Parisians travelling by bicycle, German-occupied Paris, July 1940. Under the German occupation, petrol was unobtainable. Only police cars and vehicles carrying food supplies were allowed to travel. So the bicycle became the principal mode of transport for civilians. The photographer is unknown.

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Keywords: 1900s, archival, archive, bicycle, cars, food, german-occupied, historic, historical, history, ii, mode, paris, parisians, petrol, police, supplies, transport, war, world