Jackie KENNEDY introduces herself (in perfect French) to the French, interviewed by Etienne LALOU, at her home, in her residence in Massachusetts. She is of French origin (maiden name Jacqueline Bouvier), her family arrived in the United States in the 18th century. She studied in France at the Sorbonne in comparative literature and political science, and apparently has an excellent memory of it: "I have a 2 and a half year old daughter, Caroline, I sometimes speak French to her but she can only sing for the moment"Brother Jacques" in French, but she will continue to learn..."
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the landing of Provence in August 1944, return on the role played by the women in this landing in the bay of St Tropez through the testimony of Georgette Aubignac, lieutenant of transmissions in 1944, she expresses her "immense emotion. The Marseillaise has sprung, extraordinary. The English were worried, they had landed at Omaha Beach. "The welcome at Cogolin was overwhelming. Transmissions were provided by women, a minor but essential task.". Images of posters enlisting women in the female corps of transmissions.
Five American D-Day veterans from Provence are looking to redo their parachute jump fifty years later. As a safety measure, they will finally jump at sea assisted by General Piquenal. Accelerated sports preparations of veterans. Interview Jean-Pierre AZUR having refused their initiative for security reasons, of Colonel BLAKE, British parachutist confirming that the Provençal ground is too hard for "old" and testimonies of veterans.
On August 15, 1944, two months after Normandy, 450,000 soldiers landed on the coast of Provence.. Among them was Pierre Velsch, aged 18 at the time. He was one of the first to set foot on the beaches of Var with his comrades of the commandos of Africa. Meeting with Pierre Velsh, one of the last veterans on the occasion of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Landing of Provence. Interview with Pierre Velsch, Veteran of the landing in Provence, voluntarily hired against the advice of his father, showing the beach where they should have landed and his son Richard Velsch The interview alternates with INA archive images.
On the occasion of the official ceremonies commemorating the 70th anniversary of the landing of Provence on August 15, 1944, met and testimonies of veterans of former French colonies mobilized during the Second World War from Africa, of North Africa and Indochina and the French Antilles.
Interview at home with the writer and poet Paul Géraldy, he evokes the memory of the Second World War and in particular this "grandiose and magical" moment of the landing of Provence, perched on the roof of his house, the reception of the staff in his house and the donation of his car during the war.
Retrospective of the Allied landings in Provence, August 15, 1944, INA archive images. It began with a naval battle and then the capture of Toulon and Marseille. The French army is composed of Senegalese, Maghrebi and black feet. Comment on factual images, archive, interspersed by an interview with Philippe LAMARQUE, author of the "Landing in Provence day after day" on the hardened character of the elite troops of Africa, on the rapid advance of allied troops led by General de Lattre de Tassigny liberating the region in 15 days by disobeying the Americans.
On the occasion of the reconstitution of the capture of Cap Nègre, testimony of the doctor Colonel Plancke, veteran of Cap Nègre and the 1st commando on the conditions of the capture of this Cap during the landing of Provence: The Commando was made up of volunteers of all origins including the former French colonies. The testimony alternates with images of the reconstitution by soldiers of the capture of Cap Nègre in August 1944.
Pierre Desgraupes receives the journalist Jacques Robichon, author of a history book on "The landing in Provence". He returns on the importance of this landing of Provence less spectacular than that of Normandy, delayed for lack of equipment, it was necessary to recover the barges of the landing of Normandy, but, which pushed Hitler began the retreat of German troops based in France for the Rhine and Switzerland.
Robert Mencherini returns to the essential and strategic role of the landing of allied troops in August 1944 in Provence, -landing less known than that of June 6, 1944 on the beaches of Normandy-, to supply supplies and supplies to Allied troops heading for Germany and Berlin. In addition to the military role played by the Allied troops led by General de Lattre de Tassigny, de Gaulle sent regional Commissioners of the Republic to take political power and ensure French supremacy, including Raymond Aubrac.
Report on the mobilization and recruitment of 60,000 men in West Africa in the former French colonies during the Second World War. Testimony in Senegal of many veterans of the second world war medallists, former Senegalese and North African riflemen on the landing.
Images of the landing of August 15 and 16, 1944 on the beaches of the bay of Cavalaire Pardigon: the American naval forces of the 6th Corps and the Garbo force of the VII US army under the French command of General de Lattre de Tassigny accompanied by the forces of overseasFrench Sea including Moroccan Tabors. Images of the tanks landing on the beach.
Following the attacks of May 29 in Paris, investigation in Guyana in Cayenne, where the Guyanese separatists are strongly implanted. A Brazilian clandestine man died in the attack claimed by the ARC (Revolutionary Alliance Caribbean). Images of illustration alternate with an excerpt from the speech of a separatist against Minister Georges LEMOINE (?) "Mister Minister your colonies are made to be lost" and the interview of Guy LAMAZE, vice-president of the Regional Council for Independence, which does not pronounce on the attack but does not deny their impact in favor of independence.
Guyanese independence activists came to Corte in Corsica, to meet Corsican nationalists, as part of a convergence of demands. Interview with Patrice Elie DIT COSAQUE, RFO journalist, by Jean-Victor CASTOR, Guyanese separatist.
Léon Landini, former resistance fighter, member of the FTP MOI, of the Carmagnole Battalion, reflects on his commitment, their actions and his reasons: the fight for the country of freedom and the homeland of human rights.
Annette Kamieniecki, resistant, Jewish, former member of the FTP MOI, (MOI for immigrant labour) whose parents arrived in France before the Second World War, recounts how she entered the resistance by becoming a member of the Communist Youth in Paris, at the age of 17 and the actions carried out in that context.
Testimonies by Léon Landini, a former Italian resistance fighter and Jean Wolf, a German Jew, both former members of the FTP-MOI to fight the Nazi occupation in France.
After a reminder using photos of the proportion of foreigners in the Resistance during the Second World War, historian Denis Péchansky evokes the paradox or chiasm represented by the fight of foreigners for the liberation of France while they were hunted down and arrested by French policemen working indirectly for the German Nazi regime occupying France.
The historian Henri Amouroux returns to the importance of the resistance actions carried out by the Spanish fighters refugees in France after the Spanish War and evokes books by Claude LEVY: "The pariahs of the resistance". Regarding the resistance actions of the Levy brothers and their first book "A true story", Annette Kamieniecki, former member of the FTP MOI recalls that their actions in Toulouse were often attributed to French and that Aragon, director of communist editions, had asked them to francize the names.
At the Resistance Museum in Grenoble, historian Claude Collin discusses the role played by the regional battalions of the FTP MOI, Carmagnole in Lyon and Liberté in Grenoble, including communist refugee activists of foreign origin in resistance actions against Nazi occupiers. Archive testimony of Herbert HERZ , photos and extracts of "Au coeur de l'orage".
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