WAR PICTORIAL NEWS NO 177 [Main Title]

Paris.

I. 'PARIS.' Secret Maquis film footage shows Paris under German occupation. Swastika flags fly from buildings. Parisians go about their business on bicycles. Parisian civilians gather round radios. Parisian civilians tear down German wall posters, fell trees and set up street barricades. Members of the Maquis stand guard at a window overlooking Notre Dame Cathedral. Monsieur Loisat (Prefect ?), is shown arriving at the headquarters of the F.F.I. at the Hôtel de Ville. French resistance members, wearing "Equipes Nationales" armbands, carry captured German hand grenades (Steilhandgranate 24 or 39), Kar 98 7.92mm rifles, and French Lebel 8mm revolvers. German PzKpfw V Panther (Ausf G ?) tanks drive at speed past Paris street barricades. German PzKpfw 35R 731(f) and PzKpfw 35-S 739(f) tanks drive along a Parisian street, some use their 37mm guns to engage unseen targets. A Parisian woman takes a rifle from a wounded German soldier during one of the many street skirmishes taking place across the French capital. A passing German truck is blown up by a hand grenade thrown from a window by a member of the Maquis. US M3 Stuart light tanks drive under the base of the Eiffel Tower during an attempt to flush out snipers from its structure. British troops receive a warm reception from Parisian civilians as they drive through the streets of the capital in a Jeep that flies the Union Flag. General Charles de Gaulle lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. French civilians take cover from sniper fire in the environs of Notre Dame.

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