[French air force parachute, Three students have their parachutes checked and adjusted by Lieutenant Disdie at Paratrooper school in Avignon-Pujaut, France]

[French air force parachute, Lieutenant Disdier explains to students how to hold onto parachute at Paratrooper school in Avignon-Pujaut, France]

[French air force parachute, A Students looking and pointing out of plane in the sky, close-up at Paratrooper school in Avignon-Pujaut, France]

[French air force parachute, Group of students gathered around a plane, one is standing in the plane at Paratrooper school in Avignon-Pujaut, France]

[Allied solders working to set up supply and medical area on beach mostly cleared of German defenders during the invasion of Normandy, France]

[French woman, who had had a baby by a German soldier, and her mother (left) punished by having their heads shaved, Chartres, France]

[At the funeral for several workers who had been killed in an incident of labor unrest, the arrival of the family of one of the workmen, Clichy, France]

[Man voting in the election run-offs that would put into power the leftist-liberal Popular Front coalition government, Saint-Denis, France]