1944 Occupation of France

Date: 6th April 1944

Location: Eiffel Tower

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

FRANCE: Paris: Various:

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DEAT, Marcel. Speaks at mass Vichy Meeting to French collaborationists re. Anti-Communism

EIFFEL TOWER, Paris Germans hoist the Swastika

FLAGS. Germans hoist Swastika on Eiffel Tower, Paris.. Free French Maquis' hoist F.F. flag in country

FORESTIER, Monsieur. (London Delegate of Central / Executive Committee of Resistance Movement). Escaped from Vichy gaol to England..speaks about Free French MAQUIS movement

FRANCE. Former Paris correspondent Ralf Hienzen speaks re. Free French Movement New York Harbour.. defacing German propaganda posters in France.. explosion damage at Grenoble.. Armistice signed, Hitler & Gen.Huntziger present at Compiegne (in railway carriage).. Marcel Oeat addresses collaborationists at Vichy.. Free French Maquis training in country.. use rifles etc.. P.T.. making own equipment.. M.Forestier speaks in Britain about MAQUIS

FRANCE MILITARY Signing of Armistice w. Germany at railway coach in Compiegne..Gen. Huntziger & Hitler present..Free French MAQUIS in training..make own equipment..use rifles, machine gun examined..lorries & motor cycles..P.T. in open air..H.Q. in country hut

GERMAN MILITARY. Troops enter Paris..pass Arc de Triomph..hoist German flag on Eiffel Tower..Armistice w.

GERMAN MILITARY. France signed in railway carriage at Compiegne.. Hitler & Goering present

GOERING-GENERAL Present at Compiegne when Armistice w. France is signed..& Hitler

GUNS. Free French Maquis train in groups..using rifles..machine guns (examining).

HITLER, Signs Armistice w. France in railway carriage at Compiegnee in June 1940, French Resistance

HUNTZIGER GENERAL. (Minister of War in France). In railway carriage at Compiegne when Armistice w. France is signed

NEWSPAPERS. Free French newspapers announce Grenoble explosion etc. in German-occupied France

PARIS Germans enter..march past Arc de Triomph..hoist flag on Eiffel Tower

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