Paris - Liberation in August 1944 (in color and HD)
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- After the Normandy landings of the American on June 6, 1944 (D-Day) the French Resistance with support of the United States Army liberated Paris in August 24, 1944.
Can you tell us what exactly we see in this video? As far as we know the footage starts on August, 25 1944 (day of the famous speech from Charles De Gaulle).
Is this the Victory Parade of August, 26?
Write it down in the comments (please add timecode). Thank you for your help!
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Footage in original color and HD before restoring for the documentary “Spirit of Liberation" (Kronos Media, 2016)
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i have one foot in the grave but had to comment on this film. I was born in Paris in 1943 during the war. Bombs were falling left and right. One bomb fell two houses from where we lived on Rue Marx Dormois, Paris 18eme. My father, who was born in the Slovakian half of Czechoslovakia had fled around 1938 to France as the Nazis were taking Slavic people. He was not Jewish. He met my mother who was from Normandy and I was born. He put me and my mother on a train to her mother's house in Ellon, Normandy, just south of Caen where the allies landed in June of 1944. My mother.who passed away in 2006, told me of a story about a German caravan driving down the road with a handsome, blond haired, German soldier smiling down at her from a tank. She was walking to the neighbor's house when she suddenly heard planes coming over. She fled to the neighbor's house as it was closer. Five-hours later, the bombs stopped blowing up and she walked back to see if her mother was alive. She was. On the way back, the handsome German soldier was nothing but a charred hunk of charcoal. The house is still there with but one wall still standing, thanks to Google. To think that I actually looked out those windows back then. We were in an area that was liberated by the British forces. During the years after the war, my brother and I swam at Arromanches, a beach that was liberated by the brave Americans. I remember three sunken Liberty ships and many sunken LSDs. I returned many years later with my mother and daughter. The film brings back many memories. I watch all of the documentaries related to the war, many times with tears in my eyes. I can't help it. It still haunts me to this day. I see things very differently now from how they were told to me back then. I realize I can't change history and have to live with this for the little that is left in my life. I just realized that my younger brother, Frank, wrote a comment below. We came here in 1952 on the, Ile de France," a two-masted passenger ship. We were poor and were in the cheapest cabins below sea-level. As a result, I was sea-sick for six, agonizing days. We settled in Astoria, Queens. Thanks to the bravest soldiers, we lived to see another day. I always seek WWII soldiers to take picture with and to thank with all my heart. I cry while writing this.....
LSTs, not LSDs. I don't take that stuff.
@@michaelmika2995 lsd is fun tho
What a story! Thank you for sharing!
To clear your memory: There were no British involved in liberating Paris. Maybe they were Free French with British equipment? The British were far to the North. Also, Arromanches was liberated by the British and Canadians as part of Sword Beach. The Americans were farther west.
Written a book yet? You should
Wish my mother were still alive to see this fantastic footage. She was among the crowd at the liberation. (I was born in Paris in 1948)
She must have been thrilled. Try Charles Glass's "Americans In Paris" (2010).
GOD BLESS HER.
Sorry to hear that. Try Andre Maurois's book, "Memoirs 1885-1967."
Frank, may she rest in peace. Do you have any memories of post-war Paris as a kid?
+ frank
You mean she was among by the "Raping during the liberation of france" OMG DUDE !
This is the liberation of Paris. My father was in the 2nd Armored Division (Hell On Wheels). He died in 2002. He used to tell me stories about how they rolled into France. This film brings it all to life. I wish he were here to see it. He used to say that the French women lined the roads, throwing flowers. One pretty French girl threw him an apple that accidentally hit him in the face and nearly knocked him off the Sherman tank. He used to laugh and say that if a film ever turns up of a GI getting hit in the face by an apple, thrown by a pretty French girl, that would be him. This was not the end of it. Just a few months later, they crossed into the frozen Ardennes forest, and were involved in the Battle of the Bulge.
