German occupation of France, following the fall of Paris in the Battle of France in World War II. The main entrance of the Gare du Nord or Paris North Station (18 Rue de Dunkerque, 75010 Paris, France) in Paris. A German troop train arrives at the station. A Nazi flag on the train's engine. A German General and soldiers in the rail cars. Officers greet the new arrivals. The General is escorted out of the station.
The French Resistance Maquis (underground guerilla fighters) in Chateaudun, France. Men and women masquisards arm themselves near a French farmhouse. The men and women with English machine guns, U.S. Browning Automatic Rifles and captured German weapons and ammunition, dropped by the U.S. Air Force for the French underground. Men with cycles. A marquisard puts a bottle into the bag of another. Men with arms.
The French Resistance Maquis (underground guerilla fighters) in Chateaudun, France. Men and women masquisards arm themselves near a French farmhouse. A man halfway up a ladder leading to a hayloft. Guns and packs are removed from the hayloft and issued to members. The weapons include English machine guns, U.S. Browning Automatic Rifles and captured German weapons and ammunition, dropped by the U.S. Air Force for the French underground. A masquisard with the French Resistance flag. A woman with a gun stands near him. Masquisards lined up. Men smoking. More fighters join the lines.
The French Resistance Maquis (underground guerilla fighters) in Chateaudun, France. Men and women masquisards arm themselves near a French farmhouse. The weapons include English machine guns, U.S. Browning Automatic Rifles and captured German weapons and ammunition, dropped by the U.S. Air Force for the French underground. The members seated by a road. One loads cartridges into a magazine. The masquisards prepare the weapons. They discuss the plans and strategize. The fighters examine the weapons. A member demonstrates the use of a gun.
The French Resistance Maquis (underground guerilla fighters) in Chateaudun, France. Men and women masquisards arm themselves near a French farmhouse. The fighters with English machine guns, U.S. Browning Automatic Rifles and captured German weapons and ammunition, dropped by the U.S. Air Force for the French underground. The members seated and standing on the sidewalk. A man with the French Resistance flag joins the waiting men. The men stand and wait at the farmhouse. They collect their arms and ammunition and begin to march forward. Men with flags lead the contingent.
A Red Cross seaplane on a rescue operation in the European Theater. The sea plane takes off. The aircraft in flight over the sea. The pilot and co-pilot in the cockpit. They spot the stranded flier below. A German flier in a life raft. The pilot lands the seaplane near the raft. The co-pilot approaches the rafts, and brings the rafts back to the aircraft with the help of a rope. The wounded flier in reeled aboard. The co-pilot boards the aircraft. The seaplane takes off.
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