Workers working at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France. Men working on the building. They climb up the building with the help of a staircase. Other buildings in the area. Men remove sandbags from the area.
Demonstrations in Paris, France during World War I. Troops mounted on horses. Civilians gather in streets. Trees in the background. Buildings along the side of the streets.
Allied raid on Dieppe, France during World War II. A Royal Navy warship bombards the coast of Dieppe at night. A ship underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Allied airmen get into an aircraft and take off from an airfield in England. The aircraft in flight over the English Channel. American, British and Canadian troops in landing crafts underway in the English Channel towards the coast of Dieppe. German aircraft in flight. A destroyer ship lays a smoke screen. Naval guns fire at the coast. German aircraft drop bombs and explosions occur at sea. British and U.S. aircraft in flight. Explosions occur at sea. A British aircraft falls in sea. A pilot of the Royal Air Force in water. He comes aboard. Landing crafts at sea. LCTs (Landing Crafts Tanks) go ashore. Aerial view of Dieppe as aircraft bombard the city. British and American soldiers aboard a ship. Wounded soldiers disembark from a ship at a port in England. Allied aircraft return to an air base. A wounded soldier shows a thumbs up sign.
Newsreel on a motorcycle or motorbike race in Tarn France. Several motorcyclists take off during a motorcycle race. The motorcyclists racing on the dirt track. People gathered on both sides of the track standing behind barriers and watching the race. A motorcyclist moving on a small bridge on the course. The motorcyclists racing on the rough and curved roads. The winner reaches the finishing line. The winner is offered a bouquet of flowers by a woman. Other officials standing beside the winner.
Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Cherbourg, France during World War II. General Eisenhower tours camp Old Gold and Camp Lucky Strike as officers follow him. Lieutenant General Ben Lear, in an overcoat, talks to an Army Captain. General Eisenhower and accompanying officers walk, through fog, past trees along camp path. He stops to talk with soldiers. He inspects the interiors of tents, accompanied by an unidentified Major General. General Eisenhower converses with a Colonel, who smiles as he speaks. Eisenhower and party walk on wooden walkways in the camp. A WAC (woman soldier) watches as Eisenhower walks past. He and his escorts descend wooden stairs and stand on pierced steel plank as Lietenant General Ben Lear speaks to Eisenhower. Accompanied by a Captain, General Eisenhower tours a reinforcement and ordance depot. Major General Henry Aurand, accompanies them.
A swimming meet in Toulouse, France. A man stands at a podium near a swimming pool. Swimmers swim across the pool during an event. A female swimmer stands in the pool after winning an event. A Men's event gets underway as participants jump into the pool. Winners pose after the event.
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