General De Gaulle Visits Free French Navy (1940)

Full title reads: “GENERAL DE GAULLE VISITS FREE FRENCH NAVY“. England, unknown. Various shots of General Charles de Gaulle walking around visiting and inspecting the crews of Free French destroyer “Le Triomphant“ and submarine “Surcouf“ in a harbour in England. Medium shot of Free French naval ensign. (Mute & Track Negs.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT 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.