A carton depicting Karl Von Bulow captured by Joseph Joffre after the First Battle of Marne during World War I in France. Picture of Joseph Joffre, French Marshal formed from letters 'Joffre' in an animation. Two soldiers hold captured Karl Von Bulow of Germany and the French Marshal points towards him in the animation. Cartoon depicts French victory in The First Battle of Marne during World War I.
General Patton standing in jeep driving through France, during World War 2. Soldier at side of road salutes. Two pet dogs riding on U.S. military vehicle. U.S. infantry hiking along roadsides. German prisoner with arm in sling escorted by U.S. soldier carrying rifle with fixed bayonet. U.S. infantry taking a break. Destroyed bridge in background. U.S. infantry marching down Champs Elysee with Arc de Triomphe in background, being cheered by enthusiastic French crowds. American honor guard walking along street. (But all spectators looking in opposite direction.) U.S. Lieutenant General Omar Bradley with French General Charles de Gaulle and French officials, saluting. American infantry again on the move in the countryside.
Allied Operation Dragoon during World War 2. Invasion convoy of ships heading to French coast, on August 15, 1944. Three divisions of the United States 7th Army make amphibious landing on the coast, and proceed rapidly into interior of France. U.S. Sherman tanks entering the French city of Lyon on September 3, 1944. Local newspaper headline about the city's liberation . Infantry of the 7th Army moving through destroyed French towns. U.S. infantry and armor (Sherman tanks) fire at German positions in a French village.
German soldiers surrendering to U.S. Army soldiers in France, during World War 2. Destroyed and burning German army vehicles. German prisoners of war being marched, by U.S. guards, past a fallen German soldier at the side of the road. Aerial view of some of 20 thousand German prisoners of war, contained inside an outdoor area. Rows of captured German military vehicles in a field. U.S. troops passing through a town in Belgium, greeted by cheering local crowd. USO show (including Bing Crosby) with singers entertaining U.S. troops during leisure time.
First flight with a passenger on Wright plane in France. News Clip of Wright plane in flight with photograph of Wilbur Wright and a headline as 'carries passenger 36 miles'. Wright and a French journalist sit as passengers on the Wright plane on 03 October 1908. Plane flies over water for 55 minutes and 37 seconds. People watch from the ground.
In France during World War 1, munitions delivered by ship are carried from the steamer's side to the front line, during World War I. Artillery shells are seen stacked in small rail cars at the port.
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