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Charles de Gaulle
 
–Chronological - Years: ca 1940 - 1967 

 

            220517          11:11:17 - 11:13:39   Jul40         Si          B/W    Vichy, France  Airport 

General Huntziger, newly appointed Minister of War (after Gen. Weygand) out of plane w/ Swastika & talking to officers.  German pilots salute goodbye.  He reviews troops w/ De Gaulle(?).

Good MCUs.

 

            220624          01:03:13 - 01:03:35   07Jan41    Si          B/W   

Gen. De Gaulle visits & inspects French naval ships of Free French Forces which escaped from home

port.  De Gaulle w/ naval officers tours ship.

   220882          19:43:47 - 19:44:55            B/W    SIL       1940s            

[De Gaulle & Churchill & Polish watch tank exercise]
De Gaulle & Churchill & Polish military VIPS watch tank exercise.  De Gaulle with Polish officer & Churchill nearby.  Artillery firing and tanks advance.  Churchill inspects British troops, jokes and makes them smile.  Troops take hats off to Churchill - Hip Hip Hurray!  Churchill with Polish commanders lights cigar. 

            220872          02:48:06 - 02:57:19   Mar-Apr41             Si         B/W   

Fort Lamy, French Equatorial Africa;  WWII FFI Conference, Gen. De Gaulle from plane, greeted by

Leclerc & others w/ town dignitaries.  De Gaulle Inspects native troops; w/ Spears out of car.

 

            221020          16:47:30 - 16:51:03            1942?                        Si         B/W   

[Free French Recruits]

16:50:43  One Senegalese shows his machete to French officer [ Charles de Gaulle ?].

 

   220903          03:03:03 - 03:04:07            1942? 1943?            SIL       B/W               

[De Gaulle's Arrival In North Africa]
Amphibious plane lands on water.  De Gaulle greeted by French and British military VIPs.  De Gaulle disembarks off ship's gangplank (brief). 
Two vertical scratches throughout.

         220590             17:17:16 - 17:18:25   1943          Sd          B/W   

News From North Africa:  Generals De Gaulle & Giraud meet at airport, inspect Free French troops. 

Giraud awards Gen. Eisenhower  the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour for services to France. 

Ike salutes.

 

   220903          03:14:24 - 03:21:02            B/W    SIL       1943   Algiers           

[Algiers - De Gaulle At Bastille Day Parade]
Algiers -  parade and marching band incl. colonial troops (Harkis?); Senegalese troops.  Crowd of French spectators.  De Gaulle with Robert Murphy watches parade.  Tanks.  Arab cavalry. Free French troops.   Civilians march carrying French flag - some Arabs amongst them.  Lovely pan shot of crowd waving at camera.  Troops with beret parade.  Crowd movement to follow parade; crowd passes under large sign in French ńAlgiers, capital of the Empireî with ship logo.

         220682             18:25:17 - 18:27:31   1943          Sd          B/W               

Casablanca, French Morocco, North Africa  Roosevelt, Giraud, De Gaulle and Churchill pose in

gardens.  Giraud and De Gaulle shake hands.  Churchill & FDR give briefing to press.  Brief shot in

aircraft cockpit of De Gaulle (?).

 

            220903          03:47:27 - 03:50:32            18Jan43         Si         B/W

Casablanca - FDR and Churchill seated with Giraud and de Gaulle and group behind all posing for cameras. FDR wipes sweat off brow.  FDR seated alone with Churchill. FDR wears black armband. 

Giraud, Churchill, de Gaulle, Roosevelt seated together with FDR talking to Giraud.  Giraud and de Gaulle rise and shake hands.

 

         220691             03:00:08 - 03:09:57   Jan43         Sd          B/W  

The War 1941 - 1944   03:01:22 The Gathering Offensive.  Pres. Roosevelt & Winston Churchill in

Casablanca.  De Gaulle returns to French soil to attend conference.  Allied officers meet round

conference table.

        

         220572             00:05:40 - 00:07:27   Jun43        Si          B/W   

De Gaulle  in North Africa.  Generals De Gaulle and Giraud talking by plane.  De Gaulle shaling hands and reviewing French troops. General Giraud decorating General Eisenhower, places sash over him and dubs with sword and kisses him on cheeks.

