SENIOR ALLIED OFFICERS COMMEMORATE THE LIBERATION OF PARIS AT THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE [Allocated Title]

Further coverage of the presentation by the Allied Supreme Commander, General Eisenhower, of a plaque commemorating the part the people of Paris played in their own liberation in a ceremony held at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe. Among the personalities identifiable attending the occasion are Lieutenant-General Bradley, 12th US Army Group commander, Air Chief Marshal Tedder, Eisenhower's deputy, Lieutenant-General Spaatz, US Strategic and Tactical Airforces chief, Major-General Kepner, 8th US Air Force Fighter Command leader, Air Marshal Leigh- Mallory, supreme air commander at SHAEF, Admiral Ramsay, naval commander for 'Overlord', Lieutenant-General Bedell-Smith, Eisenhower's chief of staff, General Juin, chief of staff of the French National Defence Committee, General Koenig, FFI commander and military governor of Paris, Admiral d'Argenlieu, Lieutenant-General Simpson, 9th US Army commander, and Air Chief Marshal Harris (?), the RAF Bomber Command chief.

35mm