La Journal de la Resistance Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Reel l, German. half-tracks, tanks, and inf. move through the streets of Paris. FFI placards, announcing Frances's liberation, are posted. FFI trucks move through Paris, snipers fire from windows at Ger. troops, FFI recruits are sworn in and armed, grenades are thrown at Ger. vehicles, and street barricades are erected. Reel 2, FFI and Ger. units fight in the streets. Collaborationists are rounded up. Gestapo torture chambers are examined; prisoners are released. FFI wounded, are treated. A rifle is seized from a wounded Ger. FFI riflemen fire from barricades at Ger. tanks. Shows smashed Ger. vehicles and Ger. POW's. Allied tanks and motorized info enter the city. The tricolor is raised and Ger. signs torn down. Machine guns and rifles are fired at Ger. snipers in the Place de la Concorde. Reel 3, Arned tanks and inf. rout resisting Gers. from the Arc de Triomphe. Gen. de Gaulle addresses the populace and places a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Collection

Records of the Office of War Information

Series

Propaganda, Information, and Documentary Motion Pictures