BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ISSUE 806A (16 NOVEMBER 1944) [Main Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ISSUE 806A (16 NOVEMBER 1944) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: NMV 806 A
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  • Summary:
  • Description: I. "Bucharest welcomes Red Army." Red Army troops in trucks and tanks (including a Sherman) enter the Rumanian capital, greeted by small crowds of inhabitants (a few of whom give the clenched fist salute). II. "Vive Churchill." Churchill, accompanied by his wife, daughter Mary and Eden, is met by De Gaulle upon his arrival at a French airfield for his first visit to the capital since 1940. After inspecting a guard of honour, the two leaders drive to the Arc de Triomphe for the wreath-laying ceremony on 11 November. Commentary sees visit as "not only a sign of Anglo-French sympathy, but also as marking the need for full Anglo-French cooperation in the years to come." Crowds line the Champs Elysées down which Churchill and De Gaulle walk before watching a massive military parade. Film shows British Guards, kilted Canadians, Americans and French colonial troops. Audience includes Bidault as well as Mrs Eden, in Paris as head of the AEF Club.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: NMV 806 A
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-11-16
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company) Mitchell, Leslie Scott Falconer1905-10-041985-11-23 (Production cast)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (person) Gaulle, Charles André Joseph Marie de (person)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 728 ft; Running time: 8 mins
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