Alternating World War 2 footage and dramatized scenes with actors. German Luftwaffe bombers destroying French cities. Invasion of France by Germany. Burning buildings and debris in French cities during 1940 invasion. Hitler viewing Eiffel Tower while visiting Paris in June 1940 after occupation. German flag atop Eiffel Tower. Allied fighter aircraft shot down, pilot ejects and parachutes to ground as aircraft crashes with explosion. Pilot landing in parachute, gathering and hiding parachute. Actors conversation segment. Footage of sad looking and defeated French soldiers marching in streets of France under occupying German guard, as depressed French citizens look on. French General Philippe Petain at desk delivering speech that calls for collaboration with Germans. Close ups of sad and crying French men, women, and children in streets of France suffering war and occupation. Petain salutes soldiers during a parade after he abolishes representative government. Petain speaks from podium to gathered soldiers. View of French General Charles De Gaulle, in Britain, calling for continued French resistance and speaking to French officers on a warship. Actor dialog segment. Footage of Petain visiting Hitler. They shake hands while photographers record the meeting. Actor segments. Footage of Free French forces training and marching in various cities. Free French soldier receives machine gun training. French officer training in Russia at a Soviet recognition ceremony. French soldiers carry railroad ties and discuss over a map. RAF spitfires in flight. Sign at training camp "French Air Force Squadron. Flexible Gunnery School." Allied naval ships at sea; close views of ship guns. Smoke rises from French ship fleet scuttled at Toulon November 27, 1942. Mobilized French citizens receiving rifle training. Free French Army encampment with French flag raising ceremony. French citizens gather to read posted German notices. Parade celebrating liberation of Paris in World War II. Happy French citizens smile and cheer French, American, and Soviet allies marching in Paris.
British spitfire aircraft on an airfield. Few planes take off. Pilot climbs out of the cockpit of a spitfire. Royal Air Force ground crews work on plane and load belted machine gun ammunition into boxes to be installed on the aircraft. The men pose with belts of ammunition around their necks. Ground crewman loads belt of ammunition into wing of spitfire and completes process by securing the ammunition box, itself, into the wing cavity. He then closes wing hatch and attaches fasteners with screwdriver. (World War II period).
German bombers fly in formation with flak from British antiaircraft fire exploding below them during Battle of Britain in World War 2. Several flights of British Royal Air Force Spitfire fighters take off from airfield. A spitfire lands. Pilot poses with two thumbs up.
British Royal Air Force ground crews rearm a Spitfire aircraft during the Battle of Britain in World War 2. They feed belts into guns through access panels under wings and then place ammunition boxes into the wings. View Pilot's parachute sitting on empennage of a parked Spitfire aircraft. A partial glimpse of 66th Squadron's "LZ" code appears forward of the RAF roundel on its fuselage. Some white spots on leading edge of vertical stabilizer might be evidence of repair. But overall, the empennage does not appear damaged. Two other Squadron spitfires come in to land.
Streets in an Moroccan city. Empty street and a road. Cloud formation in sky. Palm trees in city. Two Moroccan youths pose. A man leans against a wall and reads a newspaper. American soldiers in horse drawn carriage. Woman covered so not be seen, walks with young girls. Two children pose and two more try to get into the picture. Nomads camp at side of road. A Moroccan, in a Fez, selling his merchandise on street. U.S. Army Air Force officers haggle with him. (World War II period).
Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies for Ronald Reagan on 20th January 1981 in Washington DC. Inaugural Ceremony at the West Front of the United States Capitol. Senator Mark Hatfield speaks. The President's Own (U.S. Marine Band) plays for the inauguration of Ronald Reagan. Crowd applauds. Senator Hatfield takes over the microphone. He requests the President elect Ronald Reagan and Reverend Donn D. Moomaw to stand for a prayer. Reverend Donn D. Moomaw is a senior pastor at the Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, California. Reverend Moomaw speaks. The President elect Ronald Reagan and the crowd bow their heads in prayer. The Vice President elect George H. W. Bush is seen as well as President Jimmy Carter. Senator Hatfield wishes good health to President Carter and Vice President Ronald Mondale. The crowd applauds. President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with Senator Mark Hatfield.
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