Description: I. Trotting race (in the snow) at Vincennes. II. An investiture at the front: decorations are awarded to soldiers in a forest clearing - commentary asserts of apparent inactivity of patrol actions "c'est bien la guerre." III. "Divers Faites" a. The 'sights' of Paris under snow. b. Dog sleigh used by mountain troops to evacuate a casualty in the Alps. c. Cairo: modernisation of Egypt's air force. d. French West Africa: defence force exercise shows perfect condition of men and equipment. e. The Hague: Princess Juliana joins skating crowds. f. Rome: Pope Pius XII leaves the Vatican to visit the Italian King for the first time since 1864. g. French Canadian troops in Scotland. IV. The construction of bombers at an aircraft factory (LeO 451s). V. A small blockade patrol ship intercepts a freighter and instructs it to make for a control port: its contraband cargo, denied to Germany, will help the Allies. VI. The war in Finland: Helsinki after Russian bombing (damaged hospital); troops with captured equipment; a Finnish aircraft prepared for action; life in the Mannerheim line emplacements; civilian morale good.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:COI 567
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1940-01
Production Country: France
Production Details: Films Paramount, Paris (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (person)
Pius XII, Pope (person)
Egyptian Air Force (regiment/service)
Canadian Army, [French Canadian personnel] (regiment/service)
Finnish Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: ceremonies, French - event-related: investiture (object name)
delegations, Italian national - state (object name)
destruction, Finnish military - area: bomb (object name)
industry, French - aircraft: Liore et Olivier LeO 451 (object name)
medical, French military - movement: dog sleigh (object name)
operations, Egyptian air - routine (object name)
operations, French naval - search: blockade patrol (object name)
recreation, Dutch civilian - sport: ice skating (object name)
recreation, French civilian - sport: trotting (object name)
training, French military (object name)
transport, French military - animal ambulance: dog sleigh (object name)
Egypt & Cairo (geography)
Finland & Helsinki (geography)
Alps (Mountains), France (geography)
Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography)
Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France (geography)
French West Africa (geography)
Netherlands & The Hague, ZH (geography)
GB, Scotland (geography)
snow (concept)
Winter (concept)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: French
Title language: French
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 1200 ft; Running time: 12 mins
