News of armistice received in Paris

Identifier
irn1004640
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.141.1
  • RG-60.1361
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

In Paris, people gather to hear news of the armistice. Loudspeakers in a square relay live "hard but not dishonorable conditions". "The German government solemnly declares that it does not intend to use for its own purposes of war the French [naval] units in the control ports, apart from coastguard and minesweeping vessels". CUs, of the listening crowd, including some individuals who appear Jewish, a black man in a suit, women, people talking to each other, and one wiping away a tear.

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  • Original newsreel number is DW 514.

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