Paris was liberated from German troops on August 25, 1944, after the commanding officer of the occupation, General Dietrich von Choltitz, surrendered. Jack Lieb reached the French capital in the course of the Allied advance from Normandy and documented the liberated city in color. The Eiffel Tower, a symbol of German control over Paris during the occupation, quickly became an icon of reclaimed freedom following liberation. Lieb’s color footage from Paris ranks among the few color documents of these historic days.