Free Vote For France (1945)
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Channel: Nuclear Vault · 2011 · Education
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39170, LI 208-UN-1052 - Free Vote For France (1945). Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, France holds its first free municipal elections since liberation. Part 2, occupation forces in Heidelberg print a newspaper and distribute it to eager citizens. Part 3, a French ship is loaded with grain and potatoes in Canada. Airplanes drop food to the Dutch in a UN operation. Part 4, German surrenders are received by Gen. Montgomery from Adm. Friedeburg and by Gen. Walter B. Smith from Gen. Jodl. Gen. Eisenhower speaks.
