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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
LIBERATION OF PARIS Part 1
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Summary: MS, CUs, wrecked German trucks. CU, bodies of dead Germans. French civilians place burned body of German in small cart. LS, smoke rising from shell hits in distance. Gen Charles de Gaulle arrives by car. Crowds cheer. German snipers open fire; crowds in street scatter and take cover. CU, wounded soldier treated for leg wound. French civilians jeer and spit at German, prisoners marching thru streets. CU, German officers removing boots. Frenchmen putting on boots. MS, civilian looting German truck. German officer waving white flag. He surrenders with his men. Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and British Gen Bernard L Montgomery study map outside of building. Gen Eisenhower taking snapshots of wrecked German equipment. Eisenhower, Gen Omar N Bradley, and French officers talking at Arch of Triumph. Crowds waving and cheering.
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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