| DE GAULLE IN POLAND French President Charles de Gaulle visits Cracow and Auschwitz in Poland. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5015 |
| Catalog #: | 364663 | |
| Clip Number: | 364663-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 67/74 | |
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| Location: | Poland | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: State Visits | |
| Description: | DE GAULLE IN POLAND French President Charles de Gaulle visits Poland; with the goal of uniting a pan-European community; independent of the Cold War's two power blocs. This idea didn't meet with favor but de Gaulle himself did. Opens with de Gaulle's motorcade through Krakow. Huge crowds on sidewalks; spilling into street. Giant sign welcoming him. de Gaulle's car flanked by motorcycles; drives past tall buildings; statues; cheering people. Man with movie camera runs down street; followed by guy with still camera. Climb onto back of moving vehicle. Procession view from front. de Gaulle standing in car. Pans along crowd lining street. De Gaulle's car drives by old castle. De Gaulle walking with Polish officials. They pause; look at tower; camera travels up tower; then back to de G. on ground. Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp gate; "Arbeit Macht Frei" Menacing barbed wire fence. De Gaulle; assisted by two men; brings wreath from the French nation. Plaque in French commemorates millions assassinated by Hitler's genocide. De Gaulle; profile. Auschwitz. Stone blocks. Diplomacy; holocaust; memorial | |
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