        

 

            220903          03:47:27 - 03:50:32            24Jun43         Si         B/W

De Gaulle and Giraud arrive in car.  King George, Gen de Gaulle, Gen Giraud, Gen Eisenhower, Gen Alexander, Adm. Cunningham & others review French troops & equipment.

 

            220903          03:14:24 - 03:21:02            14Jul43         Si         B/W

Algiers – Bastille Day parade and marching band incl. colonial troops (Harkis?); Senegalese troops.  Crowd of French spectators.  De Gaulle with Robert Murphy watches parade.  Tanks.  Arab cavalry. Free French troops.   Civilians march carrying French flag - some Arabs amongst them.  Lovely pan shot of crowd waving at camera.  Troops with beret parade.  Crowd movement to follow parade; crowd passes under large sign in French ńAlgiers, capital of the Empireî with ship logo.

 

         220572             00:04:09 - 00:05:37   Oct43         Si          B/W   

De Gaulle Leaving Meeting of French Committee in Africa - October 1943

De Gaulle and others on porch of Lycee Frometein.  Pose for camera on steps of building, Catroux and de Gaulle in foreground. Closer shot with Catroux, Gentilhomme, de Gaulle and Giraud.  De Gaulle and Giraud conversing.  General Georges talks with committee member. Gen Giraud enters car followed by Gen. Georges.  De Gaulle into car and away.  French Flag Flying.  Senegalese  troops on guard.  Shot Lycee Frometein building.

 

         220572             00:07:29 - 00:10:47   May44        Si          B/W    Algiers, North Africa WWII.  De Gaulle & Giraud visit Financial Delegation. 

De Gaulle addresses delegation.  De Gaulle and Giraud shake hands w/ committee members.  Gen.

Catroux addresses delegation.  De Gaulle and others  arrive & take stand ( cuts ).

 

         220472             09:49:45 -  09:52:54         Jun?44            Sd        B/W    Bayeux, France 

Latest Pictures From France As Cherbourg Falls.  De Gaulle on foot with crowd of civilians alongside

greeting people in liberated French towns; in Bayeux.  De Gaulle visits Montgomery.|


            221236          08:00:37 - 08:05:47 Jun44 Sd B/w
[D-Day 6-6-44] Pt. 2 of 3 ?
Tanks & troops on country road, soldiers run behind tanks. Fighting in streets, CU soldiers, explosions. Camouflaged soldiers run thru woods, throw grenades, load guns & shoot. Field artillery, tanks, farmhouse on fire, shots of the battlefield; as weather gets better Air Force joins in battle, officer w/ cigar looks up in the sky, air force planes lift up from the runway.
08:02:30 CU camouflaged watch tower, fighter planes in air, soldiers on ground run for cover, explosions, fire, shot to ground from aircraft. Soldiers hiding in field, black smoke from tank, shooting, smoke, cars, houses on the fire, CU heavy field artillery, shooting.
08:03:21 Group of German soldiers surrender, walk w/ hands up, war prisoners on road, shots of crushed cars on the roadsides. City ruins, tank thru city ruins, German army medics help injured in the rubble. Destroyed city, broken down cars, group of officers look at dead soldiers lying on the street, grave yard.
08:04:09 French flags hang out of windows, smiling people run on the street, officer incl. Charles de Gaulle march on streets of liberated city, people gather, shake hands, look out of windows.
08:04:48 CU grave of unknown soldier w/ helmet on the cross. LS plane on runway, Allied forces, pilot shakes hand w/ De Gaulle, soldiers bathe, fix aircraft, do laundry, sit around in the sun, joke w/ kids, cow next to the plane
08:05:20 1 month after D-day, various empty gliders, LS cleared beach, CU crosses in grave yard, empty airfield. Incomplete?

            220903          03:06:33 - 03:10:27            14Jun44         Si         B/W

Shows De Gaulle's arrival in France.

French flag on stern of La Combattante.  Sailors on deck saluting.  Sign 'La Combattante'.  General de Gaulle aboard ship, presents Free French medals to French sailors and leaves ship on motor boat.  Ship moving away.  De Gaulle in jeep on French soil - jeep crosses Catholic priest on bicycle who takes off his hat.  Peasant waves. 

Bayeux? - Jeep through town and civilians in streets, women and old ladies greeting de Gaulle.  De Gaulle exits school? building or town hall and given flowers by small girl.  De Gaulle walks through town and greets people.  Sailor kisses grandma.  De Gaulle in Bayeux speech (no sound) to French civilians with French, British and US flag in BG.  Crowd applauds.  De Gaulle walks with crowd, kissing child, into car.

