Title:SENIOR ALLIED OFFICERS COMMEMORATE THE LIBERATION OF PARIS AT THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 153-5
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Summary:
Description: Further coverage of the presentation by the Allied Supreme Commander, General Eisenhower, of a plaque commemorating the part the people of Paris played in their own liberation in a ceremony held at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe. Among the personalities identifiable attending the occasion are Lieutenant-General Bradley, 12th US Army Group commander, Air Chief Marshal Tedder, Eisenhower's deputy, Lieutenant-General Spaatz, US Strategic and Tactical Airforces chief, Major-General Kepner, 8th US Air Force Fighter Command leader, Air Marshal Leigh- Mallory, supreme air commander at SHAEF, Admiral Ramsay, naval commander for 'Overlord', Lieutenant-General Bedell-Smith, Eisenhower's chief of staff, General Juin, chief of staff of the French National Defence Committee, General Koenig, FFI commander and military governor of Paris, Admiral d'Argenlieu, Lieutenant-General Simpson, 9th US Army commander, and Air Chief Marshal Harris (?), the RAF Bomber Command chief.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Harris, L W J (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Eisenhower, Dwight David (person)
Juin, Alphonse P (person)
Bradley, Omar Nelson (person)
Simpson (Lieutenant-General) (person)
Ramsay, Bertram Home (person)
Leigh-Mallory, Trafford (person)
Tedder, Arthur William (person)
Spaatz, Carl Andrew (person)
Kepner, William Ellsworth (person)
Argenlieu, Georges Thierry d' (person)
Bedell-Smith, Walter (person)
French Army, Garde Republicaine (regiment/service)
Keywords: memorials and monuments (object name)
photography and cinematography (object name)
Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography)
