The Maquis Strike AKA The F.F.I Strikes 1944

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Title reads: "The Maquis Strikes".

French Resistance uprising, start of liberation of Paris, France.

Inside F.F.I. (French Forces of the Interior) headquarters. Various shots of men and women of the French Resistance receiving armbands and loading guns. C/Us of man and woman listening...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39132
Sort Number:
44/071
Time in/Out:
01:38:16:00 / 01:43:27:00
Canister:
44/71
Film ID:
1123.18
Issue Date:
04/09/1944

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