De Gaulle speaks.

 

            220902          02:21:37 - 02:24:46            1944   Si         B/W

Washington DC? - troops salute - plane lands at airport - De Gaulle and other French VIPs out of plane and greeted.  De Gaulle saluting and shaking hands with various American VIPs.

 

            220902                      02:21:02 - 02:21:29            Jul44  Si         B/W

White House, Washington DC - Auto arrives in driveway.  De Gaulle under marquee with unid. officers.

 

            220902          02:00:05 - 02:00:52            6?Jul44         Si         B/W

FDR greeting General De Gaulle at White House.   De Gaulle shaking hands with dignitaries.

 

            220902          02:07:16 - 02:11:26            1944   Si         B/W

NYC - motorcade arriving at City Hall.  De Gaulle walks through crowd.  Free French and US flags.  De Gaulle poses for photographers with other officers doing military salute and walks up City Hall steps with LaGuardia.  Both coming out of City Hall with de Gaulle raising arms victoriously - both talking at mics


            220902          02:51:08 - 02:53:24            24Aug44         Si         B/W

Cherbourg town square - French civilian crowd and a few GIs cheering in front of cinema Eldorado.  De Gaulle speaking at town hall balcony - mayor and deputy hoisting French flags. Crowd listen to speech.  US sailors amidst civilians.  De Gaulle on doorstep kissing baby.  LS exterior town hall.  De Gaulle in street - giving speech on balcony - exiting town hall and kissing children. 

 

            220902          02:44:50 - 02:50:58            Aug44              Si         B/W

Paris: De Gaulle reviews Free French troops on their vehicles & lays wreath at tomb of unknown soldier at Arc de Triomphe.  Crowd at balcony of Hotel Astoria.  Parade with Free French carrying FFI placard.  Crowds cheering and waving.   Little girl in Alsatian costume.  Civilians and soldiers hiding behind military vehicles - running for cover (re snipers).  02:47:35  GVs Notre Dame - crowd assembled in front - US tanks arrive and GIs shaking hands with French civilians.  De Gaulle motorcade arrives.  People suddenly ducking under sniper fire - hiding inside Notre Dame cathedral.  Police shake hands with priest.  Blood on pavement.  Small group Free French (no uniform) marching.  General Leclerc arrives.

 

            221268         19:00:00 - 19:02:52             Aug44              Si         B/W
[Generals Eisenhower, Bradley & De Gaulle in Paris, 26-27Aug44]
Ike, Bradley & other US & French military & civilians beneath Arc de Triomphe, accompanied by armed MPs. Motorcade thru streets w/ some people on sidewalk waving. Ike talking w/ French officers.
19:00:47 De Gaulle leading group towards camera down avenue. Crowds waving. Placing wreath at Arc de Triomphe & walking w/ military & resistance fighters down crowded avenue. Plane overhead & military cameramen filming from truck. US soldiers in trucks; obelisk - Place de la Concorde; past row of tanks & banners from buildings.
19:02:09 Sniper fire from tall building, soldiers on streets firing, waving. Crowd on ground lying around cars & running. Police carry man.

 

            220902                      02:32:48 - 02:39:33            16Sep44                     Si         B/W

Toulon:  Ships in bay.  Motorcade through streets.  Crowd of French civilians on pavement and on balconies.  De Gaulle talking at stand.  De Gaulle & other saluting.  De Gaulle walking in street as crowd cheers and entering building.

02:37:30  Exploding mine at sea.  Convoy underway.  De Gaulle in street followed by group of VIPs - saluting flag. 

Shot from USS Sustain

 

         220572             00:10:59 - 00:23:37   Sep44         Sd.  B/W  WWII

Snipers panic De Gaulle arrival in Paris, France  De Gaulle may not be visible. 

00:17:26 (Si.) De Gaulle receives Paris ovation walking up Champs ElysZ˙es to lay wreath at Eternal

Light flame.  In car, De Gaulle waves.   Notre Dame.  Snipers fire & people respond.  People hide

between cars, run.  Sniper taken away by Police.

  

         220289             07:44:17 - 07:4?:??   Sep1944    Sd.         B/W   

De Gaulle, snipers, crowds taking cover & French collaborators manhandled by crowds; German

POWs.

