Marseille, premier port de France


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  • Kitas pavadinimas (ai): Marseille, first French harbour
  • Žanras: Documentary film
  • Metai: 1945
  • Trukmė: 00:15:00
  • Aprašymas: From 1943, Marseille is occupied by the Germans who destroy some neighborhoods and build fortifications. After the landings in June and August 1944, the Germans undermine the port and begin to destroy the city. The film shows how wrecks are freed. Images of Marseille docks in ruins, overview of the destruction and repair of the various basins of the port. The life of the port is gradually getting back to normal.
    Marseille had become the first port of France in 1939. In 1943, with the occupation of the free zone, Marseille was occupied by the Germans. At the beginning of the same year, 40,000 people were expelled from the city and the old port districts were destroyed. The film shows archive images where we see the Germans building the fortification belt, blowing up villas, trees, buildings. Then we see Marshal Rommel inspecting the defense installations. Following the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, on June 15 the Germans began to mine the port of Marseille. On August 15, following the landing in Provence, in a few days the bridgeheads expanded rapidly. On August 22, the German commanders ordered their troops to start destroying the city. Huge explosions shook Marseille: the entire port was blown up. The document shows images of the destroyed docks, of the entrances to the port blocked by sunken ships. The continuation of the war required a rapid use of the port and it was necessary to erase these misdeeds in a methodical way: the first task was to clear the wrecks. Between the northern outer harbor and the Mirabeau basin, the basin was obstructed. In one part, six ships had been sunk: the Château Larose, the Capitaine Damiani, the Metdjerda, the Aquileja, the Marguerite Finali and the Seneville. In the other, the Masillia, the Linoua, the Pluviot, the Six Four, the Tarn and the Saint Cyril. In the Somati channel, the Conistra, sunk in a standing position, still appeared to be afloat. In the Sainte Marie channel, the Germans had brought and sunk the Imerissi. Finally, the Cap Corse was blocking the old harbor pass in front of Fort Saint Jean. The divers went into action and managed to cut the wrecks underwater in order to open the different accesses to the port. None of the 200 ships in the harbor escaped destruction. Plans for lifting ships with floating cranes and transporting them to the yards where they will be cut up. Images of the docks of Marseille of which only skeletons remain, views of the ruined buildings of the dynamited cranes. The war made disappear the transporter bridge of Marseille. An overview of the destruction and repair of the various hull basins. Already the life of the port has resumed. View of the old port districts (le Panier) being cleared. (Text machine-translated)
  • Raktažodžiai: war destruction / harbour / old town / summer / construction worker / sailor / dispersed groups / street / ship / boat / commerce / destruction / bombing / bombardment / seaside / ruins / infrastructure / Marseille / France / VICTOR-E project
  • Tiekėjas: Ministère de la Reconstruction et de l'Urbanisme
  • Teisės: In Copyright / Ministère de la Reconstruction et de l'Urbanisme
  • Gamybos kompanija: Pathé Consortium Cinéma
  • Spalva: Black & White
  • Director: Jean Mineur
  • Sound: With sound
  • Language: fr