French liberation in Paris: FFI and Germans fight

Identifier
irn1000823
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.0966
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Le Comite de Liberation du Cinema Francais (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

Reel 1: Half-tracks, tanks, and infantry move through the streets of Paris. FFI placards, announcing France's liberation, are posted. FFI trucks move through Paris. Snipers fire from windows at German troops. FFI recruits are sworn in and armed. Grenades are thrown at German vehicles. Street barricades are erected.

Note(s)

  • France Libre Actualites.

Subjects

  • WEAPONS/ARMS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • RECRUITMENT
  • TANKS
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • SIGNS/POSTERS
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • OATHS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • FIGHTING
  • GUNS
  • STREETS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (FRENCH)
  • LIBERATION
  • FRANCE

Places

  • Paris, France

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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