U.S. tanks and infantry advance in France during World War II. People in a balcony hold the French and the United States flags. An official in the balcony speaks to the crowd assembled below. Troops enter Mayenne. Civilians cheer the troops passing in truck. The troops march across debris of houses and buildings. A sign board reads ' Boulevard Du Marechal Petain'. The troops march along a road as they cross Mayenne. A United States truck drives past the soldiers. The troops in military cars drive past a Christian cross. Tanks and infantry move past a Renault factory. They enter Laval. Infantrymen fire at the Germans across a river in Laval.
French General Charles De Gaulle arrives for his speech in Paris, France during liberation of Paris. A French flag on Eiffel Tower. Smoke rises in a distance. Smoke rises from the shell hit in the distance. A French flag on a building. People gather outside Notre Dame de Paris. Military cars in procession. General Charles De Gaulle arrives by car. Crowds cheers on his arrival. German snipers open fire. Crowds in street scatter and take over. Crowds sit and hide themselves on the roadside. Military tanks moves on the street. A soldier is injured and carried on a stretcher. A doctor treats the soldier's leg wound. Smoke rises in the distance. Military tanks move along the roadside. Soldier watches the tank move from behind. Soldiers fire from behind the cars toward the moving tanks. (World War II period).
Execution of spies in Toul, France. Soldiers carry a body covered in white cloth. Military Policemen (MPs) lead a single spy to the execution point. A clergyman in black dress also accompanies the MPs. The spy is taken to the execution point. The face of the spy is covered using a cloth. Firing squad fire the spy from a distance. The body of the spy falls sideways after it is hit. MPs pick up the dead body of spy, covers it with a white cloth and is taken away on a stretcher. The firing squad in position. (World War II period).
Execution of German spies in Toul, France. Military Policemen (MPs) lead a German spy to the execution point. A clergyman in black dress also accompanies the MPs. The spy is taken to the execution point. The face of the spy is covered using a cloth. MPs tie the legs of the spy. The firing squad fires at the spy. The body of the spy falls forward after it is hit. MPs move towards the shot spy with a white cloth along with the clergyman. (World War II period).
Execution of German spy Stephan Kortas in Toul, France during World War 2. A soldier's uniform near a tree. A box lies near the tree. U.S. Military Policemen (MPs) walk across the items. Military Policemen (MPs) bring German spy Stephan Kortas to the execution point. From Poland, Kortas was drafted in the German Army and sent behind American lines posing as a Polish slave laborer, where he was caught by U.S. Army forces. A clergyman offers prayers for Kortas. The face of the spy is covered using a cloth. The MPs tie the legs and hands of the spy. Firing squad fires at Stephan Kortas from a distance. Kortas' body leans forward and falls to the ground. The marks of gun shots on the chest of the German spy. MPs pick up the dead body, cover it with a white sheet and carry it on a stretcher.
Trial of Marshal Henri Petain in Paris, France. Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Petain seated in the courtroom. People seated in the court. Lawyers, guards and civilians move around in the court. Some address the guards. Justices of the court seat themselves. President of the court reads a document. Petain addresses the court and reads from a paper.
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