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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This black-and-white film promotes the ‘Free France’ / 'Free French' political entity led by French General Charles de Gaulle. It is a short pictorial recapitulation of the events that followed the historical date of June 18, 1940, when the French government surrendered to Germany and the Axis. The film is produced and edited for France Forever (France Quand Méme) in New York by Charles Clement. “France Forever” title banner (00:17). The French Flag (00:28). Informational text written on screen (00:36). General Charles de Gaulle (00:55). Informational text written on screen (01:00). French soldiers embarking a ship (01:17) and exiting train (01:21). The soldiers march from the train to embark the ship (01:32). Informational text written on screen (01:48). General Charles de Gaulle and his troops giving salute (02:00). The soldiers march (03:36). The general walk around the army camp with his associates (03:39). The troops align (03:52). An army officer shakes hands with females from the medical department and other female soldiers (04:27). The troops marching through the camp square (05:07). Informational text written on screen (06:26). Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspecting French troops (06:32). British Cruiser Mk IV tanks in the battlefield (06:43). A spotter plane flies by (07:01). British Cruiser Mk IV tanks in the battlefield (07:04). Army officials, General Charles de Gaulle, and Mr. Winston Churchill (07:07). Informational text written on screen (07:11). The African Headquarters of General de Gaulle in Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa (07:19). Informational text written on screen (07:29). Soldier sailing through a river (07:40). Informational text written on screen (08:05). A camel (08:15). African French soldiers (08:20). Marching troops (08:25). Informational text written on screen (08:38). Troops marching towards the Italian Oasis in Libya in February 1941 (08:46). Informational text written on screen (08:57). Troops riding on horsebacks (09:07). Informational text written on screen (09:28). A British military caravan (09:42). A British Vickers Light Tank Mk (09:55). Signs marking the direction of Agordat and Cheren (10:03). The French and the British flag (10:08). Informational text written on screen (10:17). French Army warships and soldier of the Free French Fleet (10:38). Informational text written on screen (11:00). A torpedo named after the prospective Nazi target (11:06). General de Gaulle (11:07). A torpedo named after the German ship “Deutchland”, a potential target (11:10). Informational text written on screen (11:13). General de Gaulle embarking the famed Surcouf Submarine (which would later be sunk with all hands, possibly due to friendly fire) and giving salute to the soldiers on board (11:22). Informational text written on screen (11:33). 8” guns mounted in a twin turret M1929 on the submarine (11:39). The submarine's folding-wing reconnaissance plane (11:40). Soldiers of the fleet (11:47). Informational text written on screen (11:56). A German bomber shot down by the ‘Courbet’ Battleship (11:56). Informational text written on screen (12:11). A pole (13:14). A radio mast and radio antenna (13:18). Informational text written on screen (13:23). General de Gaulle giving a speech in French with English subtitled overlayed (13:28). A march of French Renault Tankettes (13:51). Horse carriages and bicycles (14:03). Bloch 210 airplanes (14:16). Renault D2 tanks (14:39). The French flag (14:54). Pre-war footage of troops marching by the Arch of Triumph in Paris (15:00) and through the streets of Paris (15:06). The Eiffel Tower (15:15). Renault UE supply tanks (15:32). Soldiers on horsebacks(15:41). Footage of the Arch of Triumph and the eternal flame in memory of the fallen (15:48). Marching troops (16:05). The tricolor French flag (16:22). “The End” written on screen (16:39). Surcouf was a large French gun-armed cruiser submarine of the mid 20th century. She carried two 8“ guns as well as anti-aircraft guns and (for most of her career) a floatplane. Surcouf served in the French Navy and, later, the Free French Naval Forces during the Second World War. She was named after the French privateer and shipowner Robert Surcouf. She was the largest submarine built until surpassed by the first Japanese I-400 class aircraft carrier submarine in 1944. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
