A huge seal is a featured attraction at a zoo in France. The caretaker carrying a bucket of fish from which he feeds the seal. Crowd enjoys watching the seal at feeding time. Seal slides into pond and enjoys a swim. Underwater view of seal.
Women jockeys race in Prix Des Amazons after France lifts ban on female jockeys. Cameramen take photographs as the women jockeys weigh in before the race. A huge crowd gathers in the spectator area to watch the horse race. The women riders get ready to participate in the race. Crowd cheers the participants.
A tank battle between United States and German tanks in France during World War II. Several U.S. Sherman tanks advance on a road. German Panther tanks advance on a nearly parallel road that eventually merges and tank battle ensues at the road junction. Wrecked early-war French and British tanks are seen. Mountains in the background. U. S. infantry move through woods behind Sherman flamethrower tank. Several German soldiers surrender to U.S. troops. Sherman tanks move through woods. A sherman dozer tank knocks down a tree. American Sherman tanks moving through a town or city as troops fan out.
A newly devised non-skid tire is shown in France, 1934. The tire is shown up close and a machine is seen cutting grooves in the tire to aid with traction in all weather conditions. The non-skid tires tested on wet streets. Traffic on the streets. A woman is seen pushing a baby pram in front of a moving vehicle on rainy, wet streets. The car with older tires skids in the rain and hits the woman and baby carriage. Narrator indicates that it was a fatal accident.
German-occupied France. Officers gathered in a hall. Nazi flags on the walls. LVF (Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism ) sign in the background. Flags in the hall. A ceremony takes place. A speaker on the stage. Women volunteers in view.
American troops welcomed in village, by Nuns and children, and in Paris, France, in August, 1944 during liberation of Paris. December 16, 1944, German counterattack causes American casualties. Dead and wounded shown being picked up on stretchers. American troops advancing across fields.Tanks and burning buildings. Americans fight in streets of town and from trenches, with snow on ground. Chaplain prays over body of fallen American soldier. More views of U.S. wounded on stretchers. German officers led by General Manteuffel planning actions. German home front civilian guards (Volkssturm national militia) seen on parade. German Tiger II tanks of s.Pz.Abt.503 parade in a training area. German SS troops advance during the Battle of the Bulge. German "buzz bomb" shown in flight. Smoke rises from buzz bomb strike on town. (World War II period).
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