The SNCASE S.E.5000 Baroudeur, a new French jet aircraft, lacking conventional landing gear, is launched from a special mobile platform, at an airfield in France. The jet takes off, leaving the mobile launch platform rolling along the runway. A drag chute deploys to brake the launch platform. Aerial views of the jet in flight.
Contestant dressed in swimsuits walk on a stage during the Miss Europe Contest in France. Dannielle Genot of Paris wins the title.
Newsreel from 1942 shows 1918 World War I footage of a review of troops in France by Chief of Staff (and subsequently Brigadier General) Douglas MacArthur along with General John J. Pershing, head of the United States' National Army. Some French officers are also visible in the gathering. The military officers watch as U.S. Army troops, presumably of MacArthur's 42nd "Rainbow" Division march. Pershing and MacArthur review the troops along with other senior military officers. Pershing and MacArthur shake hands. Military automobiles on a dirt road near the men.
Quiet rural scenes in France. Clouds gather over a windmill used to grind grain into flour. Bells toll in a church tower. A priest walks past a Crucifix on a stone wall, outdoors. Bells toll in various churches. A thatch-roofed house near a stream. Pets move around the outside of the house. Hens on the path. A farm woman near a cow, leading the cow to drink from a canal. A water wheel in motion. A castle with a bridge over an adjacent stream.
End of World War II in Europe. A map shows Atlantic coast of France. American and German officers facilitate the repatriation of their soldiers at port of Dunkirk. Red Cross workers exchange papers with officers. Officers and soldiers in a boat. The soldiers stand in a group and talk. They stand at a road side. They happily board boats to take them home. German military high command consult and broadcast to the people of Germany about actions being taken to return their troops to their homeland of Germany.
The retreat of the Germans after the Battle of Arras in France during World War I. Dead German soldiers on a field. Soldiers search for dead bodies in the rubble. Officers and soldiers pay homage to the dead soldiers. Graves of the soldiers.
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