United States soldiers find a wrecked gun on the side of a road in Saint Mere Eglise, Normandy after the D-Day landings in World War II. Another soldier finds the body of a dead German soldier. Dead German soldier found on a roadside. Wreckage of glider Soldiers push part of the fuselage of the wrecked glider.
U.S. Troops formally depart from France. Brief ceremonies mark the closing of U.S. Military Command Headquarters at Saint Germain-En-Lay in France. 26 Thousand NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Troops leave France by order of French President De Gaulle. U.S. and French Flags are lowered together.
French troops parade on Avenue Champs-Élysées. A French plane in flight overhead. People watch the parade. Troops include cadets of the French Military Academy at Saint-Cyr. They are followed by cavalry horsemen of the French Republican Guard. The North African Spahis cavalry on horseback march past.
Socializing and shopping in Paris, France. People sit in a bar. French barmaid smiles as she serves bar regulars their drinks and chats with them. Men and women walking near inexpensive shops along the Avenue Champs-Élysées. Woman enters a shop with sign reading 'Soldes' (‘Sales’ in English). French civilians walk in a flea market on the outskirts of Paris. Shops on either side of the market. Men buy goods from the shops. Customer purchases antique items from an antique shop. Two women browsing for chinaware. Antique items displayed on tables. A man looks at the antique items. The Café de Flore on the left bank of Seine. Men seated at tables drink at the Café de Flore (172, BOULEVARD SAINT-GERMAIN 75006 PARIS).
A Christmas party for homeless children and orphans in New York. Francis Cardinal Spellman talks to the children of the New York Foundling Hospital. Cardinal Spellman sits on the base of a large Christmas tree surrounded by children. Santa Claus greets the cardinal and distributes presents. Santa Claus talks to orphans. Children open the presents. A boy blows a small trumpet. The Saint Vincent Parish Boys choir sings a Christmas carol. A toddler whining. A girl cries. Young children dance. A little girl snatches a toy from a boy.
The German assault on the Netherlands and Belgium during World War II. An animated map depicts the German campaign to capture Liege (Luttich) in Belgium, and Holland. German invasion of Holland and the Dutch surrender. Soldiers in prone position fire guns as they advance in a field. They run across a road, cross the Meuse (Maas) and the Albert Canal in boats. Soldiers come ashore and take cover. Smoke due to explosions. Tanks in a field. Bomb damaged buildings and bridges. Troops advance on tanks. A map of Holland depicts Rotterdam. A bridge in the city. Shops on the streets. Soldiers fire guns. German officers. Troops advance in vehicles over a bridge. Tanks on the streets. German soldiers march Belgian and Dutch prisoners of war. The Church of Saint-Pierre de Jandrain in Orp-Jauche, Wallonia, Belgium. Deserted streets in the city. German officers in cars. An officer greets the soldiers. German officers discuss a map and strategize during a meeting. Soldiers march with their belongings.