Description: a) National mourning of dead patriots on All Saints' Day, 1 November. Mourners in a cemetery lay wreaths on graves. A stone memorial to the victims of Nazi repression dated 1 November 1944 and a montage of news items from the Collaborationist press reporting the execution of terrorists, recall the ordeals of the German occupation, as do stills of murdered prisoners and film of Oradour-sur-Glane and Ascq. De Gaulle reviews a parade of French soldiers (at Mont Valerien) before laying a wreath at the cemetery at Ivry, where 850 patriots lie buried. He later attends the official memorial ceremony at the Château de Vincennes watched by a large crowd. Other memorials recall the liberation of Paris, including wreaths in the Rue Git-le-Coeur and Place de la Concorde, and the wars of 1914 and 1870.
b) A rally of Gardes Patriotiques on 3 November at the Velodrome d'Hiver hears Louis Saillant announce that they are now to be called Gardes Civiques Republicaines. Sections from Renault, the cinema, theatre and other organisations identify themselves with placards.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:COI 513
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-11
Production Country: France
Production Details:
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Gaulle, Charles André Joseph Marie de (person)
Saillant, Louis (person)
Free French Forces (regiment/service)
Gardes Civiques Republicaines (regiment/service)
Gardes Patriotiques (regiment/service)
Keywords: casualties, French dead - graves, formal (object name)
ceremonies, French - customary: wreath-laying (object name)
ceremonies, French - display: rally (object name)
ceremonies, French - event-related: All Saints' Day (object name)
ceremonies, French - display: parade (object name)
ceremonies, French - event-related: memorial service (object name)
Ascq, Nord, France (geography)
Ivry, France (geography)
Oradour-sur-Glane, Haute-Vienne, France (geography)
Mont Valérien, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography)
Place de Concord, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography)
Rue Git-le-Coeur, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography)
Velodrome d'Hiver, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography)
Château de Vincennes, Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France (geography)
