March of Time -- outtakes -- Liberation of Paris
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March of Time -- outtakes -- Liberation of Paris
March of Time -- outtakes -- Liberation of Paris
1944 August 26, 1946 September
Fall of Paris. American GIs marching on road in Etamps (outside Paris), holding pictures of Hitler and Goering on bayonettes. Road sign,"Paris 50" People waving at passing Americans. GIs in jeep unfurling American flag, crowd cheers. US tanks enter Paris, pass Eiffel Tower. Civilians building sandbag barricade. Tanks firing at snipers in Paris outskirts. Street fighting in Paris outskirts. Jeepload of prisoners, crowd tries to mob them.