Paris

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

177

Date Released

25 Sep 1944

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Paris

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

The inside story of the FFI. Paris prepares to rise against the Nazis; on the surface, however, all is quite. Then the underground organization rises up, tears down posters erects barricades. Monsieur Bidault visits resistance headquarters at the Hotel de Ville, headquarter also of Monsieur Loisat, the Prefect. Nazi tanks. The people of Paris fight in the streets. Many Germans arrested by French. The Allies arrive in Paris. The Americans search out the Germans at the Eiffel Tower - they surrender after a brief skirmish. German snipers fire on General de Gaulle as he walks in triumphal procession through Paris. US NATIONAL ARCHIVE ENTRY: [No details of physical stock] Shows the ominously deserted streets of Paris; FFI units tear down German posters, erect street barricades, form battle lines, congregate at their Hotel de Ville headquarters, fire rifles at a Nazi tank, wound a Nazi and remove him from the street by stretcher. A German truck is hand grenaded and bursts into flames. Nazis surrender to US troops near the Eiffel Tower. Civilians embrace British tankmen. General de Gaulle places a wreath on a memorial; the crowd disburses as a shot is fired. British soldiers present arms in front of the Arc de Triomphe.

Keywords

Commemorations; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Weapons; Ceremonies; Prisoners of war; Occupied territories; Casualties; 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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