            220903          03:04:15 - 03:06:18            1944?            Sd        B/W

De Gaulle walks up to stand with French military VIPs and speaks to crowd of French civilians - chopped up sound & incomplete sentences -  re events in Bayeux... France & the Empire... strong state.

De Gaulle walks off stage and crowd follows procession.

 

         200549             07:02:36 - 07:05:35   Sep1944    Sd          B/W    France

Libre Actualities No. 8 

Gen. LeClerc & VIPs at ceremony in Indo-China. General de Gaulle makes speech (out of sync).  Audience listening including Vietnamese.  07:04:58  General de Gaulle out of car, decorates and reviews troops.

 

            220903          03:10:36 - 03:11:41            15Sep44                     Si         B/W    Marseilles

De Gaulle shakes hands with American officer and reviews French sailors. 

French military VIPs

 

            220912          15:00:03 - 15:08:16            1944               Si         COL     

Official? cars (de Gaulle's?) past Place de la Concorde.  French and American officers.  De Gaulle out of car and shakes hands with General Patton.  Patton and de Gaulle in stand.  Parade - LS Champs ElysZ˙es with Arc de Triomphe in BG and military vehicles parade towards camera.  Stand with flags.  US troops parade.  De Gaulle with American officers in stand - all salute.  Jeeps parade on Champs ElysZ˙es.  General Leclerc in stand.  Tanks parade.  Parade towards Concorde.  Military vehicles and artillery. parade followed by bicycles.  De Gaulle, Patton and other VIPs out of stand and salute.


220751             14:49:20 - 14:51:10   1944          Sd          B/W    Paris, France 

Crowds celebrate, newspaper headline re liberated Paris.  Gen. De Gaulle marches up Champs

ElysZ˙es in military parade to Arc de Triomphe.  Street scenes in liberated Paris.

 

         220472             09:53:05 - 10:00:50   1944          Sd          B/W   

Liberation Of Paris, Day of Rejoicing In The Lives Of All Free Men.  De Gaulle arrives and people

wave.

 

            220911                      13:49:41 - 14:01:17            1944   Si         COL

13:59:44  De Gaulle arrives in car and greeted by Leclerc.  Unid. German officers brought in.  Top shot GIs marching and PAN to civilians cheering.  MCU excited group of girls cheering.

 

            220904          04:36:52 - 04:40:07            1944   SD        B/W

De Gaulle marches on Champs ElysZ˙es.  Crowd held back.  De Gaulle wreath laying.  Procession with de Gaulle from Champs ElysZ˙es to Place de la Concorde.  Snipers firing and crowd disperses and runs for cover.  Fighting.  Wounded civilians on stretchers.  Crowd lying on ground as snipers fire.    03:39:12 Crowd assaults French collaborators escorted by police

 

         220469             04:12:24 - 04:18:08          1944   Sd          B/W   

De Gaulle In Paris, France.

Wild Celebration  interrupted by snipers' attack.  After liberation, aerial views of Paris from plane

over Arc de Triomphe.  De Gaulle lays wreath at Tomb of Unknown Soldier.  Crowds held back. 

French, British, Canadian & American troops through streets w/ crowds.  Aerial of La Concorde. De

Gaulle.  Pierre Laval with Nazi commanders during occupation.  De Gaulle motorcade to Notre

Dame.  Crowd in front of Notre Dame run from sniper shots.  De Gaulle calm and smoking.  French

underground Resistance fighters firing from inside building. Tanks fire.  Wounded treated in front of

French Red Cross facade.   Sniper collaborators rounded up, people  beat one up.  German

prisoners marched through crowds - punched.

         220469             04:19:29 - 04:20:06   1944          Sd          B/W   

De Gaulle and Eisenhower in countryside; shake hands; laugh together.  Title: Back the Attacks –

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         220471             07:26:58 - 07:27:42   1944          Sd          B/W   

Churchill receives wild ovation in Paris.  Churchill & De Gaulle lay wreath at Tomb of Unknown

Soldier. De Gaulle has been just recognised as head of provisional government.

 

         221027             00:25:45 - 00:27:49            1944   SIL       B/W               

Paris Armistice Day in Paris - Nov. 1944
Winston Churchill and General De Gaulle arrive in open top car.  Both salute.  De Gaulle, Churchill and Anthony Eden seated to watch parade.  Troops and bands march down Champs ElysZ˙es.  Colonial troops in parade.  

