A clearing in the woods, Compiegne, France. German Honor Guard at attention, and their band plays. French Government plenipotentiaries, General Charles L.C. Huntzinger,Ambassador Noel, Rear Admiral Maurice R LeLuc, Air Corps General Georges Parisot, and Air Corps General Jean-Marie Joseph Bergeret, accompanied by German Quartermaster General , Lieutenant-General kurt von Tippelskirch, and German Colonel Thomas, walk towards a railroad car. Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering are seated at a table. Following behind their German escorts, General Huntzinger salutes Hitler and the German delegation, with Admiral Le Luc, at his side. View of General Keitel's hands holding document as he reads preamble to the Armistice Agreement. View of three German bombers in flight.
New York Daily News, August 26, 1944, headline reads 'Nazis yield, Paris freed'. United States soldiers carry American flag on a tank into Paris during World War II. Celebrating French population cheer on Allied soldiers after the withdrawal of German forces from the French capital. Aerial view of huge crowd near The Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France).
The Duke of Windsor Prince Edward VIII and his wife Duchess Wallis attend a benefit French festival at Riviera Resort in Cannes, France. A huge crowd seated for the festivities. The crowd watches a new dance 'Lambeth Walk'. Other dances take place. Fire works in the sky.
Children play in Champs de Mars Garden (Quai Branly - Avenue de la Motte Picquet - 75007 Paris) in Paris, France. Several women and children stand in the background. Children dig soil. They carry small bucket. People walk in the garden. Workers dig trenches in Champs de Mars Garden. Eiffel Tower in the background.
A bakery on a street in Paris, France. A sign in French on the bakery reads 'Boulangerie'. A cyclist passes in front of the bakery shop. Pedestrians walk on the paved walkway along the side of the street. Children stand in front of the building. Display window of the bakery shop. Traffic on the street.
A view of Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile in Paris, France. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe. Sandbags around Francois Rude's Marseillaise statues. Workers work near the Arcc de Triomphe.
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