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1941 FRANCE: Under Vichy: Life in unoccupied France
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3:02Now PlayingDate: 30th June 1941
Location: VICHY, FRANCE FRANCE MARSEILLES, FRANCE
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
FRANCE: Vichy:
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View of members of Vichy government at cabinet meeting including close ups of Marshal Petain, Admiral Darlan and General Huntzinger
Cabinet member marking Ocupied Zone on map
Women getting correspondence cards at Post Office including close up of writing on postcard, turning over showing address and posting card.
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German soldier looking at identity papers as people cross border between the Occupied Zone and Free Zone
Repatriated French soldiers and officers off train including wounded soldiers on stretchers
Wounded soldiers at medal ceremony as Huntzinger decorates soldiers in bed and on crutches then shakes hands with more wounded soldiers
Marseilles:
Food queue outside shop
Close shot of ration coupon book
Closed restaurant and cafes with signs (not translated) on door 'No More Meat', 'No Chocolate', 'Instead of Sugar Use Saccharin,' 'No Eggs, No Rabbits, No Fowl' etc
Empty petrol pumps and idle cars in garage
Deserted Marseilles harbour and disused cranes
Smokeless warehouse chimneys
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