German troops invade France during World War II. A German soldier sleeps in a room. Several British Expeditionary Force soldiers with arms raised, are marched into and through a building, followed by large numbers of French prisoners, all under German guard. The Allied prisoners are marched by German troops across a town square. Allied prisoners being marched along a road in wooded area. A German Pz.II tank stationed at the side of the road.
French citizens use every means at their disposal to evacuate a city ahead of German invasion. A man with a baby in a seat on his back, walking with his wife who pushes a baby carriage with belongings loaded on it. Another man and woman using baby carriages to carry children and belongings. Horses and wagons being used to carry evacuees. A horse-drawn milk wagon, with a completely destroyed rear tire, but still moving. Milk wagons carrying people. Automobiles overloaded with people and belongings. All manner of horse-drawn vehicles, automobiles, buses and trucks being used by evacuees. A woman using a wheelbarrow walking with another pushing a baby carriage. Numerous bicycles laden with belongings. A car pulling another car by a chain. (Adjacent clips from same reel are in Hauts-de-France region. This clip is likely in that region)
Invasion of France by Germany during World War II. French prisoners of war use plywood on roadway of a railroad bridge to facilitate automobile and pedestrian traffic. A woman appears to be a supervisor, of sorts. She speaks to workmen and then motions for a woman with a bicycle, to follow her. French soldier and policeman wearing white armbands, appear to be monitoring the prisoners and their work. A motorcycle carrying two German soldiers drives past the work area. A man and two French women with bicycles along with some French children, pass by the work area. German tanks and trucks roll into a French town, as local citizens watch from sidewalks. German troops set up in a town square, where they clean weapons and eat lunch.
German troops battle French during World War II Battle of France. German troops advance into areas abandoned by retreating French forces. They probe abandoned trenches and fortifications. German troops rush to prepare their blimp airship for launch. Troops handle airship lines. Crew members prepare to board the airship. The airship in flight, above.
A town in the French Alps, possibly Chamonix, France. A man stands next to a car parked on a platform at edge of a river. River and mountain in the background. Two women tourists walk with a glacier behind them. A columned building is in foreground. Next scene shows a group of mountaineers or boy scouts and possibly guides with packs heading out on a hike or mountaineering trip in the Alps. Views of mountains and valleys. Women walk through forest. Farmer using horses to harvest grain in a field. (Amateur home movie.)
American officers aboard a cruiser in France during World War II. Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces General Dwight Eisenhower, Chief of Staff of the United States Army George Marshal, U.S. Army Air Force General Henry Arnold and U.S. Fleet Admiral Ernest King on bridge of cruiser. Generals in dukw (six wheel drive amphibious truck). U.S. troops and jeeps along road. General Eisenhower and General Arnold get into a jeep. Jeep passes through damaged French village
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