[CELEBRATIONS IN PARIS, 14TH JULY 1918] [Allocated]


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  • Other title(s): [CELEBRATIONS IN PARIS, 14TH JULY 1918] [Allocated]
  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 3 mins
  • Description: Crowds watch as the procession passes. French lancers moving at the trot are followed by a French Infantry band, then more lancers. Tirailleurs in parade uniform are followed by a small US mounted contingent. A British battalion passes led by its band. An Australian battalion passes. President Poincaré (not clearly seen) decorates a line of soldiers of various nationalities (note the American official cameraman at work in the background).
    Very brief film of Allied troops marching through central Paris, 14th July 1918.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Poincaré, Raymond N L / French Army / United States Army & American Expeditionary Force / British Army / Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force / ceremonies, French - display / ceremonies, French - event-related: Bastille Day / ceremonies, French - state: investiture / journalism and record, United States - cameraman / 31/3(44) / Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Topical Film Company
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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