Title:STREET-FIGHTING OUTSIDE NOTRE DAME IN PARIS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 136-2
Other titles:
Summary:
Description: Troops of the 2nd Armoured Division and members of the FFI open fire on suspected snipers' positions in the upper storey of a building opposite Notre Dame as a 'Te Deum' service for the Liberation of Paris is conducted inside the Cathedral. Civilians, police, FFI and troops of the 2nd Armoured Division scramble for cover and crouch low behind stationary vehicles, lamp posts, pavement kerbs, doorways and cafe tables as bullets fly over their heads. First-aid parties rush to the aid of those wounded in the shooting.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Acland, A W (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Free French Forces, Div, Armoured, French, 2 (regiment/service)
British Army, Army Film and Photographic Unit (regiment/service)
French Red Cross (regiment/service)
Forces Francaises de l'Interieur (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, United States - halftrack: M3 (object name)
Stuart V light tank (object name)
transport, United States military - light utility: jeep & [British] (object name)
weapons, British - smallarm: Browning .50 cal machine gun (object name)
Liberation (object name)
streetfighting (object name)
weapons, British - smallarm: Browning .30 cal machine gun (object name)
Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography)
