People travel on boats in flooded streets of Charenton, France. Men row boats on streets using oars, and help each other. Equipment submerged.
German troops awarded medals in Paris, during World War 2. Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in Place de L'Etoile, Paris. German soldiers salute Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Crowd lined up. German troops receiving medals. Troops giving salute after receiving medals. View of Avenue Champs-Élysées. Troops parade along Avenue. Arc de Triomphe in the background. Troops pass in review before reviewing German officer, Lieutenant General Kurt von Briesen. Briesen on horseback. Band plays. Horse drawn artillery pieces on Avenue Foch. Bugle corps on horses.
Smoke arises over Dunkirk harbor, France, from a ship on fire. Clouds of smoke in the sky. Troops are rescued from the ship and embark in small boats, drawn alongside the listing ship. Men rest aboard boat being towed by a tugboat, across the English Channel. Allied forces leaving Dunkirk shore aboard small boats and wading out to a British fishing boat, which is equipped with a deck gun. Evacuation troops boarding the boat. One man climbs over the railing without his pants.. Safely evacuated troops are cheerful,at rail road station. Men sleeping on deck of a ship. Evacuees climb gangway to a ship, most without any shoes. Evacuees on shore, and in train, in England. British troops loading food and drink through train window. Disheveled evacuees smile from train windows.
A religious ceremony held at Paris synagogue in Paris, France. The ceremony is held in memory of the Polish men who died in war. Rabbi Joseph Sachs, Polish Premier General Sikorsky, Ambassador Jules Lukasiewicz and staff of Embassy attend the service. Robert Philippe Gustave de Rothschild (President of Paris Jewish Consistory) and Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild also known as Baron Édouard de Rothschild (President of Central Jewish Consistory) attend the service. Men come out of the synagogue after the ceremony is over. Polish President Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz talks to General Sikorsky. (World War 2 period).
The basement of the Third Arrondissement Town Hall (2 Rue Eugène Spuller, 75003 Paris, France) in Paris, location of the Civil Defense Center during World War II. A team of Civil Defense workers practice their plans for dealing with possible gas attack. Team members, wearing gas masks, gas proof hoods, suits, boots and gloves, enter and exit the shelter with stretchers. Doctors who are part of the response team go through the motions of treating persons posing as victims. Extra apparatus is seen in the basement center that produces electricity and ventilates the shelter in an emergency. View of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
French General Charles De Gaulle and other French officers in Marseilles, France during World War II. General Charles De Gaulle and other officers arrive in Marseilles. Officers salute the General. A man takes pictures. Other officers behind the General. A crowd gathered on the side of the path look on. General De Gaulle salutes. Officers with the General also salute. Trees and building in view. General De Gaulle inspects the French sailors holding rifles standing in a line. General De Gaulle walks with the other officers on a path in front of a building.
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