Title:LES ACTUALITES FRANCAISES NO 10 [Main Title]
Film Number:COI 176
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Summary: (Free) French newsreel. No commentary.
Description: a) "Saint Theresa in Paris" Removal of the saint's relics from Notre Dame (for safe storage during bombing) to Lisieux.
b) "Objective reached" North African Muslim French troops march through liberated town in Alsace. General de Lattre de Tassigny reviews and decorates troops of French First Army. German inscriptions are painted over.
c) "Interallied games" Boxing match at the Inter Allied Rest Centre.
d) "Towards the Rhine" Aerial views of flooded Holland; British and US forces advance.
e) "The Atlantic pockets - Lorient, St Nazaire, La Rochelle, Royan" French General addresses camera. Artillery loaded and fired. General de Larminat reviews French forces.
f) "For our Muslim soldiers" Convalescent hospital in North Africa for French Army soldiers from the region.
g) "The Navy carries on" Navy Minister Jacquinot inspects French sailors at Toulon.
h) "Justice will be done" General de Gaulle visits and lays wreath at Oradour-sur-Glane to commemorate destruction of the village and its inhabitants on 10 June 1944 by the 2nd Waffen SS Panzer Division Das Reich.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:COI 176
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1945-02
Production Country: France
Production Details: France Libre Actualites (Production company)
