Allied invasion of southern France during World War II. Accused Male collaborators being arrested for assisting the Germans and taken away by FFI (French Free Forces) men. An old woman kisses men on a street. German prisoners of war, under guard, march past a military truck on a street. They are halted as British soldiers approach carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher.
Allied invasion of southern France during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Forces A-26 Invader aircraft taxis along a field. Propellers of another A-26 rotate and it begins to taxi. Armorers and ground crew work on an A-26 aircraft in a field. Men work on the nose section of the aircraft. A crew member works under the fuselage of the aircraft.
Liberated Frenchmen in France during World War II. Liberated French prisoners walk out of a station. Liberated Frenchmen on trucks. The trucks drive away. Women greet the liberated prisoners. French prisoners pass through a gate towards a transportation.
Floods in Seine river in France. Water spread across an area due to floods in Seine. Houses submerge in flood water. Industrial equipment flooded by the water. A train crosses over a bridge. Boats in water. A car submerges in water. A bridge across the river Seine in Paris. People on the bridge look down at the flooded river.
Adolf Hitler in a meeting with Philippe Petain in Montoire, and then with Francisco Franco in Hendaye France. Soldiers stand in lines. Philippe Petain gets out of a car in Montoire-sur-le-Loir. Pierre Laval beside him. Petain exchanging salutes with German officers. Cameramen take photographs. Petain shakes hands with Adolf Hitler. Scene changes to Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering relaxing and laughing as they ride in Hitler's train car. A sign reads Hendaye, the train's next stop. A bridge in view. A train arrives. 'Espana' written on train. A crowd gathered at the station. Adolf Hitler stands at the station and greets Francisco Franco. Both men walk on the station. Nazi flags hung. They board Hitler's train and pull dark curtain down over window of the meeting room on the train. (Opening slate states 1941, but that is incorrect. This event was October 24, 1940). (World War II period).
A French submarine which captured a German freighter and took it to a Moroccan Port in France. Sailors stand on the submarine. Flags raised on the submarine. The sailors talk to each other. A sailor holds a small sword in hand. Sailors smoke and read documents. Coastline in view. The sailors board a small boat.
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