Overview
- Description
- Men unload barrels from an American ship in the port of New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific. An American soldier patrols the area.
01:23:00 An American camp in New Caledonia. Soldiers march through the countryside and then dig communication trenches. The March of Time story cards indicate that these are American troops but their helmets look British.
01:25:29 A training exercise in New Caledonia. An American soldier is overwhelmed by an Australian commando, who steals his uniform and then, with some confederates, blows ups a bridge. The commandos hack through the jungle with machetes and shoot machine guns. A solder on a motorcycle delivers a message to several men in the field. The colonel and his men consult a map, write a message, and deliver it to a field operator, who transmits it. - Film Title
-
The Fighting French
- Duration
- 00:09:05
- Date
-
Event:
1942 June
- Locale
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New Caledonia
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
March of Time, Inc.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:21:14:00 to 01:30:19:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2798 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Master 2798 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Master 2798 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Master 2798 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2798 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2798 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2798 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2798 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in August 2005.
- Note
- This outtake was ordered by mistake.
- Copied From
- 35mm MPS
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 4684
Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 929 N,O,P - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:50:20
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