PROGRESS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE

Description
Cote VIS 7847
Fonds VIS
Titre PROGRESS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE
Durée 00:08:27
Date de production 1944
Son Muet
Description The 9th Army (Reel 3) and Canadian troops capture Le Mans, Alencon, Argentan, Mortain, and other cities. Shows Gen. Le Clerc. A German ammunition truck is hit; Frenchmen receive arms; Spanish workers are captured at a Falaise factory; British troops take Mongolian prisoners; Canadian and U.S. troops meet, cutting German lines (Aug. 19); thousands of prisoners are interned. Eden, Sec. Patterson, de Gaulle, and Generals Eisenhower and Somervell arrive at Cherbourg for a conference.
Notes Reel 1 : ADA 0500 / ADA 0501
Reel 2 : VIS 7846
Reel 4 : VIS 7848