Soldiers in front of the Presidential motorcade in Paris, France. President John F Kennedy with French President Charles De Gaulle in a car. President Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy with other dignitaries. President Kennedy addresses an audience, including Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Ambassador Herve Alphand, Ambassador Sonnet, Ambassador James M. Gavin, and Mr. Redmond at Palais Chaillot (1 Pl. du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, 75016 Paris, France). “Mr. Secretary of State, Ambassador Alphand, Ambassador Sonnet, Ambassador Gavin, M. Redmond, ladies and gentlemen: I do not think it altogether inappropriate to introduce myself to this audience. I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.” President Kennedy said during the introduction of his speech.
Highway sign reads M 16, Dunkerque. German Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers fly low and drop bombs. Offshore, a flotilla of warships and civilian ships and boats approaches. British spitfire fighters engage German warplanes. Gun camera footage of dogfights. Allied troops boarding boats while being bombed. Rescued French and British soldiers on decks of ships. View of destruction at the Dunkirk shore. Rescued troops disembarking in England. Prime Minister Winston Churchill reviews group of ordinary British citizens who participated in the evacuation and shakes hands with naval officers. Generals of the French High Command expressing dismay. Map shows battlefront. Parisians getting newspapers and French parents and families evacuate French children South for safety. Women are seen kissing their children goodbye as they load onto buses to be evacuated to safety. Anguished women wave as their children depart. Change of scene to sandbagged French defensive positions in Paris. American intelligence officer, using animated map,describes German sweep of France. Benito Mussolini with son-in-law, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count Galeazzo Ciano. Italian motorcycle troops and infantry enter France. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt condemning the Italian action. Mussolini accompanied by Italian officers, struts along a street as Italian troops watch from sidewalk. He reviews a contingent of youth in uniforms that look like Alpini.
United States President Woodrow Wilson in Paris, France. Horse-drawn carriage passes by road and crowd lined up walks along side. President Wilson, Robert Lansing, General Pershing, and Henry White on horse-drawn carriages pass on the streets of Paris. Troops on horseback and Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in background. A large crowd gathered at the Avenue Champs-Élysées. American flags on some of the buildings. Aerial views of early 20th century Paris from aircraft overhead during the parade, showing parade moving by on parade route, and some buildings of Paris. Ground level views of troops on horseback followed by horse-drawn carriages and procession of cars. American Red Cross men saluting.
President Woodrow Wilson and other American VIPs visiting Place de la Concorde (75008 Paris, France). Large crowd assembled at Concorde square, the Rue Royale and Church of Sainte-Marie Madeleine (Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). President Wilson and procession of horse-drawn carriage and cars pass through bridge and come toward Place de la Concorde. A large crowd at Place de la Concorde and fountain. Procession moves on road.
Train arrives at railroad station in Paris, France. French President Raymond Poincaré, Foreign Minister Stephen Pichon, Robert Lansing, United States Ambassador to France Ambassador William Graves Sharp, and Gen. Pierre Berdoulat greet United States President Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Edith Wilson. VIPs get into the car and leave.
Buildings and streets of Versailles in France after World War I. Preparations prior to presentation of Treaty of Versailles terms at Trianon Palace Hotel (1 Bd de la Reine, 78000 Versailles, France). Cars at the gate of the hotel and crowd assembled outside hotel.
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