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1939 FRANCE: Guards in France for Bastille Day
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0:52Now PlayingDate: 17th July 1939
Location: PARIS, FRANCE
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Guards in France for Bastille Day
Paris, France: Gen. view men in charabanc thru' street. Gen. view coach-full of soldiers. Angle shot soldier & Arch de Triomphe. Shot soldiers on coach. Arch de Triomphe in b-g. CU guards waving from coach. Semi view sailors passing on coach. Pan from kid to guards looking out of barrack windows. Semi view pan guards at window showing bearskins. CU bandsmen at window. Shot thru' gate looking at Barrack Square. Pan down gates "R.F."..to French & British soldier together. Gen. view troops march thru' gates of Versailles Palace. CU pan crowd..to troops.
Top view guards in Palace Grounds...Palace in b-g. Semi view Guards...guide pointing. Semi view Scotch troops resting by statue. Semi view guards & French girl being photographed.
Military - Ceremonial; France; Celebrations - National Days
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