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French General Requin reviews troops and speaks with journalists at a village in France during World War II.

French General Requin speaks with journalists in France during World War II. French General Requin arrives in a staff car and reviews tank troops in a village in France. The officers standing in front of their tanks wait to receive badges. General Requin with French War Correspondents Joseph Kessel, Emmanuel Bourcier, Edouard Helsey, Maurice Noel, Jacques Boulanger, Academician Jerome Tharaud. A French soldier in a ditch demonstrates the use of double barreled antiaircraft machine gun. General Requin and the journalists look at the machine gun.

Date: 1939, October
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064163
United States Air Force General William H Blanchard greets Duke of Windsor Edward VIII in France during World War II.

Duke of Windsor, Edward VIII, while stationed with British Military Mission to France (British Expeditionary Force) in France during World War II. A band playing. Duke of Windsor arrives in a staff car at the headquarters of United States Air Force General William H Blanchard. General Blanchard greets Major General Edward VIII. A vehicle drives past houses on the road.

Date: 1939, October
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064164
Britain's Duke of Windsor visits French troops in France, at beginning of World War II

During British Expeditionary Force deployments to France, early in World War 2: Opening scene shows French troops lined up in formation on either side of a muddy path at a French military installation. They are presenting arms with their rifles. Walking along the path toward the camera is the Duke of Windsor who maintains a continuous hand salute as he passes the troops. He is escorted by a French Colonel. They turn a corner and continue past more French troops presenting arms. Next, the Duke meets and shakes hands with a group of French soldiers and officers, who stand on a step in front of a building. He exchanges salutes with and shakes hands with some. Change of scene shows the Duke of Windsor stepping from doorway of a building decorated with French and British flags. He is escorted by a French Officer and they pass more French troops presenting arms. Scene shifts to a staff car driving along the street in a French town, where local citizens wave and applaud the occupants. The Duke is next seen outside the car being greeted by France's Army Commander in Chief, General Maurice Gustave Gamelin. Closeups of the two conversing. While General Gamelin walks several feet away, The Duke reviews a contingent of French troops presenting arms. He reaches out to some junior officers and shakes their hands. General Gamelin stands with the Duke of Windsor as he speaks with a soldier outside the ranks. Scene shifts again to the Duke making his way up a steep snowy bank, at the Maginot line, escorted by French officers. At the top of the hill, surrounded by French officers, he looks at a map held by one. Closeup of the Duke studying the map of the Maginot line as General Gamelin looks on.

Date: 1939, December 12
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064170
Military tanks and infantry advance and French civilians cheer and tear down German posters in France.

U.S. tanks and infantry advance in France during World War II. The tanks enter Laval. Military cars drive past along the tanks. Civilians cheer and wave to the troops on the tanks. Soldiers eat while they move along a road on military tanks. The civilians give water to the soldiers. The civilians tear down German posters. Officials fly a flag of the United States, France and Russia from a balcony. Civilians on cycles watch the troops on trucks as they advance. A pet dog with the soldiers on a tank. Military trucks with soldiers advance through Rennes. The soldiers move across a Bailey bridge on a river in Laval.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065389
German soldiers fire at U.S. aircraft, U.S. prisoners are held and German troops counterattack in France during World War II.

German soldiers in France during World War II. A few German soldiers beside artillery aimed at aircraft in the sky. Views of large numbers of American bomber aircraft flying overhead on the way to a daylight bombing raid. Damaged buildings in France. Several U.S. aircraft in flight. Bomb damage in the city. Men walking among the debris. Debris strewn on the ground. American prisoners moving in columns. The prisoners seated in an area. German Waffen-SS General Sepp Dietrich talking with other officers. Waffen-SS troops in tree forest terrain during a counterattack. The German soldiers fire artillery and smoke rises from explosions. View of several German tanks. German infantry advancing through Bayeux and artillery fired at enemy positions. Explosions and smoke rising from the areas. German troops moving on tanks.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675066379
7th U.S. Army soldiers fire at German positions and French civilians greet U.S. troops in France during World War II.

U.S. troops in cities in France during World War II. Equipment on docks in Naples. A few dirigibles in flight over the dock. Several aircraft in flight. Paratroops of U.S. 7th Army coming down over Southern France. The soldiers advancing and firing. Smoke and flames rise from explosions. The soldiers on tanks advancing and firing. German prisoners being led by U.S. troops. The prisoners walking in columns on a path. The civilians of Marseilles on the streets welcome U.S. troops. U.S. troops marching on the streets. People waving to the troops. A large crowd gathered on the streets waving to the tanks moving past on the streets. Prisoners with their hands behind their heads are led. German soldiers in Lyon firing at U.S. troops entering the city. A hospital building catches fire. Patients being evacuated on stretchers from the building. U.S. troops on trucks moving along a road. People shaking hands with soldiers on trucks. View of the crowd on the streets.

Date: 1944, October 9
Duration: 3 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066381