14th July, 1940 - France’s National Day (1940)

Full title reads: “14th July, 1940 - France’s National Day“. London. Various good shots of General Charles De Gaulle and other French officers arriving at the Cenotaph where he lays a wreath and takes salute at march past of French army and naval units. MS De Gaulle laying wreath at the statue of Marshal Foch in Grosvenor Gardens. CU Wreath inscribed Les Francais Libres. CU Full frame of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. VS of the huge parade in Paris of French national and colonial troops along the Champs Elysees and past the Arc de Triomphe during a former 14th July parade - all library shots. 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 Graph