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PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY. Second World War, Liberation of Paris. Seventeen black and white photographs, circa August-October 1944 by Keystone and other similar press agencies, captioned to verso, around 20.5cm x 15cm Subjects include: • Street fighting breaks out during parades (German snipers firing shots at the crowds) • German garrison in Paris surrenders • Collaborators being held in the Velodrome • De Gaulle's Parade • Several of German Officers from the Chamber of Deputies surrendering after fierce fighting and resistance (some slight apparent ink staining) • French Foreign Minister Rene Massigli and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden signing Civil Affairs Agreement • Winston Churchill signing the Golden Book of Paris German Sniper fire from the top of the Arc de Triomphe (17, plus one post-war logo graphic)
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