Overview
- Description
- 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
- 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
- 10:50:16:00 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
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- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
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 - 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 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:35:30
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