General John Joseph Pershing in Paris, France. He lays a Congressional Medal of Honor on grave of the Unknown Soldier of France at the Arc de Trimophe. Men lined up in the background. Close view of Medal of Honor on grave of French unknown soldier. American soldiers march through Paris in tribute. Crowd lined up on roadside.
Trial of Philippe Petain at Palace of Justice (10 Bd du Palais, 75001 Paris, France) in Paris, France. Petain's advocate Fernand Payen speaks. Spectators seated in the Courtroom. Advocate Mornett assails Philippe Petain. Prosecution witnesses Paul Renaud, Louis Moran, Albert Lebrun, and Michel Clemenceau in the Courtroom. Newspaper men report by phone to their newspaper office. Two girls on a telephone switch board. A newspaper journalist or reporter writes and types his report of the events on teleprinter and typewriter. The United States war correspondents.
German Army fights with the Allied infantry and tanks on the Western Front in France and England, during the summer of 1944 in World War 2. Animated maps show English and French invasion coastlines. During Battle of Caen, German soldiers load ammunition on a camouflaged truck. The truck driven on roads. A German soldier on truck observes American bombers in sky overhead. Truck parks to the side and German antiaircraft guns fired. Night view from ground of bombs being dropped and buildings burning in the distance in Caen, France. German military trucks move at night on roads passing by burning fires. View from inside cabs of moving German vehicles. Daytime view of heavily bombed and destroyed city of Caen with ruins of houses and shops; German infantry walk through the streets of the destroyed and empty city. German soldiers fully loaded with their weapons ready for a battle. Close views of their faces with determined expressions. German tanks, armored vehicles, and infantry move on roads. Among them are two Borgward IV remote-controlled demolition vehicles (Schwerer Ladungsträger Borgward B IV, or heavy explosive carrier Borgward B IV) each driven by one man. Soldiers of German Army observe approach of U.S. Army forces. A German soldier arranges shells for artillery to fire as they fire on Allied positions. Wehrmacht infantry soldiers advance cautiously along roads. German soldiers take cover and prepare to attack as American tanks pass through a village. German soldiers fire on U.S. Army tanks. German soldiers direct an unmanned, remote-controlled small armored vehicle laden with explosives across a field and detonate it near U.S. Army vehicles (it is known as a Goliath Tracked Mine, or Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath (Sd.Kfz. 302/303a/303b); also known as a "beetle tank" to Allied forces, or a German robot tank). Large explosion as the remote-controlled demolition vehicle is detonated. Dead U.S. Army soldier along a road side, and injured German soldiers are aided by other German soldier
Royal Air Force Blenheim bombers strike the Goodrich tire factory in Paris, France during World War II. RAF bombers in flight and bombs being dropped over the Goodrich tire factory in Paris, France. Billows of smoke rise up after the explosion. A reconnaissance aircraft being worked at and a movie camera being loaded aboard it. Aircraft in flight. Aerial views of the damage caused after the RAF bombing of the factory. Damaged Goodrich tire factory. Pictures before and after the bombings depict the amount of damage caused. Another big building damaged by the bombings. Damage caused to the surrounding buildings. Wrecked Goodrich factory. Bomb crater at th factory.
V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) celebrations in Paris, France at the end of World War II. Eternal light under Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). The Tomb of Unknown Soldier decorated with flowers and civilians pay respect. Parisians applaud. Floral piece of French insignia carried by two British soldiers. Ceremonies around the Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Loudspeakers being used in ceremony. U.S. P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft dives and goes in a Victory Roll.
The city of Paris, France during liberation from German occupation during World War II. Road signs read 'Cherbourg S. Germain' and 'ZUR Normandie FRONT'. A man appears in a window of a building and sets up the French flag. French people look at a poster informing them that the Parisian Committe of Liberation, formerly the Committee of National Resistance, proclaims the formation of a Provisional Government of the Republic of France. The Hotel de Ville. Resistance fighters (now French Forces of the Interior--FFI) position a piece of field artillery on the sidewalk. FFI fighters occupy buildings and fire rifles from the windows. Notre Dame de Paris in the background. Medical personnel carry a wounded fighter on a stretcher. One woman on the team carrys a red cross flag. Onlookers watch a burning German beute FT17 tank on the street. FFI men fire guns. Medical Red Cross team runs to shelter. Several dead German soldiers and civilians on the street. Red Cross team comes to the aid of wounded men. German prisoners being led along the street.
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