Footage of combatants of the french "Resistance" or the "Forces françaises de l’intérieur" (FFI) in 1944, together with US Army divisions.
0:00 - 0:11 Résistance fighters (FFI?) passing by the house n°15 place du Général de Gaulle 28000 Chartres. In the background the statue of General Marceau.
0:11 – 0:25 Résistance fighter wearing an adrian helmet from the first world war in front of Sainte-Foy Chapel in Chartres (the building in the background has been demolished in 1971, only its roman portal remains)
0:25 - 0:54 Military and members of the resistance (FFI) gathering at the prefecture 2 rue Collin d'Harleville in Chartres (the canopy in front of the building doesn't exist anymore)
0:55 – 0:59 Facade of Chartres' old post office (today médiathèque l'apostrophe 1 Boulevard Maurice Viollette, 28000 Chartres. Flag with the "Croix de Lorraine" or "Croix d'Anjou", symbol of the french Resistance movement
(0:59 - 1:15) (1:17 - 1:37) (2:03 - 2:13) (3:13 – 3:54) Entrance portal of the Palais du Pharo, 58 Boulevard Charles Livon, 13284 Marseille, France. Young resistance fighters (FTP?), wounded man.
1:49 - 2:02 Member of the résistance (FFI) bringing a german soldier to Audéoud military compound (111 Avenue de la Corse, 13007 Marseille)
(2:13 - 3:12) (3:55 – 6:35) Shots fired from the building in front of the post office 1 avenue maréchal Foch 13004 Marseille. Troops of the french army (Probably from the 3rd Division d'Infanterie Algérienne, Groupement de Tabors Marocain, 1st Division Blindée, Armée B, 244th Division d'infanterie) and member of the resistance in action in front of the post office, in the avenue Maréchal Foch and Rue de provence. A suspect is arrested and interrogated in the street.
3:31 F.T.P.F. Francs-tireurs et partisans français
05:01 D.P. = Défense passive (civil defense corps)
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