PARIS, FRANCE ; CELEBRATION OF LIBERATION, PLACE DE LA CONCORDE, PARIS, FRANCE ; LUXEMBOURG PALACE, PARIS, FRANCE Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 2231 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-552) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 975' ea Silent 2231-1 INV 1510, PARIS, FRANCE, 27 Aug 1944 Underexposed shots, Ints, Exts, Magdalene church. Civilians enter and exit. LS, Hotel Crillon on Place de la Concorde. (Hotel is partially wrecked.) VS, wrecked German autos. Ext of palace garden gate as two gendarmes stand guard. LS, MLS, gendarmes stand in formation. MS, French flags fly from mast. Ext, Palais de L'Elysee and gardens. VS, Presidential Palace. INV 1511, CELEBRATION OF LIBERATION, Place de la Concorde, Paris, France; 27 Aug 1944 Parade scenes near Arc de Triomphe as FFI, civilians, French soldiers and vehicles pass. Civilians fill to the area to greet the liberation forces. Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Accession Number III - NA Signal Corps ADC 2231 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-552) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 975' ea Silent 2231-2 INV 1512, LUXEMBOURG PALACE, Paris, France; CU, doorway "Palais de Senat. VS, rubble of palace grounds, wrecked vehicles, clothing and other equipment. INV 1513 French civilians walk thru streets with raised hands in "V" salute, following a French woman collaborator with shaven head. (Collaborator has swastika chalked on her forehead.) Seq: US soldier gives cigarettes to French civilians. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35 TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Record Group 111 Accession Number III - NAV - 210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities