American propaganda film to educate US soldiers going to France

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0971 | Film ID: 914

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 3: French peasants hide their parachutes and a French priest (actor) hides the fliers and tells them of the French defeat. The fliers are secreted back across the English Channel. French soldiers retreat as the Germans advance. Gen. Petain calls for collaboration with Germany. General de Gaulle broadcasts a call for continued French resistance and speaks to French officers on a warship. Petain visits Hitler. Germans execute French hostages and send Frenchmen to Germany as slave laborers.
Film Title: A Salute to France
Duration: 00:08:25
Date: Production: 1945
Locale: England
France
Germany
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.

Language: English
Genre/Form: Feature. Propaganda.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 10:41:35:00 to 10:50:00:00
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

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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.

Keyword: CLERGY COLLABORATORS (FRENCH) DE GAULLE, CHARLES EXECUTIONS FIGHTING FRANCE GERMANY HITLER, ADOLF MILITARY ADVANCES MILITARY OFFICERS NAZI OFFICIALS PEASANTS PRISONERS PRISONERS (FRENCH) PROPAGANDA RESISTERS/RESISTANCE SOLDIERS/MILITARY (FRENCH) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SPEECHES

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: 1453
Source Archive Number: 208.303 R-3
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive