La Libération de Paris is a short historical documentary shot in secret by small propaganda units of the French Resistance during the Battle for Paris in August 1944.

Production

In 1943, a group of French filmmakers which included Luis Daquin, Jean Grémillon, Jacques Becker, Pierre Renoir (Jean's brother) founded the Comité de libération du cinéma français

Comité de libération du cinéma français

Comité de libération du cinéma français was an organization of filmmakers in France created in 1943. Most known members are Jacques Becker, Pierre Blanchar, Louis Daquin, Jean Painlevé, Jean-Paul Le Chainos. Members of this organization made projects for French cinema for after the War...

. Technicians from this group took pictures of the uprising in Paris (Battle for Paris) from its beginnings on August 19, 1944. The footage was developed and edited for a documentary titled La Libération de Paris ("the liberation of Paris") which was released to French theaters on September 1, 1944, immediately after the German departure from the occupied territories.

See also

• Liberation of Paris
  Liberation of Paris
  The Liberation of Paris took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the surrender of the occupying German garrison on August 25th. It could be regarded by some as the last battle in the Battle for Normandy, though that really ended with the crushing of the Wehrmacht forces between the...
  
  
• In the Heart of the Thunderstorm (1944)
• Is Paris Burning?
  Is Paris Burning?
  Is Paris Burning? is a 1966 film dealing with the 1944 liberation of Paris by rival branches of the French Resistance and the Free French Forces.-Plot:...
  
  (1966)

Media links

• La Libération de Paris, Archive.org