 

            220904          04:00:05 - 04:09:55            11Nov44         SIL       B/w

Armistice Day Parade with Churchill, De Gaulle & Eden watching troops on Champs ElysZ˙es.   De Gaulle in motorcade with Churchill & Eden.  Mrs. Eden & Mary Churchill applauding and singing.  Churchill shaking hands with de Gaulle (brief). 

Sign re ńEmprunt de La Liberationî - war loan?

04:04:30 - Armistice Day Churchill and de Gaulle wreath laying at Arc de Triomphe.  Parade with Free French troops, Scottish troops, American troops, French National Guard.  Six bombers over Arch.  French cavalry parade.
 

220904          04:10:05 - 04:15:47            B/W    SIL       1944?            Algiers           

[De Gaulle, Giraud, Sidi Mohammed in Algeria]
Algiers, Algeria -  Gen. de Gaulle & General Giraud, Sidi Mohammed at ceremony with parade and tanks.  Wreath laying.  View of city around monument.  Algerian Guard.  De Gaulle lights flame. 
03:12:34  De Gaulle speaks to huge crowd in square - Free French signs round podium.  British flags; US flags.  American troops parade with de Gaulle & Giraud watching.
03:14:40 Ships at dock and Free French civilians debark. WAACs distribute money? Free French gathered in hall with speaker. 
 

220903          03:04:15 - 03:06:18            1944?                        SD        B/W    Bayeux?                     

[De Gaulle Speaking In French Town]
De Gaulle walks up to stand with French military VIPs and speaks to crowd of French civilians - chopped up sound & incomplete sentences -  re events in Bayeux... France & the Empire... strong state. De Gaulle walks off stage and crowd follows procession.

            221027          00:33:28 - 00:33:56                        1945               SIL       B/W    Nantes

General de Gaulle in Nantes Jan 1945?
Crowds in town square, Charles de Gaulle on balcony of building, difficult to see, crowds applaud.

            221244          22:43:45 - 22:47:15                        1945               SIL       B/W    Lebanon
[French Delegate General Beynet Press Conference, Beirut, Lebanon Jan45]
Delegate General & Plenipotentiary of France in Levant States gives press conference to war correspondents. In office behind large desk, journalists standing around room. Picture of De Gaulle behind him. MCU of reporters taking notes & listening; some military & some civilians.
22:44:51 Beynet sitting w/ another officer listening to military radio in office, talking. MCU & CU tuning radio.
22:45:57 Officer & ?? leaving large building. Into army car w/ Arabs saluting. Car entering compound past saluting Arabs. Arab w/ bugle announcing. Flag flying over building.
22:47:03 CU plaque re 01Sep20 Independence of Lebanon.


220902             02:27:27 - 02:32:40            1945?                        SIL       B/W    West Point     

[De Gaulle At West Point - Laval]
De Gaulle reviewing troops - women watching and clapping.  De Gaulle and US officers exit old building / fort with tower;  lays wreath and saluting. 
De Gaulle out of car at airport shakes hands with US officers - decorates US officer - climbs into plan - exits plan.  02:30:13  Pierre Laval  arrives (location?)- Anthony Eden? out of car - guard keeps spectators at bay - interior large conference room with Laval.

         220469             04:05:11 - 04:12:13   1945          Sd          B/W   

Victory Over Nazis Hailed In Three Allied Capitals  04:07:46  Paris, France  Military ceremony at Arc

de Triomphe honouring Eisenhower.  De Gaulle kissing Ike.  Wreath on tomb of eternal soldier.  De

Gaulle & Ike motorcade, French crowds cheering.

            220312          01:21:02 - 01:24:40               1945            Si         Col      

General De Gaulle at celebrations in Chicago,  riding in open top car down crowd lined streets.

 

         220776             12:50:02  - 12:51:08  1945          Sd          B/W    Val d'Hiver, France. 

Russian delegate speaks (in Russian) to French townsfolk at a Communist meeting at Val d'Hiver –

huge portraits of de Gaulle parallel with Stalin's.

 

         220017             10:05:10 - 10:06:10   1945          ? B/W             

Adenauer in Paris with De Gaulle & at Rheims cathedral w/ De Gaulle.

         220517             10:25:36 - 10:27:08   1945(?)   Sd          B/W    Paris, France 

De Gaulle leads singing of French National Anthem.

