France

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

174

Date Released

4 Sep 1944

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1France

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

Retreating Nazis. American liberation of Rennes. Vichy collaborators arrested; crowd becomes vindictive; one fifth columnist had to be protected from the crowd. The French people cheer US soldiers. Heavy bombers blast retreating German columns. The British and Canadians beyond Caen, heading for the Falaise Gap. Shots of the war materials destroyed and left behind by Germans (Seventh Army). The superior weight of Allied armour, which is inspected by the visiting Russian Military Mission. The Rumanian Front: the forcing of the River Pruth by the Red Army and entry into Rumania. Shots of Siret and Botosani in Rumania. The townspeople (who look very sour) described in commentary as apathetic after years of Nazi domination. Peasants return to the land. The victorious Red Army. US NATIONAL ARCHIVE ENTRY: 9 min, sd, B&W, 35 mm Part 1 Streets in Rennes are swept for mines. US troops and mechanized equipment move through the city as civilians cheer. Nazi collaborators are assailed by civilians; prisoners are marched through the town. Part 2 B24s bomb a railway yard in France. Part 3 Field guns are fired and British infantry moves up near Caen. Tanks move past abandoned and demolished German equipment. Part 4 Russian tanks and infantry advance in Romania. Record Group 208 - Accession 3276

Keywords

Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; War damage; Prisoners of war; Occupied territories; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Rex Keating

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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