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Excerpts from concert. Austrian pianist, Paul Wittgenstein, performs Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto for Left Hand,Paris, France

Excerpts from concert by Paul Wittgenstein, pianist, who lost his right arm during World War I. He plays Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, at Salle Pleyel, Paris, France. Wittgenstein is dressed formally, in white tie, and wears glasses. Camera focuses exclusively upon his hand while playing. View of Baldwin piano.

Date: 1933, January 17
Duration: 6 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041868
Allies advance following the invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II

Film opens showing map of Normandy, France. Next, U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is seen seated in a jeep, conversing with an officer, standing nearby, who makes notes in a pad. Lieutenant General Omar Bradley sits in the back of the jeep, and a Major General stands beside the jeep. Other officers stand around in the background. Eisenhower converses with the Major General. Scene shifts to closeup of Lieutenant General George Patton. U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers fly overhead, part of a two thousand plane bombarding the Saint-Lô area on July 25, 1944. Closeup of a B-24 dropping bombs and views of bombs exploding on the ground. American M4 Sherman tanks and infantrymen advancing after the bombardment. U.S. troops riding atop an M8 Greyhound armored cars and M4 tanks. Animated map shows the extent of U.S. advance from Saint-Lô encompassing the entire Breton Peninsula. Then, it shows American forces swinging North and around to the West, trapping German forces at Falaise. A German Tiger tank, camouflaged in shrubbery, moving along a road, followed by motorcycle, and trucks full of German soldiers retreating from the trap at Falaise. Brief closeups of German soldiers in some of the vehicles. A German FW-190 fighter-bomber seen flying very fast and low toward the camera. An explosion. View of British and Canadian soldiers coordinating in the field, further South of Caen, working to keep German armor surrounded in the area. A battery of British heavy artillery guns firing from camouflaged positions. An American 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 (called M7 Priest by the British) firing from a wooded area. Shells exploding in the distance. German soldiers sheltering from the shelling. Fires burning. Allied jeep driving past knocked out German tanks. A field ambulance leads a long column of German prisoners of war. They march four abreast with hands clasped over their heads. A convoy of Allied heavy duty trucks bringing supplies from beachheads to the front lines. (World War 2; WW II; WW2)

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041993
Funeral procession of American passengers killed due to crash at Nice Airport in France.

Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps. French Honor Guard at funeral rites at Nice Airport, France. Officers salute funeral rites. Colonel Rizon, Commander of the 84th Air Rescue Group headed the rescue mission. Members salute as casket is moved. French Honor Guard stands at attention. Italian motorcycle police. Pall bearers remove caskets from hearses and carry them to C-119. Motorcycle guard stands at attention. Funeral procession. Funeral wreath presented by City of Nice to the American passengers killed in crash. Crew chief closes door of aircraft.

Date: 1954, October
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042031
German headquarters at Soultzeren, France being shelled by United States 35th Division Artillery during World War I.

German headquarters in France during World War 1. Soldiers of United States 35th Division Artillery fire shells at the German headquarters. Close views of doughboys loading artillery shells and firing. High view from a ridge overlooking target and an explosion occurs as shells are fired.

Date: 1918
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042390
A car escapes narrowly during the test of a non skid automobile in Paris, France.

A non skid automobile in Paris, France. A new non skid automobile being tested. The car drives on a sidewalk. Other cars parked along the side of the road in the background. The non skid car drives down a road and a car coming from the opposite direction manages a narrow escape as the non skid car swings from one side of the road to the other.

Date: 1933, January 9
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042744
British air ship R101 crashes killing 48 people in Beauvais, France.

An air ship disaster in Beauvais, France. Damaged steel frame structure of British airship R101 after it crashed in killing 48 people. Men search through the debris as they look for survivors. Caskets carrying the dead being carried away in a cart.

Date: 1930, December 24
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042806