Mark, thank you for your story. I was born in Paris in 1943. I was in Normandy as a child at my grandmother's house on D-Day. I now live in N.H. Thanks to your father and all the brave Americans. Mike
I was born in Paris in 1943 when bombs were falling everywhere. My father put me and my mother on a train to Ellon, Normandy where her mother lived. The last car, the baggage car, was hit by a bomb. We got there with just the clothes on our backs. There was no Woolworth's, Macy's, back then. Clothes were generally hand-made, The house still has one wall standing. We lived just down the road from Caen, a leveled city. I still remember three sunken Liberty ships facing the coast at Arromanches where we would go swimming. We came here, by ship, the "Ile de France," in 1952. I was seasick for six, agonizing days. We settled in Astoria, Queens. Thanks to all the courageous servicemen, we are here to have a safer life. I now live in N.H. I served for 20-years with the N.Y.P.D. Thank you for this song which reminds me of my GREAT mother. My father was born in Czechoslovakia in 1901. Most people don't realize what they have here in this great country.
THANKS TO YOUR FATHER
And, "Mark", in the Ardennes . . . to face the prospect of becoming victim . . . to SS atrocities.
Thank you both for sharing
Did he elaborate also on how american forces gang raped french and German women during their occupation, along with their beautiful allie forces
The picture quality of this motion picture is unbelievable. I feel like, I'm watching the current event news. Thank
you for sharing this!
My grandfather was in France in WW2. He and his men were treated as heroes in every town & village liberated.
I imagine he got mad P
¿Y que hay acerca de las violaciones de varias francesas que hicieron los soldados gringos en el norte de Francia?
The German at 7:40 is Dietrich von Choltiz, Commander of "Gross Paris". He was the officer sent personally by Hitler to Paris in order to ensure its destruction as the Allies approached. He attempted to negotiate a ceasefire with the FFI and refused to give the orders to detonate bridges and other buildings which German engineers had mined. History should take a kinder view of that man for what he did NOT do. Read "Is Paris Burning" for the incredible story of Paris' deliverance.
Agreed! IPB? is superb. Try Charles Glass's "Americans In Paris" (2010).
@@Fatyoshie234 Excepting when the memoirs' author writes or talks about battles etc. he wasn't involved into... ;-)
So sad that it was not "von Choltiz" for another cities of Europe. Warsaw as an example
Actually, von Choltitz would NOT negotiate with the FFI. There is evidence that disputes whether he actually had the means to destroy Paris and was simply bluffing to save himself from war crimes trials. He definitely was shipping out Jews and political prisoners until the very last minute and was responsible for trying to steal huge amounts of art from Paris.
Minor german resistence until the finish
Can you imagine what it would be like to live under that sort of fear, tyranny and uncertainty for so long? And then one day a horde of knights in green armor come riding to the rescue, waving flags of freedom? Idk how they did it, the human survival instinct is practically supernatural. To suddenly feel so high after being so low, they must have felt drunk with it. Amazing footage.
@Cube Thinker France basically CREATED the countries she colonized. And brought them many things. Also absolutely EVERY country on the whole planet once enslaved another. That's life.
@@thomasshelby8169 As much as I love this footage and the thought of being liberated. He's right, stop trying to justify imperialism. The commonwealth countries don't get aknowledged enough for their part in the war.
@@johnwright7916 I'm not talking about Commonwealth countries. I'm talking about France's ex-colonies. And I'm not justifying colonialism either, but every single country did bad things to other countries. That's the history of humanity and there's no point in blaming France or other countries today because of things that happened centuries ago. We aren't still blaming the germans for what they did during the war, which was FAR worse.
@@thomasshelby8169 Well I was just talking about colonialism in general, although, I do agree that is the nature of empires throughout history to exploit and explore. Many places haven't healed from the recent imperialism of the past which is why we should better acknowledge it in education. Especially in the UK were they still tend romanticise the British Empire. I learnt next to nothing about it school. And it's not about blaming anyone, the Germans don't glorify their past like we British annoyingly do.
This is coming from a guy from a pretty patriotic family with a load of Unions Jack's out for VE day.
@@johnwright7916 Haha I understand your point. In France it's the opposite of the UK apparently : we are taught from a young age in history class to despise our (rather glorious) history and we're constantly blaming ourselves for slavery and colonialism, even if we don't have anything to do with what happened then. I think people should chill and stop talking about that. There were both good and very bad things in colonialism, but anyway this time is gone since long (you're right though, some countries are still feeling the effects of it).
What a great quality thanks you very much... This one of the best footage i've seen
The film is amazing. I was born in Germany in 1949. My father was a Lt in the US Army. I lived primarily in Germany until I was 12. I remember the bombed out buildings. I remember my Father leaving early on Saturday mornings. As I got older I learned that he went with a group of men, German and American to clean up rubble. My Mom is 95. My father has been gone many years.
