Liberated Paris (1944)

Residents of Paris liberated from the German occupiers gather for a demonstration with the national flags of France, Great Britain and the USA. A horse-drawn carriage passes through one of the city squares, followed by a column of Resistance participants.

Columns of Parisians pass through the streets of the city.

General Charles de Gaulle greets the French military.

Faces of jubilant Parisians.

A police cordon holds back the crowd.

Participants in the solemn demonstration carry the national flags of France, Great Britain and the USA. Panorama of the rally on the Champs Elysees.

Participants in the rally perform the Marseillaise.

Automobile and horse-drawn traffic on one of the Paris squares.

A car enters the gates of the Ministry of War, an inscription and emblem above the arch of the gate.

Views of the Place de la Concorde, the Luxor Obelisk on the Place de la Concorde.

French cuirassiers of the presidential escort in full dress pass over one of the bridges.

Views of Parisian streets.

Residents of Paris, American soldiers and French police on the streets of the liberated city.

American soldiers among Parisian girls.

Participants of the ceremonial manifestation walk along the Champs Elysees with the national flags of France, Great Britain and the USA. The girls greet the participants of the manifestation.

A girl with a dog sits on the turret of an armored vehicle.

American soldiers take pictures and talk to a girl dressed in a national costume.

A woman walks arm in arm with a police officer.

Residents of Paris on the city streets after the liberation.

Demonstration at the Arc de Triomphe on the Place de l'Etoile.

Views of the Arc de Triomphe.

Servicemen of the Allied armies and soldiers of the French Foreign Legion on the streets of Paris, faces of Parisians, servicemen kissing girls.

Faces of participants of the ceremonial manifestation.

View of the Arc de Triomphe.

The movement of the ceremonial manifestation along the streets of Paris.

American soldiers and a cameraman with a camera ride on the roof of a van.

French naval officers in the guard of honour at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Participants in the demonstration at the Place de l'Etoile.

The guard of honour of naval officers forming at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.