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.
At beginning, and throughout the film, organ music is heard as camera pans from top of a church tower, down across the roof and sides, to the front of a church building in a German occupied town in Southern France, during World War 2. A lone German soldier patrols an empty street in the background. Closeup of the German soldier patrolling. Camera pans over stained glass window inside the church to a German soldier at keyboard playing the church organ. Camera shifts to view of interior balcony and stained glass windows at front of the church. View of soldiers hands on the keyboard as he plays the organ. Interior view of side of the church with pillars above which Gothic arches extend toward the roof. Camera pans down to view from behind the organist, showing him and the full interior of the church in the background, behind him. (The organ is located in a loft at the rear of the church.) Closeup profile of the soldier organist. Camera pans inside, showing damage to roof and then down to large pieces of masonry rubble on the floor. View changes to closeup profile of a German soldier standing outside at the door of the church.
King George V of the United Kingdom and his son, Edward, the Prince of Wales (future Edward VIII), visits the front line in France during World War 1. A valet holds the car door for King George V as he gets out of the vehicle. Edward, the Prince of Wales, arrives by car. French President Raymond Poincaré accompanies King George V during visit to the frontlines to view assembly of the French Army Corps cavalry as they charge in formation.
A naval patrol Zeppelin flying over United States Navy ships sailing the Atlantic Ocean during World War 1. United States battleship at sea. American Expeditionary Forces marching after their arrival in France in June 1917. United States soldiers, also known as “doughboys”, marching with the American flag through a town as French locals watch. A man shakes the hand of a passing soldier. United States troops marching in farmland and forested road.
A railroad train pulled by a steam locomotive arrives at a train station in France during WWI. French soldiers unload crates from the train. A man pours coffee for a soldier. Two French nurses walking on the station platform as other French soldiers unload crates. Man drinks with coffee cup. Two French nurses pacing around. French soldiers put injured patient in stretchers on the train. A Departure (“Départ” in French) sign indicating time of departure is near. Soldiers and nurses move to board the train. French soldiers cross tracks towards waiting train. Train departs from the station.
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