American propaganda film to educate US soldiers going to France

Identifier
irn1000828
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.0971
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States. Army Pictorial Service. (Camera Operator)
  • Jean Renoir (Director)
  • Garson Kanin (Director)
  • United Films (Producer)

Scope and Content

An American propaganda film produced by the U.S. Office of War Information to educate US soldiers before going to France. Some scenes are staged. Reel 3: French peasants hide their parachutes and a French priest (actor) hides the fliers and tells them of the French defeat. The fliers are secreted back across the English Channel. French soldiers retreat as the Germans advance. Gen. Petain calls for collaboration with Germany. General de Gaulle broadcasts a call for continued French resistance and speaks to French officers on a warship. Petain visits Hitler. Germans execute French hostages and send Frenchmen to Germany as slave laborers.

Note(s)

  • More film contributors/credits: Writers: Philip Dunne; Jean Renoir; Burgess Meredith Editors: Marcel Cohen; Maria Reyto; Jean Oser Music: Kurt Weill

Subjects

  • RESISTERS/RESISTANCE
  • HITLER, ADOLF
  • DE GAULLE, CHARLES
  • SPEECHES
  • GERMANY
  • MILITARY OFFICERS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (FRENCH)
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • NAZI OFFICIALS
  • PROPAGANDA
  • PRISONERS
  • FIGHTING
  • PEASANTS
  • FRANCE
  • PRISONERS (FRENCH)
  • CLERGY
  • COLLABORATORS (FRENCH)
  • EXECUTIONS

Places

  • , Germany
  • , France
  • , England

Genre

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