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.
Gasoline storage area in Wegberg, Germany. Gasoline cans arranged in a stockpile. Supply trucks parked on roadside. 5 gallon repaired gasoline cans being loaded onto truck from stockpile. The 5 gallon gasoline cans being reconditioned. The cans being sorted, repaired, washed and painted.
Gasoline storage area in Wegberg, Germany. Long lines of gasoline cans are stacked. The gasoline cans being filled with gasoline from trailer trucks. The cans being filled with gasoline through gasoline hoses. Empty cans being lined on road. Trucks on the move.
Anti aircraft gun emplacement near gasoline storage area in Wegberg, Germany. A crew member looks through binoculars. A sign reads '450th Quartermaster Gas Supply Co.' Filled gasoline cans being loaded onto trucks. Trucks loaded with gasoline cans move on the road. A sign reads 'Speed Limit- 20 M.P.H.' A sign reads ' Wegberg, Arsbeck, Beeck' and gives road distance. Guard stops a truck entering the area and checks it. Trucks pass an armed guard and an antiaircraft gun on road in the storage area. Long rows of gasoline cans in storage area.
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.
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