20,000 soldiers + 6,000 armoured vehicles of the Leclerc division including a company of 160 Republicans ... liberated Paris ... the Spanish Republicans were not alone.... Stop lying to me!
Amazing Honestly
marta parsons, Seeing your Comment, now;
--I'm born 1941 - we did live in Black-Forest
in our Hunt-house deep in the 'woods'
because Allied-Bombing the Industry-Cities..
However 1948 we came back Heidelberg
Heidelberg=(never did fall Bombs - because *Ike
decided in the war = After.. war - he would like to have the US-HQ's(7th-Army) to Heidelberg.
Mannheim we had had our Ind.-Company
- most buildings luckywise,not destroyed.
Here in this area found first contact with 'Black US-Soldiers - on the second view - with first of 'Chewing-Gum and 'Hershey's Chocolate..so we were best friends.. Meanwhile came *Marshall
-Plan Help/Aid - for Industry. God bless America.
Feel sorry as Your Father, passed (RIP)
and be glad to hear as Your Mother still living;
I guess You did have - a small world, behind the
'Ruin's that time. I hope You might have, not too
bad Memories that time; such- would be slowely
forgotten, Maybe You had had the wish coming
back to see 'Old Germany !?
May I wish You and Your 'Lady-Mother
`simply - the *Best***** Last but not least 'Here
(Yours) Generation of USA; may I say Great Thank's - also for Military-Community.
Greetings from Germany.
US and France have much history as allies. France helped us against British, it was good that we were able to help them against Germans, with the British and Canadians, I might add. How times changed. It's important to remember moments like this. New generations should not throw away good alliances that our ancestors gave sweat and blood for.
With the British and Canadians AND Australians!
@@klausrain111 AND New-Zealanders
@@klausrain111 Sake .
I believe that it's Papa Ernest Hemingway at 9:44
Robert Capa, the legendary photographer who was there, said that," The liberation of Paris was the most unforgettable day in the world".
He is Lester Hemingway , not Ernest.He was his cadet brother.
sure looks like Papa; the quote attributed to Capa is correct
It is Ernest Hemingway. He was a correspondent for Collier's, I believe and made a big show of 'liberating' the bar at the Ritz
nypost.com/2014/03/08/when-ernest-hemingway-made-it-his-mission-to-liberate-a-hotel/
It really isn't. The footage was directed by the Hollywood director George Stevens, who was sent to Europe with the rank of Lt Colonel to beef up the film coverage of the invasion rather than leave it to the Signal Corps cameramen. This big guy is his sergeant, Bill Hamilton, who was a Hollywood cameraman. Hemingway was indeed n Paris at the time, getting drunk in his hotel with the rest of the journos.
I'm in my 20s, most of my peers fall asleep when the "old guys tell their war stories" but I've always been facisnated that this actually happened and very proud our country USA was a big part of it.
A pity, isn't it? I work in nursing homes and get the stories from the real ones now in their 90's to 100's. One lady, as a girl, witnessed the annexation of Austria by Hitler! A man, hard hat diver, dove on the sunken ships at the Baker Test to report on the damage, only to be mauled by a shark... he showed me the missing area of his torso! Another worked for NASA, invented the device that allowed Apollo Astronauts to take a shit in their spacesuits! Another was one of Martin Luther King's bitches! (Ah do NOT hold than man up on any pedestal!). etc....
if your interested in the war,Time life made a documentary called world's at war, it's like 26 hrs of details from Hitler coming to power to the end of Japan.
"and very proud our country USA was a big part of it", you serious!? This shows that you actually have no fcking clue about history. The US had such a minor part in this war that it's laughable that people think they are the ones that won the war.
Julien B Youre completely ignorant if you think the US didnt play a huge role.
