March of Time -- outtakes -- Liberation of Paris

Identifier
irn1001747
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.210
  • RG-60.2188
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • March of Time, Inc. (Producer)
  • Bockhost (Camera Operator)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

Fall of Paris. American GIs marching on road in Etamps (outside Paris), holding pictures of Hitler and Goering on bayonettes. Road sign, "Paris 50." People waving at passing Americans. GIs in jeep unfurling American flag, crowd cheers. US tanks enter Paris, pass Eiffel Tower. Civilians building sandbag barricade. Tanks firing at snipers in Paris outskirts. Street fighting in Paris outskirts. Jeepload of prisoners, crowd tries to mob them.

Note(s)

  • Cameraman's dope sheet available in departmental files.

Subjects

  • FIGHTING
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • MILITARY OFFICERS
  • MARCH OF TIME
  • TANKS
  • MARCHING
  • CROWDS
  • JEEPS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • LIBERATION
  • PRISONERS
  • GOERING, HERMANN
  • CIVILIANS
  • STREETS
  • FRANCE
  • FLAGS (AMERICAN)
  • GUNS
  • HITLER, ADOLF

Places

  • Paris, France

Genre

  • Film
  • Outtakes.
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