CELEBRATION OF BASTILLE DAY IN CAEN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CELEBRATION OF BASTILLE DAY IN CAEN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 83-2
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  • Summary: Additional coverage of a parade attended by the Gaullist Minister of the Interior, Emmanuel D'Astier de La Vigerie and the Calvados region Resistance chief, Captain Gille, in the centre of Caen.
  • Description: A procession of Resistance troops and the local Fire Brigade led by the Gaullist minister and the Resistance leader marches from St. Etienne Cathedral through the shattered streets of Caen to the 1914-18 War Memorial, some two hundred yards from German forward positions along the east bank of the Orne, where the Minister of the Interior places a wreath. The procession is seen returning to the Place du LycĂ©e where the Tricolour is raised over the Square.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 83-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Army Film Unit (Production company) Goddard, J H (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Caen, Calvados, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 192 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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