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American propaganda film to educate US soldiers going to France

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0970 | Film ID: 914

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    American propaganda film to educate US soldiers going to France

    Overview

    Description
    An American propaganda film produced by the U.S. Office of War Information to educate US soldiers before going to France. Some scenes are staged.

    Reel 2: Shows Nazi, fascist, and Japanese leaders and their followers, including Adolf Hitler, Pierre Laval, Oswald Mosley, Fritz Kuhn, Japanese Emperor Hirohito, Rudolph Hess, Julius Streicher, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, and Benito Mussolini. Flashbacks to World War I show the German Kaiser reviewing troops, French posting mobilization orders, the French taxicab army leaving Paris, scenes of the battles at Verdun and Chemin des Dames, Lloyd George conferring with Clemenceau, scenes of British battles at Paaschendale and Ypres and the Somme, arid of US battles at Chateau Thierry, the Argonne, Belleau Wood, and Cantigny. Personages include French Generals Joffre and Foch, British Gen. Haig, Gen. Pershing, and President Wilson. Flashbacks of World War II show Goebbels speaking, the German Army invading Poland and France, German planes strafing refugees, and Russian and US troops marching. An Allied plane is shot down over France and the fliers parachute to earth.
    Film Title
    A Salute to France
    Duration
    00:09:47
    Date
    Production:  1945
    Locale
    Paris, France
    Poland
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Director: Jean Renoir
    Director: Garson Kanin
    Producer: United Films
    Camera Operator: United States. Army Pictorial Service.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Feature. Propaganda.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    10:31:32:00 to 10:41:19:00
    Film Format
    • Master
      • Master 914 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 914 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 914 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 914 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
      • Preservation 914 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 914 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 914 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 914 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    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 September 1994.
    Note
    More film contributors/credits:
    Writers: Philip Dunne; Jean Renoir; Burgess Meredith
    Editors: Marcel Cohen; Maria Reyto; Jean Oser
    Music: Kurt Weill
    Copied From
    35mm; b/w
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 1452
    Source Archive Number: 208.303 R-2
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:35:21
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