French Women Tearily Say Goodbye To German POWs (1944) | British Pathé

German POWs are sent back to Germany as their French girlfriends weep and the French resistance fighters laugh exchanging cigarettes in 1944. For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Classic Movies: #BritishPathé #History #WWII #France #Germany Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: (FILM ID:) Note: good item for showing collaborators / collaboration. Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown. France. Various C/Us weeping French women embracing German prisoners. It appears the German soldiers are their lovers, the French girls carry cases suggesting they want to accompany their boyfriends back to Germany. An American soldier intervenes: he seems to be explaining to them the women cannot go whilst also reassuring them. One woman collapses with grief - heart wrenching stuff! Various shots of wounded prisoners being helped to walk or being carried off on stretchers. C/U defiant looking German officer. Various shots scruffy French resistance fighters laughing and exchanging cigarettes. More shots German prisoners, some look relieved. Various shots civilian woman wearing red cross armband bandaging prisoners. She shakes hands with some German medics as they leave. BRITISH PATHÉ’S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it. Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance. British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.