German prisoners of war in Loriol, France under American guard. Two French female collaborators in a United States military jeep lead the procession of German prisoners in Loriol, France in World War 2. U.S. Military police herd the POW group along a small mountain road.
German equipment in Loriol, France during World War II. Wrecked German equipment along the road in Loriol, France as a result of Allied aerial and artillery strafing. Men load boxes onto a cart. A dead German soldier loaded onto a truck. Trucks and jeeps move past wrecked equipment.
Liberation of France from German troops during World War II. Arc de Triomphe. French General Charles de Gaulle arrives as people cheer him. People celebrate the liberation of France as well as Paris. Allied soldiers loaded on tanks and trucks move past a jubilant crowd. General de Gaulle marches with other dignitaries. People wave at him. General's motorcade passes as people wave and cheer.
United States Engineers locate German mines in Emile, France during World War II. A tank retriever tows a damaged United States M5A1 light tank near Emilie, France. A soldier pulls a rope. A soldier lying on the ground gets up.
Generalfieldmarschall Erwin Rommel, with entourage of senior German military officers, inspects German defenses on the coast of France (so-called "Atlantic Wall"). They tour heavy gun emplacements and shore obstacles. During the tour, they view a large bunker, camouflaged to look like a barn, from the air. Sliding doors are opened revealing a railroad gun. This is a 28cm K5 railway gun of battery E712, at Pointe aux Oies, nearBoulogne-sur-mer, France. Gun crew moves it out, partway on the rails, and raises the barrel to a high elevation. Views of rotating gun turrets; more railway guns, and a 60cm railway mortar called "Thor."
During liberation of France in World War 2: As General Charles De Gaulle reaches the Hotel DeVille in Paris, France, snipers begin firing from the rooftops. The crowd takes cover as the soldiers return tank fire aimed at the snipers. A motorcade arrives on the road. A motorcycle in the front followed by two motor vehicles. People on either side of the road. People on the buildings on the side of the road. General Charles De Gaulle with other officers. The crowd on the side of the road takes cover as the soldiers with guns fire at snipers. Several soldiers and officers in uniform on the road. Men and women on the roadside watch. Few men and women go outside through the entrance gate. Armed men at the entrance gate. Soldiers on the road. A woman with a French flag. Motorcycles on the road. Officers and soldiers watch. Stains of blood on the road. (World War II period).
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