Julien B are you that fucking naive? The united states had a huge part in the war! The soviets did most of the fighting, but the united states did most of the fighting in western europe, did you completely forget about d-day? Or the liberation of france, Belgium, holland, denmark and the occupation of western germany, doing 95% of the fighting against japan, gave BILLIONS of dollers of lend lease to the Soviet union, and fought against italy. Don't forget about the Marshall plan after the war that rebuilt almost HALF of europe. Your education system failed you
As a historical comment, the first Allied troops going into Parish was a recon company from the 2nd armored division. Its nickname was "La Nueve". It got that name because the vast majority of the men were from Spain. Including some officer as Amado Granel or Vanba. They were chosen by Le Clerck who gave the order to the comander of LA NUEVE, Drone (my spelling is not correct, I know). That company was the one who took the city hall and protected De Gaulle during the parade on 25th/09/44. If you see the footage, you can see captain Drone and the names of some halftrucks. That names were Los pinguinos, Guadalajara, Madrid, Guernica and more.
I came here to comment this and was thrilled to see it here! Those brave vanguard and veteran fighters of fascism should be remembered!
The driver on 10:45 with the red/black chapiri, is from spanish CNT?
@@silvertonguetrollsson1946 It is possible but I would not bet on it. The CNT flag is half black and half red. The colours are split in diagonal. That hat they were using only have an horizontal red line. The ones I saw from the Civil War were imitating the CNT flag. The ones in this film are not imitating the flag. That is why in my oppinon I would not say they are from the CNT. However, there is the possibility they could be because the colours are the same. I can not give a concrete conclusion with only this data from the film. As historical comment, some members in "La Nueve" took part in the union called CNT during the Civil War but it is difficult to demostrate those in this film used to be CNT members. By the way, good coment. I did not noticed that when I saw it.
Do you suppose that the Red/Black flack with the yellow star at 15:12 is affiliated with la Nueve? Obviously the Anarchist/CNT flag is diagonal red/black, but I read that they were forbidden from naming one of their vehicles after Buenaventura Durruti. So maybe a way to get around censorship?
@@yagruumbagaarn The flag you mention on your comment is unknown to me. I do not know where it came from. What you said about its origin could be possible
Simone Segouin 5:17 - Rare scene! Important woman.
Hard to put into words my reaction to this amazing footage...i was born in 1949 but always felt as if I had lived during WWII ...the music was lyrical and romantic ....but the real impact of this film was it bought back memories of my uncle Sam telling us how he "ran" into his brother Joe on the streets of Paris during the Liberation!
This is so weird watching in color feeling like I was there and engaging with others. Fantastic footage with the color makes everything more lively!
Somehow WW2 looks less scary with color
But when blood and corpses are shown,IMHO, they're scarier. They almost stink of death.
I agree, watching WW2 in Black and White is really HORRIFYING and SCARY.
You are watching an army occupy a surrendered city... the film for actual battles is to this day very rare, you see specs of it on documentaries. 60-75 million dead, WAY more wounded worldwide in just years in the 40’a is insane, and the warfare brutally efficient.
You don’t see footage of much of Stalingrad, Leningrad, Omaha beach, because battles were fought intimately, House to house, room by room, hands, sharpened metal, teeth, stones, guns etc. grown men killing teenagers or vice versa. Don’t think it’s not that scary, because I promise the little we get to see if not anything close to what the warfare of the whole conflict was.
If they took footage while in battle, youd be horrified.
Exceptionnel. Absolument magnifique et incroyable de voir ces images, on a l'impression de vivre l'événement en direct et avec eux. Merci pour ce fabuleux partage. Ca fait drôle de se replonger plus de 70 ans en arrière !! La qualité du film est telle qu'on a vraiment l'impression que ce sont des images actuelles. Un si beau moment historique que l'on peut revivre avec ces gens et après toutes les souffrances endurées à cause du nazisme... C'est émouvant. Thank you so much to the Allied troops !! 🙏🙏😍😍
fck the video quality! its like yesterday. very clear and sharp and color. thanks for sharing to the world what past is look like! more power chronohistory!
Sorry for the length, but I want to properly say THANK YOU for doing this. Reason below. The events covered by this footage and the context in which they happened is described with beautiful clarity and simplicity by historian Antony Beevor in the first few pages of the first chapter of his book 'Ardennes 1944, The Battle of the Bulge'. The parade footage is from 29 August and was done mainly for political reasons, to provide an official context to solidify Charles de Gaulle as the head of government and leader of the French people in their liberation from Nazi occupation. It was right that they did and it worked. That is why Eisenhower, De Gaulle's superior (and an American) is not there, but General Bradley, a contemporary, is.