 

         220478             21:21:07 - 21:21:38   1945          Sd          B/W   

De Gaulle visits Nantes and greeted by vast crowds; decorates city with Cross of Liberation.

         220471             07:57:27 - 07:57:47   1945          Sd          B/W   

Cheers for De Gaulle at Nancy: Top shot crowd under umbrellas in rain.  De Gaulle greeted by little girls.

 

            220902                      02:26:07 - 02:27:17            194?   Sd        B/W

LS town on lake or river (Alsace).   Banner honouring the Free French resistants (FFI). Small girl in Alsatian costume.  De Gaulle arrives on foot and climbs on stand - speech to crowd of French veterans.  Talks re victory, Republican state, ńVive la Republique, Vive la France!î

 

            220902                      02:24:56 - 02:25:58            194?   Sd        B/W

De Gaulle visits French warship Le Triomphant - taken round ship - French sailors standing at attention on deck - Free French flag.  De Gaulle with Free French Navy officers.

WWII

         220855             18:59:01 - 19:11:15   May45        Si          Colour            

V-E Day,  Pt 1,  Paris, France

US, British, Russian, Chinese and French flags grouped under Arc de Triomphe, picture of De

Gaulle.
 

            220903          03:21:12 - 03:28:00            20Jun45                     SD        B/W

Paris - Victory Parade.  LS De Gaulle  walking towards Arc de Triomphe and shaking hands with Eisenhower?  De Gaulle speech to Eisenhower and gives him medal and kiss; awards Legion of Honour medal to General Walter Bedell Smith.  Free French troops parade as Ike and De Gaulle watch.  French Republican Guard (mounted).  De Gaulle into car and motorcade. VE Day

 

         220480             03:28:48 - 03:30:14   1945          Sd          B/W    Brussels, Belgium 

Gen. De Gaulle visits as crisis grips nation.  De Gaulle in horse-drawn carriage gets ovation from

Belgian crowd; on vacation on country road and by sea.

 

         220474             14:12:28 - 14:13:21   May45        Sd          B/W   

France Hails Allied Victory In Europe.  Paris parade De Gaulle with Sultan of Morocco Mohammed Ibn

Yusuf?  reviews.  Tanks parade on Champs ElysZ˙es.  Colonial troops (Tirailleurs Senegalais).

 

         220475             16:19:17 - 16:20:03   May45        Sd          B/W               

Paris Is thrilled as French Army Marches again.  De Gaulle presents colours to new divisions. Huge

crowds. Military parade.

 

         220865             09:09:48  - 09:17:13  May45        Si         Colour   VE Day, Paris, France 

Crowds in street, plane flies up Champs ElysZ˙es, Allied flags erected under Arc de Triomphe. French

servicemen and women, crowds jostling, held back by gendarmes.09:10:54 Gen. De Gaulle, men

with wreaths.  09:11:09 Various shots celebrations, parade.  Rear view, shaky shots following

De Gaulle in open top car.  Exterior Ministry of War.

         220780             18:35:33 - 18:37:45   1945          Si          B/W    Saverne, France (?)

Military ceremony - General De Gaulle with three star Generals including Patton ? VIPs watch march past. De Gaulle speaking to General.  18:36:46 De Gaulle out of car  - inspecting troops - with US Generals.  Presents General with medal.

         220473             11:09:55 - 11:11:00   1945          Sd          B/W   

Gen. De Gaulle welcomed in New York, presents Legion of Honour to Mayor LaGuardia.

         220468             01:45:09 - 01:46:40   1945          Sd          B/W   

De Gaulle in US decorates Adm. Leahy, Gen. Marshall, Adm. King, Gen. Arnold and Gen. Somerville

with Croix de Guerre.  De Gaulle receives Order of Merit from Truman; lays wreath on Roosevelt's

grave with Eleanor. De Gaulle speaks in English.  (Film breaks off in middle - speech incomplete.

221029             02:23:47 - 02:24:30            27Aug1945    Sd        B/W   

Annapolis, MD & Hyde Park, NY - Gen. De Gaulle reviews naval midshipmen at Annapolis.   De Gaulle

out of car & greeted by Eleanor Roosevelt at Hyde Park where he lays wreath on Pres. Roosevelt's

grave.

 

         220468             02:16:41 - 02:17:10   23Aug45    Sd          B/W               

Charles de Gaulle arrives in Washington, greeted by Sec. of State Byrnes at airport; w/ Pres.

