American and French soldiers return to camp after armistice brings end to fighting in World War I. Soldiers return to camps from the battle field. Soldiers gather and cheer. American and French forces hug and shake hands at the end of the war. U.S. Army troops exchange caps with the French soldiers. Soldiers hold each other in celebration. Soldiers smile and dance together. Soldiers play music and dance at the celebration.
U.S. Army Major General Arthur R. Wilson, Commanding General, Continental Advance Section, and French General of the Army (Général d'armée)Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, seen from rear as they both salute during playing of National Anthem by a French military band at ceremony in World War 2. The Generals review French troops drawn up in formation, presenting arms. Several French officers and an American officer are seen standing against a wall during the proceedings. The marching band passes in review, followed by the troops, as General de Tassigny, along with General Wilson and another American officer, salute. Scene shifts to General Wilson, at attention in front of assembled troops. General de Tassigny proceeds to decorate him with the Legion of Honor and another medal. The troops march away at conclusion of the ceremony.
Four U.S. Army soldiers sitting in a field in Germany. A GI sticks his head out from behind a U.S. weapon carrier wearing a Daniel Boone fur hat as he starts a funny, humor skit mocking Nazi German forces. He marches out from behind the vehicle carrying several guns and Nazi daggers for a Nazi enactment. He stands before the group, comes to attention and gives a Nazi salute. The GI displays the various guns and daggers for the audience. He gives a bottle, a gun, a dagger and the hat to the GIs sitting on the ground. GIs smile and cavort as they celebrate VE Day or Victory in Europe Day in World War II.
Marseilles: View of the French port. British, French and American Naval officers examine German demolition of the port town. Officers survey unfinished U-Boat pens. Toulon: Destroyed German ships in the harbor. Bologne: German coastal guns in ruins. Destroyed artillery. Le Havre: Destroyed buildings and ruins in the town. Unfinished German U-Boat pens. Destroyed artillery. Brest: Destroyed buildings and ruins. German soldiers wave a white flag of surrender on September 18, 1944. U.S, Army Major General. W.M. Robertson , 2nd Infantry Division discusses the surrender with German Colonel E. Pietzonka of the 7th German Parachute Regiment. German soldiers assemble in the main square of the city during the surrender operation.
Germans demolish memorial dedicated to Marshal Ferdinand Foch and the German surrender in 1918. The memorial with Ferdinand Foch's statue at the center. A soldiers stands near an engraved stone on the ground. German soldiers dig with shovels and pickaxes. The memorial and a building there are blown up. Smoke from the explosions.
Life after the Liberation of Paris in World War 2. Art galleries on the sidewalks. People and traffic on the road. People take a look at the paintings on display. A painter works on an easel in the old quarters of Paris. Directional signs on a road in the countryside. Ardennes: The countryside. Houses on hills.
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