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Liberation of Rennes

Date released

14 Aug 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/65

NoS ID

100456

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Gendarmes and resistance personnel escort French collaborators from house through hostile French crowds. By contrast happy crowds greet their liberators as British and American troops enter the town.

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Resistance! (1996 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 52 min., 1996 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Surviving French Resistance fighters and wartime Special Operations Executive agents tell the the story of their work in Occupied France, leading to the Liberation of Paris.

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Francois Mitterrand death (1996)

Genre

Interview; Obituary; Speech

William Roncon looks back at the life and political career of former French President Francois Mitterrand following his death from cancer. Includes Mitterrand speech on the Maastricht Treaty (in French) and...

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Media Screen Roundup - October 2013

Date

4 Dec 2013, 09:44

Author

Linda

Post Type

Post

The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. Shakespeare features in this month’s...

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French Resistance Honoured

Date released

20 Jun 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1463A

NoS ID

021755

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French Premier at Downing Street. DESCRIPTION: French paratroops were on parade in Dorset Square, London, for a ceremony attended by the Prime Ministers of Great Britain and of France....

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Partisans - War Behind the Lines (2000 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 48 min., 2001 sale: £9.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Uses archive footage to highlight the importance of the organised civilian groups who fought military actions or performed acts of espionage, sabotage, disruption and protest against occupying forces. Looks...

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For the Love of Tomorrow

Subject

History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 41 minutes), £8.00

This film is a profile of Madame Irène Laure, a member of the French Resistance who, travelled to Germany after the war to speak about the importance of forgiveness. ‘I longed for the total destruction...

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Témoins de la Libération de Paris, Les, Et 20 Ans en Août 1944: Deux Films de Jorge Amat

Director

Lorenzo Alvary

Subject

French studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL), 15 Euros

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King and Queen Attend Film Premier

Date released

12 Jun 1950

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2012

NoS ID

042414

Story no

1 / 3

French-born wife of Mr Peter Churchill is presented to Their Majesties at first night of "Odette", the film depicting her heroic work in the French Resistance.

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Battle in Normandy

Series name

Warwork News

Issue no

S15/52

NoS ID

156720

Story no

1 / 2

The great campaign for which we have toiled since Dunkirk. British move on Caen. Surprised, Nazis surrender. Shots of Caen in ruins. German snipers rounded up. French Resistance welcomes Allies.

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