1944 (?) - French Newsreel, #20, 21, 22 - Vichy, France

1944 (?) - French Newsreel, #20, 21,22 - Vichy, France Title: La Vie Politique. Large crowd of seated civilian men listening to French political speaker against England & USA calling them assassins etc. Sign over large stage: ?? 03:15:01 Crowd on street cheering; Marshal Petain standing at flag raising in front of ??, people cheer as he walks shaking hands, woman wipes tears. Walks along beneath ornate iron work, overhead shots of crowd, shot of police holding them back. 03:15:57 Petain onto balcony & waves hat, view down to crowd. Petain leaves hotel w/ wife; motorcade thru street & country road w/ motorcycle escort. 03:16:41 Black slug. Title: La Vie Politique (on animated background). 03:16:47 Petain motorcade arriving, POV, people on walls watching. People run after cars & climb on walls. Petain out briefly, in car, walking w/?? 03:17:38 POV from car along street w/ rubble, past heavily damaged buildings. Arrives at Cathedral & out of car. Inside, walks to front, sits, blown out glass windows. Prays w/ crowd behind. Exterior of Cathedral & leaving w/ priests. Shaking hands. 03:18:51 Wreath laying at ?? Looks at sculpture on building. 03:19:19 Black slug. Monument w/ flowers at base in park w/ flags; VIPs at attention. CU of text on ribbon of flowers: ?? Large crowd seated. Front w/ large picture of Petain. Speaker, SOF, at microphones. Various shots of crowd, applause, speaker in MCU speaking of Petain. ?? 03:21:46 Title: Fete de Camaraderie L.V.F. (?). 03:21:49 French soldiers march, German Nazi officers walking, French soldiers strip down & perform military exercises & contests. Winners receiving beer from German officer (?). 03:22:29 Large mess hall w/ soldiers; woman in long gown entertaining at microphone, MCU nurses & civilian men & soldiers watching 03:22:45 Black slug. Petain greeted, shaking hands in village; motorcade thru village largely leveled by bombs. POV from car. Petain greeted, pins medal on injured boy & shakes hands, pan over destroyed village from hilltop. 03:23:55 Title: Protection de L’Enfance. 03:24:00 LS across rubble being cleaned up; boy climbing on it, another by damaged fence, kids sitting on damaged curb; playing games in street & on sidewalk. 1944 ca; WW2 Vichy France; Bombing Damage; WWII Nazi Fascist Propaganda; Youth; Wartime; Daily Life; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate.