Paris Liberation - Part 3

Paris Liberation - Part 3 Paris Liberation memorial service - Ext. Les Invalides. LS setting up camera (soft). Tomb of unknown soldier. National Guard on foot. Stevens and others with camera near unknown soldier’s grave. National Guard parade. Plane (glider?) flies overhead. Tanks lined up. President Eisenhower walks to grave, salutes and lays wreath. Photographers and cameramen. Military band plays. Ike and others leave; tanks follow. GIs and French girls chatting, flirting, kissing. POV from car hurtling towards La Concorde. Military, civilian, cycle and pedestrian traffic on Champs Elysees. Women drinking with GIs. Chicken on jeep. CU French woman and couple talking with GIs. 15;14:46 Eiffel Tower from Trocadero with rainbow on left. Three GIs pose in front of Eiffel Tower. Crowd at Trocadero Square. CU pretty French girls. GVs Eiffel Tower. US military band playing. Seine river nearby and white sailboat. People fishing on banks of Seine. Notre Dame cathedral. Boats moored on Seine. Boys’ choir singing in front of Notre Dame. Two GIs on bridge. Bicycle traffic. 15:19:43 - 15:20:01 FILM OUT OF RACK Bicycle traffic Use of this footage requires a credit as follows: “Includes footage from the George Stevens Collection at the Library of Congress”