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Montage of World War I scenes. Postwar French military preparedness. Tensions between Germany and France early in World War II.

German cavalry on horseback entering Belgium and Berman infantry marching in France, at the start of World War 1 (1914). The famed Taxicab army is seen carrying French soldiers in Paris. General Ferdinand Foch reviewing elements of the French 9th Army. French and British troops firing a British BL 8-inch howitzer. French troops rushing across no-man's land of trenches and barbed wire, as shells burst. German soldiers taken prisoners in trench. General Foch shaking hands with U.S. General Pershing, aboard a U.S. warship. Sketch of signing of the armistice, November 1, 1918 on a railway carriage at Compiegne. Monument to Marshal Foch. Monument to Minister of War, Andre Maginot. concrete being poured. French construction of the Maginot Line. Animated illustrated cross-section of the line.View of troops moving on rail cars in the Maginot line. Glimpse of Maginot line guns on surface. At outbreak of World War 2, French troops deploy to the Maginot line. French troops inside bunkers and tunnels of Maginot Line. Marshal Petain reviewing the troops as they deploy. Muzzle of a Maginot line gun. Hitler with Military Chiefs planning. View of French Foreign Minsister, Aristide Briand,during signing of the 1928 Kellogg-Briand antiwar pact in Paris.Frank R. Kellogg, U.S. Secretary of State at the table to Briand's left. His signature on the document. A field full of French Morane 406 airplanes. French airman poses with Potez 58 airplane. French AMC 34 tanks. Crowd milling about at Renault Building and unrest elswhere in Paris, France. Newspapers chronicle failure of the League of Nations. Movie cartoon about weakening of France by Nazi inspired social strife and sabotage. French Army troops in mess hall eat at long tables and pour wine with meal. Idle French troops across the Rhine River targeted by German propaganda and psychological warfare including banners; messages by balloons;German bands playing French tunes; large loudspeakers broadcasting in French.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038487
Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid on German occupied port of Dieppe France.

Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid, an allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France. Allied aircraft loading bombs and preparing at dawn. Pilot enters cockpit and takes off for attack on Northern coast of France. Allied Commandos on boat mostly consisting of Canadians climbing onto ship. Close up of "commando" patch and Cross of Lorraine Free France patch on uniform. Allied aircraft flying over ships. Map showing Dieppe as destination. Radio operator speaking aboard ship. Black smoke from ship smoke stack as it speeds on water. Fighter planes in air and explosion in water. Convoys firing and shells ejected from ship artillery. Field and village shops on fire. Allied Army soldiers marching German Prisoners of War with hands up. Allied soldier with dirty face smiling. Wounded French and Canadian soldiers smiling and then walking up gang plank at dock, some helped by others. Wounded soldier on stretcher is given a cigarette. Sign reads 'Dieppe' Sign surrounded by barbed wire reads, "Defense de passer-Betreten verboten" (No Passing-Entering Prohibited). French and Canadian prisoners with hands held up behind barbed wire. Captured allied boats with names, "Calgary" and "Beefy." Floating abandoned allied landing craft at beach. Allied helmets washed by surf at beach.

Date: 1942, August 19
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039120
Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goring and other officers tour occupied France in Hitler's private railroad car and meet with Francisco Franco.

German officers tour France during World War II. Officers including German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, German Air Force Minister Hermann Göring and others seated at a desk in the train car. They discuss a map. Soldiers at a railroad station. The soldiers entrain. They meet their loved ones. They wave towards them as the train leaves the station. Houses and buildings in the background. The train on a railway track. Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and other officers seated in Hitler's private railroad car touring occupied southern France. The soldiers wave at a station. A board reads: Hendaye (on the southern border of France near Spain. Hitler and officers at railroad station in Hendaye as train arrives with Spanish leader Francisco Franco on board. Franco exits the train and greets Hitler. They walk past German soldiers at attention, as Franco offers a Nazi salute. Franco and Hitler board another waiting train.

Date: 1940, October 23
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675065458
John Joseph Pershing reviews French Marine troops and speaks to throngs from the balcony of the Hotel de Crillon in France.

United States Army General John Joseph Pershing visits France. General John Joseph Pershing reviews French Marine troops. General John Joseph Pershing with other officers leaves in a staff car. Policemen control a crowd. John Joseph Pershing arrives at the Gare du Nord (18 Rue de Dunkerque, 75010 Paris, France) in Paris. He poses with officers. He rides through huge crowds. He speaks to throngs from the balcony of the Hotel de Crillon (10 Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France).

Date: 1936
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068354
German forces advance in France in WW2; scenes of World War I monuments; Germans take Versailles in World War 2.

German occupation of France during World War 2. The cathedral in Reims, France. Vehicles and a few men on a road in front of the church. Trees lining the road. The railway car in which an armistice agreement was signed by Germany and the Allies at end of World War 1. The Memorial Tablet symbolic of the 1918 armistice, the Alsace-Lorraine, and Ferdinand Foch's Memorial in Compiegne Forest. Ferdinand Foch's carriage in which the first armistice was signed. In 1940 : German troops cross River Marne in rafts. A signboard showing the distances to Paris and Soissons. Another signboard showing the distances to Grand Fitz James and Paris. Troops on tanks moving on roads. A signboard shows distances to Pontarme and Paris. A soldier with a gun on his back. Soldiers moving with carriages on a path between fields. Trees lining the path. German troops moving on tanks advancing deeper into France. The troops on the road in front of the castle in Versailles. The German flag hoisted on a flag pole over the Palace of Versailles and German soldiers occupy the Palace of Versailles.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070101
Grounds of La Cour des Adieux in Fontainbleau and views of Palace of Versailles and its gardesn in Versailles, France

Two landmarks in France: Grounds of La Cour des Adieux at the he Château de Fontainebleau in France. Wide view of various buildings on the courtyard. Horseshoe staircase seen at Cour des Adieux (also known as the Cour d'Honneur). A few people walking on the grounds. Scene changes to Versailles, France, and various buildings on grounds of the Palace of Versailles. A few pedestrians walking on the grounds of the Palace. Next view is looking toward Apollo Fountain and onward toward the Palace, inside the Palace garden at Versailles. A man seated in a horse-drawn carriage. Several carriages on grounds. A man and woman pass on road between rows of trees on garden grounds. (Amateur home movie.)

Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074076