I've been researching stories my grandfather told me about his experiences in WWII on and off throughout the years. Like just about everyone else, his service record was destroyed in a fire in 1973. And like so many, the war was an incredibly painful, brutal experience some details he shared with me as a young man but a lot were simply too difficult to speak of.
He described to me being on the stand for the military parade to mark the liberation of Paris many years ago when I was about 12. He said De Gaulle awarded him the Croix da Guerre with a gold star on that day (which my family has and I have seen). I've managed to put together enough historical context to understand what may have happened down to a company level on those days and many others but never in absolute specific detail. For this occasion, I could not quite work out why he, as just a 24yr old Lieutenant, a combat engineer in the 4th ID (the parade was marching the 28th ID to the north of Paris), would have been on the stand for that event. I was always a bit sceptical or perhaps fearful that some of his accounts were too glossed over or bigger than they actually were.
Of all the experiences, I always believed that if there was one I could somehow identify and find, it would be that event, of the 'parade' and stand in the Place de la Concorde. Between the 14:00 - 16:00 minutes, footage shows the assembling of the military officers for the parade. Amongst them is a Lieutenant (bars on the helmet) from the 4th ID (insignia on the shoulder), at first, standing behind Gen. Raymond Barton division commander 4th ID (whom my Grandfather later served as an aide), with a moustache, distinct underbite, glasses and a stalky build. He carries a pouch in his hand. Then, on the stand, same man clearly shown saluting as De Gaulle arrives. Later on the end of the parade stand. I have b/w photos of him in Normandy from late June and although cannot 100% verify, this is as close to a clone as one could find.
He was a very difficult man, and spent the rest of his life I believe, trying to live with the randomness of war and why he somehow survived while so many of his close friends died. He wasn't a hero and never ever accepted any accolade. The fact that it almost all went with him to his grave is a shame. So THANK YOU AGAIN for doing this and for bringing some of those things to light. Any of you with family or a connection to events like these, please don't give up searching and making public. I believe such things can tie us to their sacrifice, bring peace to them and us, and help us to overcome today's and future challenges. May their sacrifice not have been in vain.
Play this video at 0.75 Play velocity (change in details). Stay more realistic and give more dimention.
Great idea! Thanks!
Much better thanks
Thank you!
My mother-in-law, Ruybe Leah Richardson, was a nurse, 1st Lt. in the Army Medical Corps. She waded on-shore Utah Beach the day after D-Day. She had photos of the Liberation of Paris. R.I.P. Miss Rubye.
It is so good restored that we could thougt it was yesterday!!!!! Congratulations to you to have done this!!!!!
These all films will stay in memories of all!!!!!!
Great video! Thank you for sharing!
MY father and my father in law both fought for the British army during the war.Both were from Ireland,my Da from the North and my wife's father from the South.Da was at Normandy on 06.06.44
on gliders,my father in law was fighting in Italy.Both were brave men who never spoke about the war,i suppose they had too many bad memories.I miss them both.
One of my Uncles last letter to his wife was just after he and his tank crew had been one of the first tanks to go into Paris during the liberation. Sadly he died about a week later when he stepped on an anti-tank mine.
12:13 Many American/French babies were conceived that night.
I was thinking the same thing! 🤣
Underrated comment for sure!
Oh yeah!
@@pierrev9629 whatever! Most, if not all were willing to have them REAL Men
@@pierrev9629 Yeah you can see how unhappy they are in the girls' faces...
There are days that do not belong to the past but to eternity.
If you mean by a bunch of entitled, victims yeah I get eternity..
@@jeffreymonahan6826 wut?
1783 US : Thanks for the freedom France
1944 France : Thanks for the freedom US
don't forget ww1 too
I was born in Paris in 1943 when bombs were falling everywhere. My father put me and my mother on a train to Ellon, Normandy where her mother lived. The last car, the baggage car, was hit by a bomb. We got there with just the clothes on our backs. There was no Woolworth's, Macy's, back then. Clothes were generally hand-made, The house still has one wall standing. We lived just down the road from Caen, a leveled city. I still remember three sunken Liberty ships facing the coast at Arromanches where we would go swimming. We came here, by ship, the "Ile de France," in 1952. I was seasick for six, agonizing days. We settled in Astoria, Queens. Thanks to all the courageous servicemen, we are here to have a safer life. I now live in N.H. I served for 20-years with the N.Y.P.D. Thank you for this song which reminds me of my GREAT mother. My father was born in Czechoslovakia in 1901. Most people don't realize what they have here in this great country.
