March of Time -- outtakes -- Food delivery to liberated Paris

Identifier
irn1003535
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.724.1
  • RG-60.4105
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

Scenes in liberated Paris. Jubilant crowds carrying an American and a British soldier on their shoulders. Tanks and trucks crowded with people through the streets. British and French flags. Germans are driven through the crowd in jeeps. People jeer as they pass by. Brief shot of high-ranking German officers. The dope sheet indicates that they are at the train station being shipped to an internment camp. 01:21:50 Trucks carrying food supplies arrive in Paris. Crowds surround the trucks and people wave to the camera. Soldiers unload big bags of flour or sugar while the crowd cheers. Signs and flags on some of the trucks indicate that the food is coming from England. Soldiers kiss girls and vice versa.

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