GENERAL DE GAULLE VISITS THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN SECTORS OF THE NORMANDY BEACH-HEAD (PART 2) [Allocated Title]

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II. Accompanied by a large crowd, de Gaulle, Vienot and Bethouart walk through Bayeux and chat to Resistance workers and ordinary civilians; Colonel Chandon (?) (in British-style battledress) joins the three men at the head of the procession. At the Sous-Préfecture, de Gaulle, with Chandon, Admiral D'Argenlieu, Vienot, Commandant de Boislambert and Bethouart, arrives to install Coulet as Commissioner for Normandy in place of a Vichy-appointed predecessor. Afterwards, de Gaulle addresses the people of Bayeux in the central park. He is bidden farewell by Maurice Schumann as he sets off for Isigny in the 21st Army HQ jeep driven by Major Sanderson.

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I. At 21st Army Group HQ at Creully, General de Gaulle introduces General Montgomery to General Bethouart, Chief of Staff National Defence, and General Koenig, commander of the FFI; in the background wearing a raincoat is M Vienot, De Gaulle's Foreign Minister. De Gaulle is shown around Montgomery's HQ and first inspects and then addresses troops serving in 21st Army Group HQ's defence company. He and Vienot leave Creully for Bayeux in a 21st Army HQ jeep.

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III. In Isigny, a large crowd gathers to hear de Gaulle speak while US military traffic heads through the battle-scarred town.

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III. In Isigny, a large crowd gathers to hear de Gaulle speak while US military traffic heads through the battle-scarred town.

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Category: Film
Related period: Second World War (content)
Creator: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production Company)
Johnson, John Norman (Production individual)
Production date: 1944-06-14
Place made: GB
Dimensions: whole: Footage: 292 ft; Running time: 3 mins
Catalogue number: A70 46-11

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GENERAL DE GAULLE VISITS THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN SECTORS OF THE NORMANDY BEACH-HEAD (PART 2) [Allocated Title]

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