I know our younger people are so spoiled an uneducated it makes me sick. They have no idea how this country got started or what it's taken to maintain it. They have no repeat for our military or what the American idea is. If they lived like most of the world they would see.
Wife and I visited Paris in 2011. Its amazing how much hasn't changed since the war. As we wandered around the town, I would have flashbacks of films such as this knowing this is where it happened so many years ago.
La qualité d'image est superbe. Merci du partage.
the rainbow in minute 44:00 and the man looking at it .wishing he could share that moment with those who had died ( I know I would)
wow , what a film . . . .
actually i like that mechanical sound of the old film projector . yes , keep it audio narration free .
The soldier with the pipe in his mouth at 2:11 is actually academy award winning director George Stevens.
5:17 Боец французского сопротивления Симон Сегуан (Simone Segouin), также известная как Николь Мине. Родилась в 1925 г. Эта девушка прославилась в боях за Шартр и Париж. В Шартре она лично захватила в плен 25 немецких солдат, а в Париже, командуя небольшим отрядом, сумела, опережая войска союзников, выбить немцев из небольшого района. За исключительное мужество и самоотверженность в 1946 г. она была награждена де Голлем Военным крестом и получила звание лейтенанта, хотя и никогда не служила в армии
She's still alive 96 yrs old..
I like the soldier around 8 minutes in who bops the German with his helmet. Because the brutality was known, but beginning to be known MORE. Plus there were many German Jews at this point in the military, who were incredibly helpful with their German language skills (they talked many groups of Germans into surrendering), and were great at interrogation. The book "IS Paris Burning?" is a book about THIS DAY and how PARIS ITSELF convinced the Allies to NOT GO AROUND PARIS, which was the plan, but to liberate Paris as soon as possible. That's why today, we can enjoy the museums and total history of Paris...
excellent video congratulations and thanks for sharing
some interesting parts 8:43 (add some more)
12:32 last ditch German sniper disperses the crowd
13:12 US photographer exposes himself for a beautiful picture
13:56 car drives around with hanging Nazi officer on the back
15:38 massive US military parade famously marches through the Arc De Triomphe
The hanging nazi wasn't real. It was a dummy. You can see how easily the soldier waves the arm of the dummy and how short the arms actually are and the porportions of the body. It's not real. Was just a prop to show victory. They wouldn't have allowed them to drive around the city with a dead nazi. lol
5:17 Simone Segouin from french resistence
Very cool video. My dad was a Tech Sargent with the Big Red 1. Never talked about the war . Those boys were bad assed
Incroyable moment historique après tant de souffrances!
I have a story too,, I was born 1933 Bx,NY.brought up in a foster family join the USN 1952, tour med. and station in Naples, Italy on a command ship and fell in-love with Europe, and came back to Berlin, Germany for 10 years and live my last days in St Pete, FLas I can't forget Europe
Really great video. Thanks a lot.
Emouvantes images d'un monde aujourd'hui disparu. Merci à ceux qui nous ont laissé ces témoignages.
A slice of the world that was on a day no one there would ever forget.
At 2:30 in this video is a jeep of one of the cameramen units of the US Army that filmed this video. It has the markings ASCZ SPECOU 3 .
After the Normandy landings, Hollywood director George Stevens accompanied a unit of cameramen in the front lines to shoot mostly color images of the liberation. For this purpose, Stevens had a number of vehicles, especially Jeeps. Stevens's unit was recognizable by the license plates on the bumper of the vehicles with the word: SPECOU, 'Special Coverage Unit'. When the vehicles were not yet in France, SPECOU was preceded with the letters ASCZ, 'Advanced Section Communications Zone', once converted to SHAEF in France, to indicate that they were directly associated with Eisenhower's Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force .
Very interesting thanks for sharing
The best background music on CZcams.
Amazing footage!! Play at 0.75 for a fairly accurate playback speed, too!
Excelente material, buen trabajo por compartirlo...
I realize this was the culmination of a very tragic and trying time but man the feeling of triumph the french and American troops must have felt liberating a grand city like Paris mustve been incredible.
Fantastic footage!
Yeah this's great. The girls are so pretty.
