Allied soldiers carry photographs of Hitler stuck onto their bayonets as they walk through the street. M/S's Resistance behind barricades with guns. Various shots as they build barricades. Various shots of tanks firing. Soldiers crawl up...
Allied soldiers carry photographs of Hitler stuck onto their bayonets as they walk through the street. M/S's Resistance behind barricades with guns. Various shots as they build barricades. Various shots of tanks firing. Soldiers crawl up hill and fire over top. C/U signpost 'Versailles 30 Paris 50'. M/S's American Marines around their jeeps. M/S barricades and tanks. Various shots as Parisians welcome the liberators and wave. They demolish the barricades. C/U Eiffel Tower with tanks driving through. Various shots of captured German soldiers, locals hit them as they pass. Various shots as prisoners climb onto tanks near the Eiffel Tower. C/U American flag, people cheer. Various shots as allied tanks pass through Paris. M/S as people drag sandbags along. Various shots captured German soldiers and captured tanks. Various shots allied soldiers and tanks advancing. M/S soldiers firing mortars near damaged houses. Various shots tanks rolling through streets. M/S dead horse in street, soldiers march past. M/S's dead body in street. M/S's destroyed houses.
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