The French troops entering the Murat Mansion in Paris. United States President Woodrow Wilson arrive in a horse-drawn carriage. He is accompanied by President of France,Raymond Poincare. They are escorted by the French troops. People awaiting to greet President Wilson during his visit to France for the Paris Peace Conference. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Stairs of the Quai d' Orsay, French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, in Paris, France. President of France Raymond Poincaré leaves Quai d' Orsay (37, Quai d'Orsay - 75007 Paris) after attending the formal opening of the Paris Peace Conference after the end of World War I. A French guard standing on the stairs. President Poincaré boarding his car.
Women carry bales of wool for processing in Mazamet in France. Wool washed in large containers with warm and cold water. Clean wool put in a machine for drying, operated by a woman. Women sort wool from the cleaned bales. Old man wearing beret sits on a stone bridge, and lights pipe. He remembers the time just after the war when France had no money, industry and factories. Machines stand idle, streets with closed shops and houses with closed shutters. Closed banks. Men cutting logs of wood. Other men fishing in river. Afterwards Marshall Plan provided financial aid. People back to work. Factories opened up. Processing of wool taking place.
French Men in Sedan, France stand near shops and businesses near the Meuse River. People stand on the street. Other people walk along the street. Buildings along the streets of Sedan, France. The statue of Turenne in Sedan town square. The main town hall building with letters "R F" on it. Smiling French troops walk by quickly as they return following the World War 1 armistice.
A French soldier walks through bomb craters and devastation in a Battle of the Somme World War I battlefield in France. Wrecked trees in the field. Shell wrecked trenches. View of trenches from above. Ruins of a building and ruins of the bombed out church at Esnes France. Wide shot of barren landscape scarred and devastated by bombing and battle of World War I.
Anti-communist propaganda piece in the 1950s: A Communist parade in Paris, France. Communist demonstrators chant slogans like 'Stop the War in Indo-China', Down with warfare',' Unite with Russia for world peace'. People carry signs and banners reading 'France', 'US Go Home' and many more. A mock attack by a boy on another boy dressed up as an American Military Police. A union of French women with banners reading phony title for a communist front organization. Big replica of Stalin's party line novel. Main body of procession includes parade by Communist-led trade unions. A parade of French military might in an other part of Paris. Thousands of French soldiers armed with rifles march on a tree-lined street. People gather in great numbers to witness the parade. A parade of French military trucks, artillery, and tanks.
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