This is an amazing quality. I wonder if it is available in French museums. I don't see any french comments here. It is very rare to see a color film of that era.
The first allied unit to enter Paris was "la nueve", a unit formed by mainly Catalan and Spanish republicans who had fled from fascist Spain and wanted to help the allies.
Catalans are spanish too!!!
This is all decided by the general staff for political reasons.
The quality of this footage is superb. I feel like I'm right there. The people look so aiive and I'd say 99% have moved on to greener pastures.
@Steve OwensAs opposed to black and white.. often times with old footage it's grainy.
Weird to think that 90% of these people are dead
99,5%
My uncle is still alive, he fought the Japanese, in Burma and india.
British army.
Some girls are so handsome, you really wish you can still meet them at Montmartre, along the boulevards, at some café...
I'm still here
Michael Mika age?
my grandma was born in 1944 while my grandpa in 1940 both in italy. their stories about them beeing born are completely different: one was born in relative calm, the other in total chaos.
i wish they would still use those uniforms though
The beginning of this footage is filmed in the southern or western suburbs of Paris, so, well outside the city. I recognized the area from the road signs in the film, some of which you can still see in a few places!
Генерал Де Голь знал и понимал какая стоимость этой великой Победы СССР на тот период 1944года, в момент вхождения в Париж.А жертвы СССР в борьбе с гитлеровской Германией и её сателлитами мы, советские граждане положили в эту Победу 1945года не менее 27млн.самых лучших граждан страны СССР, всех национальностей Великой Державы
YES ‼️ IT WAS AN ALLIED VICTORY IN DEFEATING HITLER AND HIS EVIL FORCES ‼️
Excellent footage, I just wish more people had decent cameras back then
This analog True-Color 16mm format, combined with SENSIBLE Film-Shooting Protocols . . . that is . . . no Selfies nor photobombing . . . makes THIS . . . FAR superior to anything that can be had today.
Swithin Barclay I’m not sure about that but, what I meant is that I wish more WW2 cameramen had cameras/film as good on quality as what is shown here.
47:37 her majesty..
Amazing. Thank you
The troops were like celebrities to these people. Cool video
more likely dangerous, when you know the number of rape on french civilians
These are our heros and they kept us safe.
@@lilliansteele7165 if you are American yeah they kept YOU safe, but they raped US
@@spicy5630 you are really discussing this, the west liberated you
it's a time capsule
Best parade ever, despite the fact that these brave souls still had several more months of fighting before the war finally ended.
Thanks uploader.
Smiling to the camera. Little did they know that we would be watching them 77 years later ❤️
I believe this is film shot by George Stevens film unit in Europe during WW11......(Joining the Army Signal Corps, Stevens headed up a combat motion picture unit from 1944 to 1946. In addition to filming the Normandy landings, his unit shot both the liberation of Paris and the liberation of the Nazi extermination camp Dachau, and his unit's footage was used both as evidence in the Nuremberg trials and in the de-Nazification program after the war. Stevens was awarded the Legion of Merit for his services) He is seen at 2:10 with the pipe in his mouth..great film records ..all available on line i believe
Французы в 1940 с цветами встречали немцев , в 44 встречают американцев . Измельчали французы , при Наполеоне были другие французы .
Орднунг был когда Немцы были . Сейчас им головы отрезают и церкви и горят.
Awesome brings tears to my spirit!
I appreciate the projector sounds; lends credence!
A You Tube video without goofy/pointless/idiotic/irritating/terrible/heinous music. What will they think of next?!
Let it be said that the first Free French unit to enter Paris, fight for the main government buildings and capture Von Choltitz was the 9th Company (La Nueve), composed entirely of Spanish Republican soldiers except for their Captain. They were also engaged in the fight for the Eagle's Nest.
Don't forget our senegalese brothers who helped us
The forgotten ones.. such an exceptional act of bravery and French history do not recognise it yet.. so unfair!
Truly an amazing age then. I heard about from my parents as well. My dad carried a BAR for his squad. He used to go back to Normandy for the periodic celebrations.
Fantastic merci.
What wonderful filmrecords!
8:44 German officer in jeep gets an American helmet upside his head.
The Bonk of Freedom
He give respect to him
Then he stole something from him. lmao
i was always fascinated about ww2 both fronts i even had the chance to get to the landing beaches and the graves and my god was it surreal there are no words to describe it and that is also many reasons why i want to join the army to at least repay the guys who fell on those beaches and fields for anyone who wants to visit the landing beaches themself i can tell its an experience youll wont forget
Too the sound track is the movie camera needed to play this marvelous film.
😮nossa relembrar um passado que eu nunca vii👍🏻👍🏻🇧🇷
Exceptionnel.
42:56 This is what i was looking for x)
She’s really pretty! And I was also looking for that thumbnail as well
You missed the duo at 45:25..........Vere Nice!!
Very beautiful
She's gorgeous
I feel for you Michael Mika; this lifetime must have been hard for you.
Keep on believing in yourself friend.
Fantastisch diese Bilder: Die Menschen reißen die Arme vor Freude hoch und noch im letzten Moment schütteln lebhaft sie die Hand zur Begrüßung - der Albtraum hat ein Ende!
I bet a lot of babies were born nine-months later. Magic.
1/3 allemands, 1/3 anglo-saxons, 1/3 français
I will say one thing, people in the 1940's really knew how to make use of absolutely massive flags.
And to think they had to fabricate them in just a few days!
The intersection at 2:26 I believe to be at what is now the intersection of D912 and D933 in Houdan. As best I can figure that matches with the old alignment of the N12, and the view up the rising street in the background is now Bd de la Gare. If not the exact location, this would have to be close to it for Versailles to be 40km away along the N12. You'll also note the improvised signs for XV Corps at the corner.
Je suis passé voir ce film grâce au livre "24 fois la vérité de Raphaël Meltz, chapitre 10". Merci pour ces images.
Great!
I cannot imagine the relief of the population when this craziness was over...
Muchas gracias!!!
A 15:44 le tout premier défilé du 14 juillet sur les Champs-Élysées incroyable d'avoir ces images 👍👍🇺🇸🇨🇵
La 2e division blindée, surnommée " La Nueve" (en espagnol) enrôlait 160 hommes dont 146 républicains espagnols qui furent les premiers à entrer dans la capitale française au soir du 24 août 1944 . Ces hommes se faufilent par l'Haÿ les Roses, Cachan, Arceuil, porte d'Italie jusqu'à l'Hôtel de Ville en évitant les barrages allemands. La section du lieutenant Amado Granell (espagnol) parvient la première à l’Hôtel de ville, à 21 h 22.Parmi les unités arrivées place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, le halftrack « Ebro » tire les premiers coups de feu contre un ensemble de mitrailleuses allemandes. Le lieutenant Amado Granell est le premier officier « français » reçu par le Conseil national de la Résistance. En attendant la capitulation du général allemand von Choltitz, gouverneur de Paris, "La Nueve" est envoyée pour occuper la Chambre des députés, l'hôtel Majestic et la place de la Concorde. Ce n'est que le lendemain, que les troupes alliées entrent dans Paris en triomphe. Les Espagnols participent au défilé du 26 août et forment l’escorte du général de Gaulle sur les Champs-Elysées. Ils défilent en portant les couleurs de la Seconde République espagnole, et pendant quelques minutes, une bannière géante aux mêmes couleurs ouvre le défilé.
Un peu moins de 200 hommes n'ont jamais constitué la totalité de la 2è DB,tout espagnols fussent-t-ils.
Merci pour cette precision
14:51 Les généraux / generals de Gaulle and Bradley saluting
Incredible footage. What an incredible time to have been alive.
Freedom is a wonderful thing.
If the people in this film were 20 at the time then today they would be 95 wow time marches on....
8:43 LOL
You didn't see that?
Did he just not see the camera(man) or was he just pissed off?
should have bashed his face in
soundbreak7.
Why..What would that have achieved? Just to sink to the brutal level of the Nazis. He was probably not a Nazi but a soldier conscripted into the Wermacht (the army), maybe against his will. Imagine if he'd said "Get stuffed" to his commanders? The big names needed their faces remodelled with a baseball bat!
Some WERE, at Nürnberg, as the noose tightened around their necks!
MrVinamp they're all Crowts
Still above ground 4/23/20, THANKS TO THE BRAVE SOLDIERS.
15:15 parade de victoire sur / victory parade on Champs Élysées 26 août 1944 14h / Aug. 26, 1944 2pm CET
(according to Collins/Lapierre 1965)