American soldiers of th 90th Infantry Divisionat, at the fortress of Guentrange (Fort Obergentringen) in Thionville, France, during World War 2. The town of Thionville. A cluster of buildings in the town. Smoke rising from certain areas in the town. High walls of the main barracks of the fortress south of the Maginot Line in Thionville, built by the Germans when they occupied Lorraine after 1871. An iron palisade in front of the main barracks of the fortress. Trees near the iron fence. People walk along a pathway beside the fence. American soldiers at the fortress. A couple of soldiers using a field telephone. The soldiers sit outside the entrance of the fortress and clean rifles. Krupp 105 mm guns at the fortress.
An Anglo-American Nazi internment camp in Vittel, France. The Grand Hotel in Vittel which was an internment camp by occupying German forces. The hotel building with a lawn in front. A barbed wire fencing around the hotel. Allied flags on a small bridge in the camp. Internees walking on the bridge. Women looking through the fence in the camp. Men and women seated and standing behind the wire fence. Two American soldiers outside the fence. Men and women smiling. Children among the group. A woman with Punch and Judy dolls in her hands. Other women behind her. A few men and women with children near the bridge. (World War II period).
An Anglo-American Nazi internment camp in Vittel, France. A family of a man, a woman and a small boy in the Anglo-American Nazi German internment camp at the Grand Hotel in Vittel. Other internees behind them. The small boy in the woman's arms. Men and women behind them smile. Liberated internees in a group on a pathway. A person in the front waves the U.S. flag. The group moves along the pathway waving the U.S. flag. A garden beside the pathway. A group of the Little Sisters of the Poor nuns move in a group from a building. Men and women stand on either side of the path. The group of nuns in black habit.
U.S. Ambassador to France, Jefferson Caffery occupies the U.S. Embassy in Paris, following its liberation from German occupation in World War 2. A sign on the entrance gate to a building reads 'Rue De La Paix' and another sign reads 'Londres - New York'. The U.S. flag on the American Embassy building. Two guards with the U.S. flag in one of the balconies of the building. Two men look at the guards from another balcony of the building. Two American Military Police open the gates of the U.S. Embassy. U.S. Ambassador to France Jefferson Caffery with other officials enters through the gates of the building and stands on a path. The officials hold their hats in their hands. American Military Police lined up on the sides of the path. 'MP' written on the helmets of the guards. The U.S. flag on a pole in a courtyard. The officials walk past the guards.
U.S. Ambassador to France Jefferson Caffery in Paris, France. Jefferson Caffery at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Several cameramen take pictures of the ambassador. The ambassador poses for photographs in the balcony of the embassy. Several views of the photographers taking pictures. The ambassador looking over the balcony. Two American Military Police behind him. The ambassador with the officials inside an office in the embassy. The officials shake hands with Ambassador Caffery. The ambassador and an official converse.
American soldiers at the French-Belgian border in World War 2. Belgian countryside on the French border. Several trees in view. An American tank burning on the side of a road Other tanks move past . Trees on the side of the path. Several tanks move past a building. Houses on the side of a road. American soldiers patrol on the roads. Belgian women coming out of a house.
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