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Description: | French-Romanian civilian in Paris, France, 1914-1915
REEL 1 Recollections of life in Paris, France, 1914-1918: story of meeting French airmen Roland Garros and his observer Jean Cocteau, 11/1914; story of priest providing confession to French troops departing for active service; ban on music and dancing during war; effects of war on social life and state of morale; symbolic treatment of Strasbourg statues in Place de la Concord illustrating attitude to German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine; influence of father's war service, 1870-1877; connections with Romania through husband Prince Bibescou; husband's flying licence and belief in wartime role of aviation; accommodation in Hotel Maurice; question of responsibility for victory in Battle of Marne, 9/1914; French government arrangements during evacuation to Bordeux; husband's flying permit for military aircraft; close contacts with French government and society; story of meeting French airmen Roland Garros and his observer Jean Cocteau, 11/1914; absence of car transport; effect of war and casualties in removing of class divisions; effect of arrival of spring, 4/1915; question of influence of priest. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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