Truman at White House to discuss disagreements between USA and France.

 

            220991          04:45:20 - 04:46:10              23Aug45       Sd        B/W   

De Gaulle at Washington airport and welcomed by Secretary of State Byrnes.  Motorcade.  Guard of Honour at White House - Truman with de Gaulle - de Gaulle saluting Guard of Honour.

         LN 501-281 02:34:18 - 02:46:26       1945?       Si         B/W    Paris 

[Trial of Vichy Government - Parade - Paris Bicycles] 02:38:36 Parade at Arc de Triomphe.   Ike in

car with De Gaulle salutes crowd.

 

         220481             04:19:38 - 04:20:28   1946          Sd          B/W    Paris,

Gouin Becomes New French President; Picks His Cabinet  Crowd restrained by police (gendarmes)

at demonstration re election of De Gaulle's successor.

 

          220894            13:27:01 - 13:28:38            B/W    SIL       1948?                       

[De Gaulle Speech In Castle]
Medieval castle and crowd outside.  Crowd watching uniformed de Gaulle arriving and marching up steps. De Gaulle speech on top turret of castle. 


         221260             06:16:42 - 06:17:36   1948ca    Sil          B/W    Paris,
[De Gaulle at Military Cemetery]
General De Gaulle in uniform at cemetery w/ markers for unknown soldiers, 1944; at foot for mountains. Wreath laying. POV walking thru past graves.
06:17:00 De Gaulle in opening top convertible driving thru town waving at people lining streets. On speakers stand w/ mountains behind & very large crowd. Good CU speaking. More thru town w/ motorcycle escort. People fight in doorway, waving.
06:17:27 Military statue w/ men in bas relief around base & four or five soldiers w/ flag on top & each w/ arm raised. People at attention facing statue. Crosses in silhouette & large rock face on mountain behind w/ dramatic lighting.


         20754               17:43:59-17:54:28     1950s – 1962        Sd   B/W  Berlin

East and West:  Berlin - Test For Freedom 

17.52.49  West Berlin parliament meeting.  Ulbricht speaking.  European heads speaking - De

Gaulle, Macmillan, John F Kennedy.

         220268             20:30:52 - 20:31:47   08Sep58    Sd          B/W    Paris,

De Gaulle on stand, Place de la Republique speaking on new plan for France, Fifth Republic. 

Communist demonstrators chased by police throwing tear gas.

 

         220646             09:45:22 - 09:46:25   1958-60 (TX 25Jan60)    Sd       B/W    Algiers            -

Algerian Crisis - De Gaulle Plan Sparks Strike, Street Fight.  LS of Algiers.  Martial law, soldiers

patrol power stations, dams.  Demonstrators.  Gen. Massu.  Rioting demonstrators shown in 1958

outside large buildings.

 

            220919          02:06:39 - 02:08:30            19Mar62    Sd            B/W    Algiers            -

Algerian ńTruceî: Secret Army Vows to Continue Fight

Charles de Gaulle announces Algerian ceasefire in Paris; AV de Gaulle's earlier visit to Algeria; street rioting in Algeria; Secret Army organization vows to keep fighting and calls for national strike; streets calm for time being.

 

         220297             19:02:38 - 19:03:18   20Mar60   Sd          B/W         

         Khruschev visits De Gaulle

Kruschev & de Gaulle in open topped car - top shot motorcade - Arc de Triomphe - wreath laying –

Incomplete.

 

         220272             03:37:40 - 03:39:42   24Mar60   Sd          B/W   

De Gaulle walks along long carpet.  Plane arrives in Paris & Khruschev off plane with wife.  Greeted by De Gaulle & march on long red carpet as troops line.    Telephoto lens on still cameras of photographers on stepladders.   Motorcade  open top car  up Champs ElysZ˙es from above. people waving flags.   Large crowds & at Arc de Triomphe placing large wreath.  People watch with periscopes.  CU of flame.

 

         220310             14:49:42 - 14:50:34   16May60 Sd          B/W   

Liner SS  France in dry dock awaiting launch.  Crowds - President de Gaulle adresses crowd (mos).  Madame de Gaulle christens ship with champagne - down slipway.  Ship yard workers.

