Allied prisoners of war (POWs) in Paris during World War 2. Columns of prisoners marched by German guards through the streets of Paris. German guards and soldiers. Civilians look on. German officers lead the prisoners. Prisoners cross buildings. Some German-sympathizer Parisian men and women strike and lash out at the Allied POWs. People click photographs and record films. A line of trucks on the road. Faces of the Allied prisoners. Soldiers walk over tram tracks on the road. Some Parisian men and women shout, jeer at and spit on Allied prisoners. The prisoners massed in a square.
Allied prisoners of war (POWs) in Paris during World War II. German officers and soldiers around the prisoners. Parisians watch as the prisoners are marched by German guards through the city streets. Allied prisoners marched past buildings. Vehicles cross the prisoners on the streets. The prisoners marched through the civilian crowd and past shops and restaurants. A man watches from a convertible. Civilians come closer to view the prisoners, and some civilians who are German-sympathizers lash out at and strike Allied POWs. Faces of Allied prisoners. Civilians take photographs and record films.
Allied prisoners of war (POWs) in Paris during World War 2. Columns of Allied prisoners, including American and British soldiers, being marched by German guards through the streets of Paris. Parisians and Vichy French supporters line the sidewalks and watch silently, except for two isolated instances in which one woman spits at a passing prisoner and another jeers at them. A brief scuffle is also seen among several spectators on the sidewalk. Some prisoners are seen stepping from a tram and entering a building. German guards and French policemen maintain order under supervision of German officers.
Liberation of Paris during World War II. A woman collaborator with shaved head marched through the streets. Men gathered around the woman as they hold her face and show her side face. French civilians cheer and show victory signs.
Two sedans enter the Third United States Army Headquarters gate. General Eisenhower steps from the second car and is greeted by Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley,and Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr. Together, the three generals and a Major General, salute the flag and honor guard. Escorted by an Army Captain, General Eisenhower inspects honor guard of Military Police, third United States Army. Eisenhower and Patton, together, check time on their respective wrist watches.
General Eisenhower talks with General Walton Harris Walker and General George Smith Patton. General Eisenhower pins Major General Star on Brigadier General Raymond Stallings McLain. General Eisenhower, General Omar Nelson Bradley and General Patton have lunch.
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