Cheering women welcome liberated French prisoners in Paris. HD Stock Footage

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Cheering women welcome liberated French prisoners in Paris.

A large crowd including elderly women welcomes the liberated French prisoners to France. Truck of liberated French prisoners arrives amidst the waiting civilians. French girls wave to disembarking prisoners as the smiling prisoners wave back. Young girls hug and kiss the prisoners.Civilians cheer and applaud their return. Little girls wave in the crowd. Prisoners eat bread and drink from wine bottle. A prisoner holds the French flag. Liberated Senegalese prisoners. Location: Paris France. Date: April 1945.

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