GEN CHARLES DE GAULLE IN STRASBOURG, FRANCE Part 1

Description

Summary: Sequence: Gen De Gaulle, War Minister Diethem, Gen Alphonse Juin and Gen Jean de Lattre de Tassigny alight from auto. De Gaulle greets the picturesquely-attired population. Sequene: Monseigneur Ruch, Archbishop of Strasbourg, conducts Mass in cathedral. Sequence: De Gaulle and companions salute the flag while military band plays after which he decorates the standard of a regiment flag. AERIAL VIEWS OVER STRASBOURG, COLMAR, SELESTAT, FRANCE.: AVs, over Colmar and Selestat, showing flooded areas. AVs, over Strasbourg showing cathedral and Rhine River. GENERAL DE GAULLE AT SAVERNE, FRANCE.: French and American troops in formation in center of Saverne Square, while Gen De Gaulle, Gen Devers and Lt Gen Alexander Patch salute the flag. Costumed girls and elders watch from sidewalks. Gen De Gaulle decorates Gen Patch with the Legion of Honor. French, American, and Colonial troops stage review. GENERAL DE GAULLE PRESENTS AWARDS AT SAVERNE, FRANCE.: Sequence: Gen De Gaulle conferring Legion of Honor on Gen Jacob Devers, CG 61st Army Group. Sequence: Gen Juin with Minister of War Diethem. MS, Gens De Lattre, Montabert, and Jacques Philippe Leclerc. LS, CUs, French and US troops parade. (Last story is scratched.)

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities