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...into occupied France, goes briskly about her hazardous work and never once bats an eyelash at either Nazi or Ally. All the French streets and London buildings in Rue Madeleine were photographed in Quebec and New England. Now that studio technicians have learned how to reproduce everything from the Gare du Nord to the Himalayas right in Hollywood,* Producer de Rochemont is plugging for the revolutionary theory that everything-rooms, street scenes, shipyards, etc.-should be shot on the actual spot and not on phony sets. Some experts do not agree that the De Rochemont method saves any money...
...Gare d'Orsay reception center, a bas-relief of women with arms flung wide illustrates the legend Salut les copains (Welcome, Pals). Under a so-foot-high triumphal arch of crossed Allied flags are other bas-reliefs, each with a two-word legend illustrating the new-found (and realistically French) freedoms; the second word in each case is librement (freely) and the verbs are: jouer, travailler, parler, aimer, dormir, manger, boire and respirer (play, work, speak, love, sleep, eat, drink and breathe...
...prisoners and deportees were returning each day; 20,000 had already been liberated on the Western Front, 15,000 in the east. Under the eye of the Ministry of Prisoners and Deportees, they had been assembled, deloused, given pocket money and train tickets to Paris. In the Gare de l'Est a military band welcomed them with the Marseillaise, an F.F.I. Guard of Honor presented arms. Bustling officials distributed packets of food (sardines, sausage, gingerbread) and cigarets. Some of the ragged men smiled their thanks, some bowed their heads to hide their tears...
...forces held not only the islands of Saint-Louis and La Cite, but the Hotel de Ville, the Palais de Justice, the mairies of all arrondissements and the suburbs of Boulogne, Issy and Chatillon. The Germans held a large circular area bounded by the Eiffel Tower, the Invalides, the Gare du Quai-d'Orsay, the Place de la Concorde, the Madeleine and the Grand Palais. They also had strong points at the Gare d'Austerlitz, the Gare du Nord and the Porte d'Orleans. What was holding up the column of General Leclerc was a road block...
...return to civilian life (what the hell, I'll take a chance while still a sailor), I'd like to engage Legionnaires John Gare Jr. and John E. Boland with tomatoes-preferably rotten eggs-at 20 paces...