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Rise and training of Free French Resistance fighters in World War 2; propaganda film supporting efforts of Free French.

Alternating World War 2 footage and dramatized scenes with actors. German Luftwaffe bombers destroying French cities. Invasion of France by Germany. Burning buildings and debris in French cities during 1940 invasion. Hitler viewing Eiffel Tower while visiting Paris in June 1940 after occupation. German flag atop Eiffel Tower. Allied fighter aircraft shot down, pilot ejects and parachutes to ground as aircraft crashes with explosion. Pilot landing in parachute, gathering and hiding parachute. Actors conversation segment. Footage of sad looking and defeated French soldiers marching in streets of France under occupying German guard, as depressed French citizens look on. French General Philippe Petain at desk delivering speech that calls for collaboration with Germans. Close ups of sad and crying French men, women, and children in streets of France suffering war and occupation. Petain salutes soldiers during a parade after he abolishes representative government. Petain speaks from podium to gathered soldiers. View of French General Charles De Gaulle, in Britain, calling for continued French resistance and speaking to French officers on a warship. Actor dialog segment. Footage of Petain visiting Hitler. They shake hands while photographers record the meeting. Actor segments. Footage of Free French forces training and marching in various cities. Free French soldier receives machine gun training. French officer training in Russia at a Soviet recognition ceremony. French soldiers carry railroad ties and discuss over a map. RAF spitfires in flight. Sign at training camp "French Air Force Squadron. Flexible Gunnery School." Allied naval ships at sea; close views of ship guns. Smoke rises from French ship fleet scuttled at Toulon November 27, 1942. Mobilized French citizens receiving rifle training. Free French Army encampment with French flag raising ceremony. French citizens gather to read posted German notices. Parade celebrating liberation of Paris in World War II. Happy French citizens smile and cheer French, American, and Soviet allies marching in Paris.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1945
Duration: 18 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053125
Resident-General of Morocco, General Alphonse Juin, arrives in Casablanca aboard French Cruiser Georges Leygues

View of French Cruiser Georges Leygues in harbor of Casablanca, Morocco. A launch carries new Resident-General Alphonse Juin to the shore, where he is greeted by honor guard of French sailors. He greets a civilian woman and man dressed in formal attire and samples food proffered by Moroccans. General Juin then rides along a road in an open automobile, accompanied by Moroccan troops on horseback, while spectators watch and applaud from the roadside. Accompanied by French officers in white uniforms, he participates in a wreath laying at the Monument commemorating Moroccan units that served with the French during World War I. (The monument, by sculptor Landowski, erected in 1924, depicts a French Poilu and a Moroccan Spahi, both on horseback, shaking hands.) The General's car and entourage then proceed to the courtyard of the Royal Palace, where General Juin is escorted by Moroccan officials, while a Moroccan military band plays. He enters the Palace and has an audience with the Sultan of Morocco. A Short, unrelated scene at the end of the clip shows Crown Prince Amir Saud of Saudi Arabia, and two members of his royal party, stepping from a car, and entering a building during a 1947 visit to the United States.

Location: Casablanca Morocco
Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024294
Naval mine laying by air in North African coast of Morocco.

An aerial view of North African coast of Morocco during World War 2. French fliers in aircraft above waters off Morocco. Aerial views of breakwater. An Italian submarine is spotted, on the surface, inside the three-mile limit of French Moroccan coast. A French destroyer races to intercept the errant submarine before it can retreat beyond the 3-mile limit. However the submarine manages to safely exit French Moroccan waters.

Location: Morocco North Africa
Date: 1940
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053145
Two senior officers check and sign documents in office of Command of the Aeronautics in Morocco.

Soldiers stand outside entrance of the Moroccan Air Command Building in Morocco. A French Air Force officer comes out and greets arriving U.S. Air Force officers. All officers, including an American Air Force Brigadier General and French counterpart, sit around a table. They discuss and mutually sign some type of agreement. The French General points out areas of interest on a map of Morocco fixed on a wall behind the table. He marks some places on the map. All others watch. Note: The U.S. Air Force General wears an "Ike" jacket, while the officers accompanying him all wear the class A "blouse" jacket.

Location: Morocco North Africa
Date: 1952
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024286
Spaatz, Doolittle, and Bergeret at presentation ceremony of P-40s to the Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco (WW2)

Lt. General Carl Spaatz and Major General James Doolittle of the United States Twelfth Air Force, Colonel Willis, as well as other American and French officers attend ceremonies at the presentation of Curtiss P-4O Warhawk planes by U.S. to French Major-General Bergeret and the French Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco during World War II. American troops parade with the American flag. An officer addresses the troops. Officers with the American flag. Officers salute the French and American flags. P-40 Warhawks in the air. Three officers walking. French Moroccan horsemen pass by. Major General Doolittle, Lieutenant General Spaatz, and French Major-General Bergeret talk to each other and to other American and French officers.

Location: Morocco North Africa
Date: 1943, January 9
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020495
Presentation of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk planes by U.S. to the French Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco, North Africa.

Lt. General Carl Spaatz and Major General James Doolittle of the United States Twelfth Air Force, along with Colonel Willis, as well as other American officers at a presentation ceremony of Curtiss P-40 aircraft to French Major-General Bergeret and other French officers. Excellent close-up views of Spaatz and Doolittle. The P-40 Warhawk planes are presented by U.S. to the French Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco. Several P-40s lined outside a hangar. A C-47 Skytrain "Gooney Bird" in the background. The Lafayette Escadrille squadron insignia, French Air Service insignia, and the French tricolor painted on the planes. Soldier walks past the airplanes. The military band with bombers in the background. United States and French officers talk as they hold a cut out of the squadron insignia. (World War II period).

Location: Morocco North Africa
Date: 1943, January 9
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020496
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