Liberated France

Views of Paris on the eve of World War II. Production processes at industrial plants in Paris. The work of the financial exchange. General view of the city of Marseille, seaport. Strengthening the Maginot Line on the Franco-German border. Underground battle bastions. The work of the French peasants. Winemakers' festival. Celebrating Bastille Day in Paris. Carnival of flowers in the south of France. Fire Festival at Versailles. The beginning of the war with the participation of France: mobilization, sending the military to the Franco-German border. Erection of fortifications in the city of Paris. German aviation bombing French cities. Evacuation of valuables, residents from settlements. Life of French soldiers on the Maginot fortification line. German invasion of France. French refugees on the roads of France. The entry of the Germans into Paris. Parade of German troops in Paris. Fighting of French troops on the Maginot Line. German soldiers in the Compiegne forest. A. Hitler with a group of generals bypasses the troops, enters the carriage. The signing of a "peace" treaty. View of the French prisoners of war. Rewarding German soldiers. The shooting of fighters of the French Resistance. Camp of the French partisans in the Savoy mountains. View of the sunken French ships in the Chulon port. USA. Arrival of French patriots in New York, meeting of patriots De Gaulle. Printing of underground newspapers in France. Export of foodstuffs, equipment, livestock by the Germans from France. Actions of the French partisans. Arrival of French ships to the island of Corsica. Meeting of French troops with the population and partisans of Corsica. The landing of French paratroopers in the south of France. Actions of French troops in the north of France. Meeting of the French population of the allied forces. The entry of American tanks into Paris. Demonstration in Paris in honor of the liberation of France.

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1944