WWII - Color, Paris Liberation - Part 1

WWII - Color, Paris Liberation - Part 1 US military vehicles crossing pontoon bridge. Us tanks past as GIs and French civilians? chat on roadside. French tank past. French civilians watch convoy and wave. Interior hotel room. GIs in front of colorful Patisserie and hairdresser’s shop fronts. Road signs “Versailles 32 km - Paris 52 km”. US army convoy stopped on roadside - gathering and chatting with French civilians. Officers looking at map - two soldiers with red caps. Stevens talks with French officer. 13:52:22 Jeep enters town, asking for directions from policeman and shaking hands with civilians - rows of civilians cheering. LS sniper fire at intersection in town. US army convoy through town and cheering civilians. 13:56:18 Plane flies overhead - sign “Paris - Orleans”. 13:56:26 Paris - US soldiers firing at snipers. Exterior café. GIs by jeeps with Eiffel Tower in BG - firing at snipers. 13:57:22 General Leclerc arrives in armored vehicle with Von Choltitz. Arrested German officers arrive in car hand-painted “police” and are led in Gare Montparnasse. German officer in jeep with American soldiers - passing GI hits him on the head with his helmet. Black car rushes through crowded street with armed sailor and other on hood. French officer ties white flag to German military vehicle as German watches. Leclerc and Von Choltitz. Billboard for left-wing newspaper l’Oeuvre. 13:59:44 De Gaulle arrives in car and greeted by Leclerc. Unid. German officers brought in. Top shot GIs marching and PAN to civilians cheering. MCU excited group of girls cheering. WW2; 1944; NB Use of this footage requires a credit as follows: “Includes footage from the George Stevens’ Collection at the Library of Congress”