(31 Dec 1944)
At Lyons, built on Rivers Rhone and Saone, all 18 bridges across, blown-up by Germans, shots of wrecked bridges. American Engineers place Bailey Bridges across same and other types. Traffic and people cross same. At Town Hall, flags Flutter, Gen. de Lattre de Tassigny arrives in company with M.Farge. The above attended by Gen. de Montsabert, Gen. Brosset and Cardinal Gerlier, watches marchpast of F.F.I., Marines, Foreign Legion and French Air Force. Gen. de Gaulle tours France, greeted by cheering crowds, stops at Lyons, then Marseilles, crowds cheer. At Toulon, boards French warship, alongside of other scuttled ships. At Toulouse, de Gaulle greets Pilot Doret, first to re-build a Fighter Squadron. De Gaulle struggles hard on foot to reach Capitole thru huge crowds. At Bordeaux, walks thru town acknowledging crowds. Lastly, at Orleans, badly damaged, de Gaulle arrives at Place de Martroi, stands in front of monument. In Underground Factory at Carrieres on the Seine, various shots of workshops, and stocks of torpedoes intended for German submarines. Various shots of German Army in retreat, motorized units using anything they could lay their hands on. Paris, at Invalides Palace, Gen. Koenig presents colours to various units. Tricolour flying.
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