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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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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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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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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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London Host to FFI

Date released

20 Nov 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1432

NoS ID

039367

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Two hundred young members of French Resistance Movement are guests of capital. Lord Mayor inspects them after march from Cenotaph.

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No Ordinary People (1995 Video)

Director

David Hinton

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. 50 min., 1998 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

Celebrates the experience of the courageous French Resistance in World War 2. Acts as a reminder of how ordinary people can be transformed by the extraordinary events of war.

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Last Mitterand, The (2005)

aka: Promeneur du Champs de Mars, Le

Subject

French studies; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 116 minutes), £19.99

A dramatised film based on the writing of Francois Mitterand’s memoirs, providing a glimpse of his life, times and legacy. The old man is dying from prostate cancer and knows he doesn’t have much time to...

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The Paris Story - Mix To

Date released

30 Aug 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1409

NoS ID

039274

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

The attempt on de Gaulle fails. In mingled joy and horror Paris rises supreme. Two attempt on de Gaulle fail. Paris liberated from within by Resistance army, from without by US forces and French Armoured...

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