Liberation Celebration In France (1944)

Unissued / unused material - dates and location unclear or unknown. France. Parade in French town - Bastille Day 14 July 1944 - a small group of American troops process with clergy and civic dignitaries. VS of ceremony. Civic dignitaries and officers speak from podium. An American officer translates the French Mayor’s speech. Another officer makes a speech in French about liberty. A band plays the American National Anthem. Various shots of French people in crowd listening to speech. French women pin flowers to uniforms of American Military Police. The crowd sing the Marseilles. A women recites a French poem. 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 Grap