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 (LOC)

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. 25

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
Number on jacket: K01; OWI number devised by Library staff.
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Photograph shows sign at left "De Gaulle au pouvoir" and sign at right "Vive De Gaulle."
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

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a55001

Call Number: LC-USW36-1 A