Florennes, Belgium in the European Theater Of Operations (ETO), late in World War 2. Wing and scattered pieces of German aircraft in open field. Aircraft wreckage in crater. Nazi sign 'Swastika' on rudder. Trees in background. A view of the damaged German aircraft.
Several men stand outside the Bastille in Paris, France. A moat surrounds the building. The French tricolor flag raised above the turret. A huge crowd gathers near the Bastille. General de Gaulle, accompanied by officials, walks through the crowd. He wears a black armband on the left sleeve of his uniform. The crowd cheers and claps their hands. They enter the courtyard of the Bastille and ascend steep steps to the top. a small boy runs and kisses General de Gaulle, as he climbs the steps. An official introduces General de Gaulle, standing on a platform high above the crowds below. General de Gaulle gives a speech.
Extremely dense fog covers London, England. Limousine enters Buckingham Palace grounds, barely visible due to London fog caused by coal burning. Double decker buses drive through a round-about shrouded in dense fog. An airplane lands on an airstrip lit by fire contained within trenches. The fire lights the airstrip and helps to lift the fog on the field. (World War II period).
Rail service on a fog day in the United Kingdom (so called "London fog" caused by coal burning). A steam locomotive train arrives in rail yard. In railway station, attendent writes 'Fog service today' in chalk, on a black board. The rail track in view amidst fog. A man on the side of the rail track removes small explosive warning devices from a box. He fastens a device to the rail with wire and then manually moves operates a rail switch. A man inside a control room pumps a large lever as train passes. Locomotives seen passing over explosive warning devices and detonating them. View of rail car destroyed in fog accident.
General Charles De Gaulle at the Paris Victory Parade in Paris, France after World War II. The French troops lined on the path. Buildings in view. Huge crowd on the sides of the road. Army band and the guards on one side. General Charles De Gaulle arrives at the ceremony with other officers. The General walks along the road with other American and French officers. A man sets a camera on a tripod stand. The General awards medals to officers. Another man takes pictures with a camera held in a hand. Officers look on. Troops in rows on the other side of the road. Few officers stand at the back and watch the event. Few buildings in view.
U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain brings supplies to Dansalan airstrip during the attack mission on Malabang in Lanao del Sur Province of Philippines Island during World War II. C-47 Skytrain on the airstrip. A jeep with a trailer backs to a position beside the aircraft. Filipino guerrillas with the air support men load supplies from the aircraft to the jeep trailer. The jeep moves away with a few Filipino soldiers seated on the supplies. Men look on as the jeep moves. Few guerrillas transport gasoline drums from the aircraft to another jeep trailer. The C-47 Skytrain takes off from the airstrip. Few men watch the aircraft taking off.
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