French troops in Colmar, France during World War II. Two French officers at an observation post. Commander of the French II Corps General Edgard de Larminat, holding a stick in his hand, with Commanding General of II French Corps General de Montsabert who holds a newspaper in his hand. An officer comes with binoculars. General Larminat takes the paper and looks at it. Two officers near General de Montsabert. General Larminat looks through binoculars. The Generals converse.
U.S. Army General Dwight Eisenhower speaks on the V-E day in Paris, France during World War II. General Eisenhower delivers a speech in Paris on the Victory in Europe Day. The General states that he has the proud privilege of speaking for the fighting men in his theater who conquered Western Europe and destroyed more men than they themselves possessed. The Allies selected Germany as their first object because it was the one place that all the Allies could bring their weight to bear. General Eisenhower pays his tribute to the Soviet Russian Army, the Allied Forces in Italy, the French, the British and the Americans on the Western Front and to GI Joe and his counterparts whom he says were the real heroes of the war.
V-E Day celebrations in Paris, France. The Eiffel Tower in Paris. Fountains in front of the tower. A large crowd rejoicing on the victory day. A large crowd in front of a building. Streets filled with people. Men and women move along the streets. A large crowd in front of a gateway across a road. People hold up posters of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt. A few people move on the streets seated in trucks. A woman reading a newspaper which carries victory news. A man and a woman walk along a path reading the newspaper. Newspaper vendors selling the newspapers. A large group of people buying the newspapers. A woman carrying a small girl. A soldier kissing a woman. (World War II period).
Repatriation of French prisoners of war in Paris, France after World War II. Several trucks loaded with freed French prisoners of war moving along a road in Paris. People on both sides of the road wave to the men on the trucks. Men and women standing behind barriers on the road wave. The repatriated prisoners wave to them. Men leaning from the trucks, and shaking hands and embracing people. Several people around the truck. The trucks moving along the road. Repatriates getting down from the trucks with their belongings. A repatriate embracing a civilian. A girl running alongside a truck moving with the prisoners. The girl embracing a repatriate. Several people in the background.
Repatriated French soldiers are welcomed at a reception center in Paris.The move in an informal line and are given refreshments by a young woman. The reception center is decorated with bunting. A portrait of Charles de Gaulle is displayed on the wall.
Repatriated French soldiers being processed at a reception center in Paris, France, at the end of World War 2, in Europe. A repatriated French Colonial soldier speaks with two French soldiers assisting with the processing. The repatriated soldiers are processed by women at a long counter. 'Identite' written beside the counter. Several officials seated behind the counter talking to the repatriates. A woman behind the counter talks to a soldier and annotates a document. She stamps the document. Two women seated at a desk. A repatriated soldier is fingerprinted by a soldier who presses the index fingers of both his hands on the stamp pad and rolls his inked fingers on a document.
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