Uprising in Paris (1944.08)

View of the Paris Opera building in August 1944. Views of Parisian streets and squares, the movement of German military equipment (top).

The Pantheon building.

Light German tanks on the streets of Paris.

Empty Parisian streets.

View of the Champs-Élysées with the Arc de Triomphe.

City residents gather in the squares.

Appeals to the residents of Paris, representatives of the French police and gendarmerie, pasted on the walls of buildings.

People read one of the appeals.

Parisians tear down occupation posters from the steps.

A portrait of Marshal Pétain is torn and thrown onto the pavement.

An armed insurgent at an intersection, a car drives past.

Participants in the uprising discuss joint actions.

Panorama of Notre Dame Cathedral and the Palace of Justice.

Insurgents watch the movements of the German garrison troops from around the corners of buildings.

Insurgents move in small groups along the streets and squares (top).

A car passes.

National flags of France raised over a building.

The courtyard of one of the police prefectures, rebel cars in the courtyard.

Participants in the uprising in combat positions behind barricades and fortifications made of earthbags.

Rebels fighting on the Ile de la Cité.

Tricolor flags on buildings, blood on the sidewalk.

A meeting of the leaders of the uprising in one of the courtyards.

Rebels in formation.

Policemen participating in the uprising.

Faces of the participants in the uprising standing in formation.

Tricolor armbands on the sleeves of rebels.

The streets of Paris during fighting with the German occupiers, rebels firing from ambushes.

Rebels in front of the city hall.

Flags of France and the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition in the window of the city hall.

The mayor of Paris signs the act of surrender of the German garrison.

Rebels in front of the city hall.

Rebels capture German soldiers and French collaborators and lead them under guard.

A young woman types an order at rebel headquarters.

Rebels in positions on the Seine embankment fire at German soldiers.

Armored vehicles on the streets of Paris (above).

A rebel with a white flag assists a wounded man.

Damage to a building as a result of street fighting.

Rebels engage in street fighting in Paris.

A group of rebels with a Red Cross flag crosses the street.

Wounded rebels are carried out on stretchers from under fire.

Parisians on a street inspect the site of the execution of three rebels, wreaths, and a plaque at the site of the execution.

Rebel field kitchens in a courtyard.

Distribution of bread and hot food.

Washing dishes at a water pump on the sidewalk.

Shaving of rebel participants in the street.

A truck on a street, lying on its side.

Construction of barricades, view of a barricade.

Dismantling pavements for barricade construction.

Construction of barricades from paving stones.

A barricade on a street in Paris.

Insurgents cut down a tree on one of the boulevards.

Panorama of a barricade built in steps.

Views of barricades on the streets of Paris.

Insurgents at the barricades awaiting the enemy.

A captured German artillery piece being installed behind the barricade.

View of one of the barricades (above).

Barricade on one of the streets of Paris.

Panorama of one of the city streets blocked by several barricades (above).