 

         220319             04:39:50 - 04:40:57   May60        Sd          B/W    Paris –

Down From Summit. Mr Kruschev Kills Conference, Big Four Depart for Homes. Leaders standing in group talking, Eisenhower, de Gaulle, Macmillan shake hands before departure.  Crowds gathered at press conference.

 

            220297          16:40:35 - 16:41:28              1Jun61         Sd        B/W   

Acclaim for John F  Kennedy on Peace Trip

JFK with Jackie arrives at Paris airport and is met by President de Gaulle.  Arc de Triomphe.  Top shot Paris streets - procession through streets - Kennedy in open topped car escorted by  Republican Guard on horseback. Crowds - Kennedys and de Gaulle out of car at Quai d'Orsay.  Interior de Gaulle and President seated in chairs.  

 

         220308             11:15:08 - 11:16:00   09Apr62    Sd          B/W    Paris,

De Gaulle Wins.  ńYesî Vote Backs Algerian Plans.  Referendum posters & political party posters

MRP, UNR.  Huge crowd, De Gaulle speaks from balcony.  Referendum on whether to ratify Evian

ceasefire agreement with Algerians.

 

         220297             19:00:13 - 19:02:26          01Jun62          Sd        B/W               

JFK w/ Jackie arrives Paris airport & met by de Gaulle.  Kennedys & De Gaulle out of car at Quai

d'Orsay.  Int. De Gaulle & JFK   seated in chairs.

 

         220268             20:43:35 - 20:44:22   10Sep62    Sd          B/W   

[De Gaulle Visits Germany]  W/ Adenauer in receiving line.  View of Cologne Cathedral.  In front of

it with VIPS.

 

            220754          17:43:59-17:54:28 1962   Sd        B/w     Berlin

17:52:49  West Berlin parliament meeting.  Adenauer speaking.  European heads speaking - De Gaulle, Macmillan, John Kennedy  (JFK)  some part overlaid shots divided Berlin.

 

         220308             10:10:11 - 10:11:15   29Oct62     Sd          B/W   Paris,

De Gaulle Wins - French Back His Vote Plan  Referendum on holding presidential elections by

popular vote.  Paris streets, Arc de Triomphe, political posters outside polling stations with Oui &

Non.  Photographers.  De Gaulle shakes hands.

 

         220308             10:30:12  - 10:30:44  01Jan62    Sd          B/W   

         News review of 1962: 

End of French - Algerian War.  De Gaulle.  French soldiers and tanks in Algerian city, Vice premier

Ben Bella cheered in crowd.

 

220919          02:21:01 - 02:22:06            18Jun62         Sd        B/W   

Streets of Algiers under guard but calm after tentative peace pact between Muslim leaders and pro-French Secret Army organisation; bomb-damaged buildings and cars; military and public on streets; Charles de Gaulle meeting Algerians.

 

 

         220294             14:09:48 - 14:11:06   31Jan63    Sd          B/W    Brussels –

Common Market - De Gaulle vetoes Britain's Entry (EEC)  General milling about in conference room

as delegates take seats.

 

         221256             23:31:20 - 23:39:08   28Nov63    Sd          B/W   

The World Mourns - John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917 – 1963 

Close shot de Gaulle and Shah of Iran saluting. 

 

         220523             19:14:40 - 19:16:29   27May65   Sd          B/W    Saint Gilles, France 

Charles De Gaulle in open top car in cortege as he makes five day election campaign tour of France. Police outriders. Crowds with flags - walkabout - shaking hands - De Gaulle on podium.  In car  arrives at Saint Gilles - fishermen - De Gaulle gets flowers.  De Gaulle lays wreath on monument/ statue of Georges Clemenceau. De Gaulle waving to crowds from open top limousine.

 

            220603          11:45:46 - 11:47:52            28Apr66                     Sd        B/W

NATO Farewell ? Sweeping Changes Would Mark Exit

American military base in France HQ US Army Communications. MP on point duty.  Relief map showing NATO bases which De Gaulle has demanded leave France by 1967.

 

            220919          02:50:38 - 02:56:49            1966               Sd        B/W

02:53:18: Charles de Gaulle, Moscow; evicts NATO

 

         220603             11:12:47 - 11:13:35   17Mar67   Sd   B/W   St. Germain en Laye, France, 

US troops formally depart France following orders from De Gaulle.

 

         220796             16:40:35 - 16:41:28   17Oct67    Sd          B/W   

French Farmers use tractors in blockade protest against De Gaulle's farming policies.

 

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