A Polish boat arrives at French port during the World War II in France. Boat at the harbor. Men work on the harbor inspect goods. 'Hamburg' written on a sack. Men aboard ship. A crane lifts the goods. Men lift slabs. A Polish flag on the ship. Boxes piled up. Sailors pass a pile of boxes. Workers carry the load. Ships at harbor. Men hold a flag on the boat.
French war ships escort a convoy of French Merchant ships to France. High waves in water. French flag raised on a ship. The bow of a ship. Waves splash the bow. Naval guns in view. Men look through a pair of binoculars. Smoke rises up from smokestack of ships. A United States boat in view. The vessels cross each other.
French anti-aircraft guns in action in France. A plane in flight. French soldiers put the guns in place. Soldiers operate the anti-aircraft guns. A railroad gun in view. French soldiers stand on artillery. (World War II period).
French refugees leave France. Two refugees move along a field with their belongings in a hand cart. Several men move in a group. A family travels in a van. A French child sleeps while traveling. A French woman weeps. A woman carried on a stretcher.
British Army officer leads British Cabinet officials on tour of the wartime front in France, during December, 1939, in the so-called "Phoney War" at outset of world War 2. A British Naval officer accompanies them. The weather is foggy. Next, a closeup reveals that among the officials is British foreign minister, Lord Halifax (Viscount Halifax). The group converses as they are escorted about the British Expeditionary Force areas of operation. Momentary glimpse of General Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Commander of II Corps in the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Views of extensive fortified trenches, and a sign reading: "Canadian Front Line, 1917." Change of scene shows contingent of Canadian troops marching in a town. Their commanding officer salutes as they pass. Standing with him, is a French officer in battle helmet. Local French civlians watch the troops on parade. More soldiers march past in background, behind the French spectators. Scene shifts again, to the civilian officials being escorted on tour of the area. Camera focuses on the Canadian War Memorial, at Vimy Ridge, and then pans to the touring group arriving there.
Camera focuses on destroyed buildings in aftermath of German bombing during the Battle of France in World war 2. School boys rummage through a stack of debris. Smoke rises from a smashed automobile at a roadside. Local people beginning to evacuate, hauling their belongings in horse-drawn wagon. Closeup of a damaged trolley track, in center of city street. Smoke rising at end of street and towers of a church or Government building seen in background. Firemen direct water from a hose at a burning building. Camera pans over smoke rising from rubble and shows fire burning the interior of a building. More views of destroyed and burning buildings
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