Title:GENERAL DE GAULLE RETURNS TO FRANCE AFTER HIS FOUR-YEAR EXILE (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 45-2
Other titles:
Summary:
Description: I. Maurice Schumann, a Free French radio announcer and Gaullist in Bayeux, introduces General de Gaulle to members of the large crowd gathered in the city's central park to hear him speak; Colonel Chandon (?) is on hand to take the bouquets of flowers from his chief. Standing on a podium decorated with Tricolour bunting and US and British flags, de Gaulle addresses the people of Bayeux; clearly visible among those standing in a semi-circle in front of him are Schumann, General Koenig and M Coulet (who has just been installed as Commissioner for Normandy).
II. Followed by a large and excited crowd, General de Gaulle, M Vienot and General Bethouart walk through the streets of Bayeux towards the Sous-Préfecture; numerous ordinary city folk and Resistance workers step out to greet him. Note the three AFPU cameramen and photographers at work covering the occasion and the presence of a large number of British servicemen (mainly 50th Division troops), in particular a lance-corporal who seems intent on following the camera. General Koenig and M Palewski and then Colonel Chandon (?) are seen meeting up with the three French leaders as the procession nears the Place de Château.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Parkinson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Bethouart, Marie Emile Antoine (person)
Chandon (Colonel) (person)
Gaulle, Charles André Joseph Marie de (person)
Koenig, Pierre (person)
Coulet, Francois (person)
Palewski, Gaston (person)
Vienot, Pierre (person)
Schumann, Maurice (person)
Free French Forces (regiment/service)
British Army, Army Film and Photographic Unit (regiment/service)
British Army, Div 50 (regiment/service)
Keywords: ceremonies, French - event-related: speech by General de Gaulle (object name)
delegations, French national - goodwill: de Gaulle visits Bayeux (object name)
journalism and record, Allied - cameraman: AFPU (object name)
Bayeux, Calvados, France (geography)
Sous-Préfecture, Bayeux, Calvados, France (geography)
