being laid at the tomb. 'Lafayette' inscribed on the tombstone. Officials gathered around the tomb. A flag presented by Count de Chambrun to the ambassador. Jefferson Caffery and other officials converse. The ambassador with the flag. Flags at the cemetery. Several tombs in the cemetery enclosed by small fences. People filing out of the cemetery.
A meeting of French officers at Hotel Brenner in Baden-Baden, Germany. A sign on a building. People and vehicles move on the road in front of the building. Views of Hotel Brenner where the officers of the French Commander-in-Chief are. Two soldiers stands guard at entrance of the building. An officer enters the building. French Government in Germany: French officers seated at a conference table. The meeting is presided over by General Marie-Pierre Koenig, French Commander-in-Chief. On his right is Administrator General Emile Laffon, who is in charge of the civilian administration of the French Zone. On his left is his political counselor Jacques Tarbe de Saint -Hardouin. On the left of Saint-Hardouin is Koenig's deputy General Henri Navarre.
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