| US SERVICEMEN ON LEAVE IN FRANCE American troops in South of France. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7750 |
| Catalog #: | 508217 | |
| Clip Number: | 508217-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1101 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:42:33 - 01:46:58 | |
| Location: | France | |
| Year Shot: | 1944 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AERIALS: Mountain AERIALS: Urban BUILDINGS: Theater, Cinema LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Mountains, Alps MILITARY: Army, USA MILITARY: Navy, USA TRANSPORTATION: Military TRANSPORTATION: Traffic Scenes WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Movement WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Rest & Recreation WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Transport | |
| Description: | US SERVICEMEN ON LEAVE IN FRANCE American troops in South of France. France. L/S military motor boat passing in front of harbor, shoreline is lined with buildings. Various shots film posters outside movie theater. Two American sailors point at poster for Charles Boyer film. Nice exterior shot of theater where automotive and pedestrian traffic pass in front. Various shots of military vehicles (American?) and soldiers on horseback moving through countryside, the Alps are in background. L/S police station with allied flags outside. C/U of plaque - commemorates American volunteer airmen of 1916 and gives name of town Luxeuil-les-Bains. Aerial shot of smoke rising from mountains. Aerial shot coastal town - French Riviera? Various shots American sailors larking about in street, pretending to bull fight. Cameraman's clapper board gives Nice, France as the location. Bizarre shot showing jeep driving towards theatrical backdrop. Various shots of American soldier on concrete fort - captured German fort? More aerial shots of mountainous landscape. | |
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