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American propaganda film to educate US soldiers going to France

Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0972 | Film ID: 914

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

Reel 4: Shows French POWs in a German camp, the Free French fleet and air squadrons, scuttled French warships in Toulon, and advancing Allied troops. French troops are reviewed by de Gaulle and in Great Britain, and Russian and French underground fighters kill German sentries, blow up bridges, and ambush German motorcycle columns. Germans seize and execute French hostages.


Film Title
A Salute to France
Duration
00:09:03
Date
Production:  1945
Locale
Germany
France
Language
English
Genre/Form
Feature.
Propaganda.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Director: Jean Renoir
Director: Garson Kanin
Producer: United Films
Camera Operator: United States. Army Pictorial Service.
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
10:50:16:00 to 10:59:19:00
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
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

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
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 1454
Source Archive Number: 208.303 R-4

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 21:56:22
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