Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees1a55001u
Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees to view Free French tanks and half tracks of General Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division passes through the Arc du Triomphe, after Paris was liberated on August 26, 1944. Among the crowd can be seen banners in support of Charles de Gaulle. Kodak Kodachrome sheet film in color, in a large format, was not colorized.
- Date
- 1944-08-26
- Photographer / author
- Jack Downey, U.S. Office of War Information
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 7,805 × 6,317 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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"Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees1a55001u" (1944-08-26). Jack Downey, U.S. Office of War Information. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crowds_of_French_patriots_line_the_Champs_Elysees1a55001u.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 118191.
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