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Gladiators of WWII - The Free French Forces

This episode in the BBC documentary series "Gladiators of WW2" focuses on the free French movement during WW2. Led by General De Gaulle, the Free French refused to accept the armistice that France had signed with Nazi Germany and were branded as traitors by the official Vichy government. Their symbol was Joan of Arc Cross of Lorraine. Few thousand men crossed the Channel to join the fight in Britain. In the Libyan Desert in June 42, Rommel was driving the British 8th Army back towards Egypt. But at Bir Hacheim he met a pocket of fierce resistance: less than 4,000 Free French troops. They also fought in Central...

Director : Charles Messenger

Production Year : 2002

Duration : 48

Language : English

Victory in the West

Nazi propaganda film based on films that were filmed by propaganda filmmakers of Nazi Germany and deals with the war against the lowland countries and France in May-June 1940. The film is comprised of two parts: an introductory part ("Towards Decision") that describes the background of the outbreak of World War II and preparations for the operation, and the main part ("The Campaign"), that glorifies the swift victories of the German army at the first stages of the war.

Director : Sven Noldan, Fritz Brunsch, Werner Kortwich

Production Year : 1941

Duration : 120

Language : English, German

Sea Tales - The Dunkirk Dilemma

Documentary film that surveys the withdrawal of allied forces from Dunkirk in May 1940 in what was one of the central Naval operations of WWII and Naval history in general. Includes archival films, testimonies and expert commentary.

Director : Melissa Jo Peltier

Production Year : 1996

Duration : 50

Language : English

Don't Look Now, We've Been Shot at

During World War II, two French soldiers (played by French comedians Louis De Funesand and Bourvil (and a downed English flight captain set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops and the consequences of their own blunders.

Director : Gerard Oury

Production Year : 1966

Duration : 122

Language : French

Tunisian Victory

An informative film on behalf of the British and American Service Film Units, dealing with the successful Anglo-American invasion of North Africa in November 42.

Director : Frank Capra, Hugh Stewart, John Huston

Production Year : 1944

Duration : 62

Language : English

Cameraman at War / Fall of France - June 1940

This tape is consisting of 2 films: "Cameramen at War" - describes the work of British war correspondents. Includes clips of British soldiers at the front; description of the dangerous work of the war correspondents. "Fall of France" (American Newsreel) - Views of the German Army fighting along the La Marne River.

Production Year : 1940

Duration : 27

Language : English