FROM D-DAY TO PARIS : a newsreel history [Main Title]

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  • Title: FROM D-DAY TO PARIS : a newsreel history [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 241
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: The liberation of France.
  • Description: (Reel 1) A brief impression of D-Day and the immediate follow-up as reinforcements arrive, prisoners leave and captured towns are cleared. (Reel 2) Liberation of Cherbourg by Americans and of Caen by British/Canadian troops (celebration scenes); brief coverage of German countermeasures, and aerial shots of a Mulberry harbour. (Reel 3) Ruins of Caen; the German V1 offensive on South East England; the American break-out to the south and east (St Lo, Avranches, Rennes etc). (Reel 4) Sequence on Free French forces; German counterattack on Mortain; Allied advance (Americans to Angers, Nantes etc; British/Canadians in Orne basin). Mention of activities on other fronts (Russia, Italy) and in south of France. (Reel 5) Liberation of Paris, including scenes of Resistance uprising (streetfighting), de Gaulle's entry into the city, and the disruption of the triumphant Champs Elysées parade by sniper fire.
  • Alternative Title:
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: COI 241
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) British Movietone News (Production company) Perrin, Raymond (Production individual) Loewe, Raymond (Production individual) Moorehead, Alan McCrae19101983(1910-1983) Australian-born journalist and author, in Britain from 1937 (Production cast)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: society, Allied - history (object name) France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 5 Footage: 4710 ft; Running time: 50 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    COI 241

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