Downey, Jack,, photographer.
Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees to view Allied tanks and half tracks pass through the Arc du Triomphe, after Paris was liberated on August 25, 1944
[1944 Aug. 26]1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Number on jacket: K01; OWI number devised by Library staff.
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Photo shows Free French tanks and half tracks of General Leclerc’s 2nd Armored Division passing through the Arc du Triomphe in Paris, probably on August 26, 1944. Sign at left “De Gaulle au pouvoir” and sign at right “Vive De Gaulle.” (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Wikimedia Commons)
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945
Crowds
Streets
Military parades & ceremonies
Champs-Elysses (Paris, France)
France–Paris
Format: Transparencies–Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Collection Lot 12002 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a55001
Call Number: LC-USW36-1 A
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