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The boundary line between East and West Berlin, with civilians and warning signs
WS Sign reads "You are leaving the American sector" repeated in Russian, German, and French / MS same sign with civilians mainly children and police standing on street corner around sign, downed tree nearby, children running and walking...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
French President Vincent Auriol dedicates Genissiat Dam; its artificial lake submerged the village of Tignes
Title superimposed on churning water, "Tignes, France - New Power Dam Replaces Ancient Village" / Long pan of the valley with a transmission lines, water pouring from a mountain, and the dam / A wide shot of the village of Tignes before...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Gymnasts perform in Italian arena, probably during 1950's
Pan from man with words 'Sapeurs Pompiers Nice' ('firefighters of Nice') on shirt to flag he is holding with French flag background, can read 'Section Gymnique' on flag / gymnasts performing on field, spectators in stands, can see signs...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
A French-American hospital is inaugurated as a memorial to World War II in Saint-Lo, France
Title: "Memorial Hospital Inaugurated at Saint-Lo" superimposed over exterior shot of hospital building, Hospital Center Memorial de Saint-Lo / Tilt up EXT of hospital / WS EXT of hospital / Tilt Up hospital to French and US flags flying...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
French art sold for food
Title card in French language / VS French art exposition, selling art for everyday goods / man and woman look at books / couple has vase examined / two men shake hands over barrel of apples / crowd looks at sculpture of a woman / men...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
American and French delegates speak at Council of Europe conference in Strasbourg
MLS SOT member of American Delegation: "The steps Europe take today must be commensurate with the dangers Europe faces" / VS Former French Prime Minister Paul Reynaud speaks at podium, in French / Note: exact year not known;...
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Pierre Laval and Benito Mussolini in Rome
Title card: in French "M. Pierre Laval a Rome" / French prime minister Pierre Laval in Rome / Laval and Italian leader Benito Mussolini pose for photographs / CU. Laval
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The League of Nations moves into new palace in Geneva
[VO French narration] / Tilt down EXT Palais Wilson, previous headquarters of the League of Nations / MS moving men carrying furniture from the building, loading furniture onto truck / VS Aerial view the Palace of Nations, new...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1935 Greek coup d'etat attempt put down with call to restore the monarchy
Title card: "Grece Le coup d'etat monarchique." / voiceover in French / pan Athens skyline from Parthenon / General Georgios Kondylis, proponent of restoring the monarchy, in full uniform, exits gate and at car turns and salutes / his...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Andrey Vyshinsky dies
Title: "Vishinsky Dies - Dramatic Announcement Made at the UN" / overhead view United Nations General Assembly in session / WS Soviet delegation / SOT Pierre Mendes-France speaking, in French, in front of the assembly / headlines on...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Choirboys sing at the Notre Dame Cathedral to celebrate Christmas in Paris
Title: "France" superimposed over Tilt down from nave of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris as boys' choir walks into sanctuary singing hymn in French / CU choir down steps in Notre Dame Cathedral singing / CU folded hands of altar boy...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Ridgway greeted by Eisenhower with Pleven and Gruenther; NATO leaders sign European Defense Pact; Berlin scenes from 1948
Title card: "Report From Berlin-Paris-Europe's Days of Firmness and Challenge" / arrival of Gen. Matthew Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, followed by group, line of soldiers on side, people behind barricades on other side,...
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A hand points from one word in a french dictionary to another.
A hand points from one word in a french dictionary to another.
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets plan to escape occupation and meet with their director in secret. France, 1944
Clip 7 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. The director meets with his cadets, and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Captured German footage of military convoy during World War II
[French language VO throughout ] German trucks driving down mountain road with pan to valley and more vehicles far below at water's edge / convoy of heavily laden trucks / tank driving past / more vehicles below / men wearing aviator...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Captured German footage of materiel transportation during World War II
[French language VO throughout ] VS German cars, trucks, guns, tanks drive though arid area / Note: exact year not known; documentation incomplete
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
German amphibious assaults in 1940s Russia
[French language VO throughout ] VS German soldiers running from sheltering trees hauling a dinghy and paddling towards far side of (probably Russian) river as an explosion throws dirt on it / suspended rope swiftly pulls boat to shore...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Czar Nicholas II, Paul von Hindenburg during World War I
Czar Nicholas II conducts troop review with other officers of the Imperial Russian Army in Poland during World War I / mobilization notice posted on wall, written in French / soldiers march in streets / troops march on field / dirt...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Italian military arrives at Territory of the Saar Basin
Title card: "L'arrivee dans la Sarre" ("The arrival in Saarland") / Probably Italian military vehicles drive on a cobblestone road and a train packed with waving soldiers passes / Assorted military officers walk past the camera /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Fishing on the River Seine
Title card in French language re fishing in the Seine River / oxen / men on the Seine with nets / people and wagons on river bank / fish in nets / men scooping fish with butterfly nets / wagon with barrels / hands holding fish / Note:...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
French ladies model the latest hat fashions and show off their furry friends
Title card: "Concours de 'la femme elegante et son chien'" (trans: "The contest of 'the elegant woman and her dog'") superimposed over four ladies walking their dogs in garden / VS French ladies showing off the latest hat styles and...
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets take the train to Berlin. France, 1948
Clip 8 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. 1948. The Cadets take the train to occupied...
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets escaping from work camp, France, 1944
Clip 6 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. Cadets prepare for escape. They eventually...