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WWI - Celebrations in Paris - Liberation of Alsace-Lorraine

Reel Number: 220742-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1918

Country: France

Location: Alsace,Lorraine,Paris

TC Begins: 01:44:44

TC Ends: 01:56:25

Duration: 00:11:41

WWI - Celebrations in Paris - Liberation of Alsace-Lorraine Flags flying on top of building w/ spectators & cameramen looking over edge. Massive crowd below. Obelisk w/ biplane flying past & circling. Paris citizens celebrate the return of Alsace-Lorraine to French rule. Civilian men marching thru crowd; tank parked. 01:45:45 French soldier w/ big mustache, American flag & bugle walks towards camera in middle of Champs Elysees waving American flag & bugle. Planes flying over Concorde monument. 01:46:06 VIPs arriving for ceremony, shaking hands. Upholstered chairs. President Poincaré addresses the crowd. Many pigeons or doves released. 01:47:45 Crowds in wide avenue. Crowds including women in traditional Alsace costume in Champs Elysees. Crowds w/ flags including American Stars and Stripes. Very large parade of both civilians & military from Allied nations, also Red Cross nurses. Many banners; marching unites w/ military caps. Some wreaths. Flag of Ireland; Canada military units. High angle of crowd. Large English flag. New Zealand flag & troops; Australian. South Africa. (Card says reviewed by Premier Clémenceau & Marshal Joffre) 01:55:58 The crowds dismantle a captured German airplane. Celebration; Post-WWI; WW1

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