Summary:I. Bastille Day parade and celebrations in Paris (de Gaulle and de Lattre de Tassigny).
Description:I. Bastille Day parade and celebrations in Paris (de Gaulle and de Lattre de Tassigny).
II. Japanese surrender at Okinawa: film of final US land attack and coastal 'mopping up', long sequence of Japanese surrenders, and POWs.
III. War-orphaned infants in Paris nursing home.
IV. Allies in Berlin. a. British parade (Churchill, Attlee, Montgomery). b. Eden with Molotov. c. American flag ceremony, using flag flown in Washington on Pearl Harbor Day (Truman, Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Stimson).
V. Royal Navy in Pacific; bombing raid by USAF Liberators (one shot down); US Navy motor torpedo boats off Borneo.
VI. Opening of trial of Pétain in Paris.
VII. Relief work in Europe: grain and livestock loaded onto ship in USA; first Liberty-ship arrives in newly reopened Bremerhaven.
VIII. British General Election. Polling scenes; return from Potsdam (to vote) of Churchill, Attlee (and Mountbatten); declaration of results (Churchill's and Herbert Morrison's); Labour Party meeting in Westminster to celebrate results: Bevin and Attlee speak.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:WIF 14
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (WIF 14)
Featured Period:1945-1989
Production Date:1945-08-17-1945-08-17
Production Country:Allied Military Government
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Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: German
Title language: German
Technical Details:35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 2
Footage: 1960 ft; Running time: 22 mins
