THE LIBERATION OF LE HAVRE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE LIBERATION OF LE HAVRE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 158-6
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  • Summary: The large number of civilians killed and injured during the British assault on Le Havre casts a cloud over the city's release from German occupation.
  • Description: Homage is paid to the civilian casualties of Le Havre at a wreath-laying ceremony held in the Place Monument aux Mortes before 1st Corps' commander, Lieutenant-General Sir John Crocker, representatives of the Forces Françaises de L'Interieur and the city's mayor. At the end of the ceremony, the "Marseillaise" is sung.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: A70 158-6
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Stiggins (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Crocker, John Tredinnick (person) Forces Francaises de l'Interieur (regiment/service) Canadian Army, Army 1 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: memorials and monuments (object name) destruction, French military - area: bomb (object name) Liberation (object name) Operation Astonia, Le Havre 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event) Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 89 ft; Running time: 1 min
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