The Second Aviation Instruction Center in Tours, France during World War I. A wrecked airplane on an airfield. Men standing near the wrecked British Sopwith fighter biplane. Wrecked parts of the airplane and debris.
The Second Aviation Instruction Center in Tours, France during World War I. Firemen respond to a practice alert and arrive with wheel carts. The carts are loaded with hoses and other equipment. The firemen put the hoses in a tanker. They throw water from the hoses.
Sailors on U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Normandy, France, after the D-Day invasion. Sailors on Navy ship fire antiaircraft guns. Troops transfer from ship to landing crafts, including LCI(L)-84 and LCI(L)-94. DUKW amphibious vehicle loaded with troops on land. Barrage Balloon on ground. U.S. Army soldiers standing atop a concrete gun battery bunker that had been used by German forces. (World War II period).
United States soldiers move through surf towards the beach in Normandy, France as they disembark from a Landing Craft Utility (LCU). Another LCU with its ramp down is seen. A landing craft moves towards the beach. (World War II period).
Vincent Auriol is elected as the new President in Paris, France. All political leaders arrive in Paris to join the new cabinet under Vincent Auriol, the newly elected President of the Republic. A statue of a man riding a horse in the background. The names of the Presidential candidates are in envelopes. Views of Auriol. A ceremony held when Auriol is informed of his majority. Paul Ramadier is named the Premier of the new coalition government.
Scenes in Paris during the liberation of France at the time of World War II. French civilians gathered for a trial of women collaborationists. The accused women stand in front of a table outside a building, with other people seated at the table on the other side. Several people gathered around watch the women being questioned. People talking during the trial. One of the woman's hair being cut by a man in the porch of the building. Women with the shaved heads walk down the steps of the building. The women walk in a line. People gathered on either side of a path. The women in a truck are driven along streets. A crowd jeers at them. Several people gathered on the streets look at the women.
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