| Foreign Legion Veterans | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1599 |
| Catalog #: | 512782 | |
| Clip Number: | 512782-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 027-568 | |
| Timecode: | 00:41:30 - 00:42:25 | |
| Location: | France | |
| Year Shot: | 1954 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISABILITIES: Amputation LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France MILITARY: French Foreign Legion MILITARY: Veterans | |
| Description: | Men of the Foreign Legion have a home. These men have looked on the face of war all corners of the globe. Those who have known the savagery of Indo-China receive France's highest decorations to find the peace of their new retreat at the mouth of the Rome river. Hear on their 200 acre farm men of 52 nations many of them political exiles from their home countries enter a new life on a new land. Veterans of a core of desperate men have shed their blood for France on desert sands and steamy jungles. The shadows of North Africa and Indo-China are behind them. They look foreword to the years of peace they richly won. Establish shot - Long shot of a building that could of been a donated villa. CUS - Men of the Foreign Legion awarded medals for their bravery and valor. CUS - Legionnaire feeding chickens. CUS - Legionnaire, tending sheep. CUS - Legionnaire driving a tractor. MLS - Legionnaires playing cards, many of these men are missing limbs or their sight. | |
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