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French Marshal Philippe Petain tried for treason at the Palais de Justice in Paris, France.

The head of the Vichy Regime Philippe Petain on a trial in Paris, France during World War II. Petain arrives at the Palais de Justice (10 Bd du Palais, 75001 Paris, France). Ex-Premiers of France Edouard Daladier, Paul Reynaud, Leon Blum, and Former President Albert Lebrun arrive to appear against Petain.

Date: 1945, August 2
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061128
French Marshal Petain is found guilty and sentenced to death for treason in Paris, France.

Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain's trial session at the Palais de Justice in Paris, France during World War II. A view of the Palace of Justice (Palais de Justice 10 Bd du Palais, 75001 Paris, France). French General Henri Pétain enters a courtroom. People in the courtroom watch as Petain enters. The judge reads a document. Petain removes his cap and walks. He places his cap on a table and sits in a chair in the courtroom. The Chief Justice enters the courtroom. Spectators stand and welcome him. The trial starts. Petain speaks in his defense. Few spectators write the minutes of the trial. Petain reads a document and speaks. The Chief Justice argues with the defense lawyers. Many officials at the trial session. Petain sits back in his chair as the trial continues. Many French officials speak during the trial session of Petain. Officials including chief witness of the prosecution Paul Reynaud, former Prime Minister of France Edouard Daladier, French politicians Albert Le Brun and Leon Blum, French Military Commander General Maxine Weygand, French radical politician Edouard Herriot, French politician Marcel Paul, French General Maurice Gamelin and French politician Pierre Laval testify against Petain. Petain is sentenced by the Chief Justice after the trial session.

Date: 1945, August 15
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675065380
The investiture ceremonies at the Élysée Palace as Rene Coty is invested as the President of France.

The investiture of French President René Coty in Paris, France. Outgoing President Vincent Auriol and incoming President René Coty arrive at the Élysée Palace. The investiture ceremonies at the Élysée Palace (55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France). People gather in large numbers outside the Élysée Palace. At the Salon des Ambassadeurs of the Élysée Palace, Rene Coty is invested as the 19th President of France. The Insignia of the Grand Master of the Legion of Honour is placed on the neck of President René Coty. Photographers take pictures of the investiture.

Date: 1954, January 18
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076329
Visitors look at signs in a hall of Hotel Carlton in Vichy, France indicating floors on which various ministries are located.

The building of Hotel Le Carlton (26 Rue du Président Wilson, 03200 Vichy, France) in Vichy, France during World War II. Interior of a hall. Visitors gather inside the hall. Signs on boards indicate which floors various ministries have been installed. Men looking at a board. Minister of Marine Admiral Francois Darlan arrives at his office in Hotel du Helder (23 Rue du Parc 03200 Vichy, France).

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077045
U.S. B-24 aircraft drop bombs on Bicy airfield in Orleans, France during World War II.

Allied air attacks against France during World War II. A map of France shows the location of Orleans. Aerial view of bombs being released by U.S. Army 8th Air Forces B-24 Liberator aircraft. The bombs drop and strike Bicy airfield, Orleans, France, on May 23, 1944. Billows of smoke rise from the airfield. Bombs being dropped on revetments. Smoke and fire occur.

Date: 1944, May 23
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077898
French and American soldiers return to Paris, France; civilians cheer them and honor passing of ally U.S. President Roosevelt

French soldiers return to Paris, France towards the end of World War II. Draped British, American, and French flags at Place Vendôme in Paris. Flags with mourning bands on the day of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral. Allied flags on Galeries Lafayette (40 Bd Haussmann, 75009 Paris, France). Crowds at a station and along a street as they wave to buses loaded with American soldiers and repatriated French soldiers. French civilians waving to truckloads of returnees. French soldiers and women workers loaded on a truck as they wave to French civilians. Repatriate French soldiers loaded in trucks as they move past civilians. The civilians gather around a truck loaded with returnees at the Musee d' Orsay (1 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris, France). Soldiers get off a truck and women run towards it to greet them.

Date: 1945, April 14
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078058