The Prince is met at Dover harbour by Prince Arthur of Connaught. The two men walk down the gangplank of Prince Yorihito's ship together and salute the flags of their nations. Next, a brief, indistinc...
Roger Gillet (1916-1974), a mechanical modeler by training and later head of a carpentry-cabinetmaking company, was a member of the PCF in the 20th arrondissement of Paris // In the mid-1950s, he took...
Various newsreel items. Among others, general Gouraud makes a speech during a memorial service of the First World War at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris.
The main square of the city, soon after its liberation showing civilians milling about but no real celebrations. Some British troops, probably 57th (West Lancashire) Division, are present, eventually ...
La sequenza delle tappe non sempre coincide con il montaggio del documentario. Facendo un riscontro geografico il Tour dovrebbe seguire il seguente itinerario: Parigi, Reims, Bruxelles, Olanda (si...
Biography about Adolphe Max (1869-1939), former mayor of Brussels. In 1914 he was arrested and imprisoned because of his resistance against the German oppressor.
The battles of the dockers during the winter and early spring of 1950, filmed in Rouen, Saint-Nazaire, La Pallice (La Rochelle), Marseille and Bordeaux. After evoking the precariousness, the difficult...
At Rouen the King poses for a group photograph with Field Marshal Haig, Marshal Foch and General Pétain. At Third Army headquarters, Frohen-le-Grand, later in the day he decorates three men with the ...