Soldiers preparing to send msssages back to headquarters by Carrier Pigeon Service, from trenches of the the 167th Infantry Regiment (42nd Infantry,Rainbow Division) in World War 1. A soldier carefully removes a pigeon that had been secured in a wicker basket. Another pigeon is also seen. He attaches a message to the pigeon, as a companion holds it. Next scene shows 167th Infantry troops in their trench. The Pigeon Service soldier releases two pigeons above the top of the trench, and they fly away.
Arrival of the American delegation at the Brest Harbour in France for the Paris Peace Conference. Commander of the Atlantic fleet, United States, Admiral Henry Braid Wilson , and other members seen on the ship. Chief of U.S. Naval Operations Admiral William S. Benson seen with French minister of Marine George Leygues and his wife. President Woodrow Wilson acknowledging the salute of the convoy of warships employed to escort the USS George Washington at the Brest Harour in France. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Charles Lindbergh reaches Paris, France after his trans-Atlantic flight. A large crowd awaits his arrival at Paris Le Bourget Airport (Aéroport Paris-Le Bourget 93350 Le Bourget FRANCE). Men, women, and children throng the airport at night. The crowd tears through the barriers to get a glimpse of Lindbergh. Lindbergh and United States Ambassador to France Myron Herrick greet the crowd from a balcony at the Airport. The United States flag atop the United States Embassy. Lindbergh and Herrick on a balcony. Lindbergh waves to the cheering crowd below.
Landmarks in Paris, France. Traffic near the Arc De Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in Avenue Champs-Élysées. People cross the street. Woman stands at a square. Street sign points to the direction of Rue Montrosier and Rue Charles Laffitte at Neuilly-sur-Seine. Traffic police officer helps her to cross the street. A woman and a man stand at Tuileries Garden (Pl. de la Concorde, 75001 Paris, France) and another man takes their picture with a camera. Sculpture in the background.
A group of German army troops seem marching casually at Champ de Mars, Paris, during 1940, in World War 2. Sounds of a fife and drum corps are heard in background. The Eiffel tower looms in the background. Some soldiers are on bicycles. View shifts to a nearly empty Champs Elysees, with Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in the distance. German military vehicles move along the edge of the road. Camera moves closer to the Arc de Triomphe. Suddenly the scene shifts back a year, to the 1939 Bastille Day parade, in Paris. It shows British Grenadiers in uniform with bearskin hats, parading on the Champs Elysees, along with French Colonial Senegalese Riflemen wearing the Fez. Also seen are French Sailors, and infantry. Then, from a high point overlooking the parade, vehicles are seen pulling artillery. Back at street level, French 2-man Renault UE Chenillette tankettes are seen in formation. They are followed by a formation of Panhard AMD armored cars. Scene reverts to the present (1940) with German occupation troops marching past the Arc de Triomphe. As the German troops pass, German Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Fedor von Bock, Commander of Army Group B, is seen briefly saluting, as he reviews the troops from the sidelines. Another General stands with him. Spectators and column of German troops seen from Eiffel Tower. A German officer on horseback, leading his troops. Marshal von Bock, saluting. Various closeups of parading troops. View from an aircraft flying over the city of Paris, with Arc de Triomphe near center of the view. German troops towing artillery and caissons by teams of horses. Glimpse of the Arc de Triomphe, and Eiffel Tower. Horse-drawn wagons, carrying German troops and towing field artillery at the Place de la Concorde. The French Naval Department building (Hôtel de la Marine, 2 Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France) seen behind them. Parisians watching solemnly from sidewalks. German sentries posted at the Hôtel des Invalides. (Les Invalides, 129 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France). French policemen giving directions to a German soldier, holding a map. German troops moving along the side of a commercial district street. Two French women smiling as the camera focuses on them. German soldiers marching cheerfully, along a French country road with a chorus heard singing in the background.
A U.S. delegation visits Normandy, France, 25 years after the Allied invasion of France during World War II. Soldiers and Honor Guard lined up. Military band plays. A cameraman records as a correspondent speaks. Children carrying American flags lined up along a path. Military officers seated in chairs. Civilians stand behind barricades. French officers at the ceremony. A helicopter in flight. A French Breton woman wearing a traditional hat of the Concarneau region. American officials including General Omar Bradley and his wife, along with General J. Lawton Collins. U.S. Ambassador to France Robert Sargent Shriver is also seen. Close views of General Bradley and General Collins seated side by side. British and American flags raised at the ceremony. A sign on a memorial reads 'In memory of our dead 1st Engineer Special Brigade'. A French flag raised. British, American, French and Canadian flags near the memorial at Utah Beach in Normandy. Military Honor guards standing at attention. Two U.S. Army soldiers in a small tank vehicle near the officials. The turret revolves. General Collins assists a soldier in lighting a flame torch. The soldier gets onto the tank. General Collins places flowers at the memorial.
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