Résistances

Résistances cover.

Documentary (2022)
German title: Widerstand – Die Résistance
English title: The Resistance - Heroes of France

Starring:
Alexis Moncorgé (Narrator)
Yvan Gaillard (Editor)
Patrick Rotman (Director)

When Marshal Pétain decided on the armistice on June 17, 1940, many French people did not accept the debacle and entered into resistance. After the first "tinkered" resistance acts of the beginnings, the army of shadows is organized into networks and their actions are gaining momentum. Through the intertwined destinies of around thirty men and women, this documentary series reconstructs the puzzle of the Resistance.

Générique

Taylorcraft Auster

Used again in the first minutes of episode 4.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Mirror reversed image. Cargo door should be on the left side of the fuselage.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain.

Episode I - LE BRICOLAGE HEROÏQUE (été 1940 - juin 1941)

Unidentified Aircraft

A Messerschmitt Bf 109 ?

CAMS 37/2

Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine (CAMS) 37/2 was a French biplane flying boat mainly used for reconnaissance and liaison duties serving aboard most battleships and cruisers of the French Navy. The CAMS 37 was gradually withdrawn from front line duties in the mid-to-late 1930s and has been replaced by the Loire 130.

Seen wing folded.

Arado Ar 196

Arado Ar 196 of the Kriegsmarine.

Arado Ar 196 of the Kriegsmarine.

Arado Ar 196 of the Kriegsmarine.

Arado Ar 196 of the Kriegsmarine.

Arado Ar 196 of the Kriegsmarine.

Heinkel He 59

Heinkel He 59 in the background.

Fairey Swordfish MkI

Taking off from the HMS Ark Royal. In May 1941, Swordfish helped pursue and sink the German battleship Bismarck.

Fairey Swordfish MkI of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm.

Fairey Swordfish MkI of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm.

Fairey Swordfish MkI of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm.

Fairey Swordfish MkI of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm.

Fairey Swordfish MkI of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm.

Episode II - TOURNANTS (juin 1941 - novembre 1942)

Caquot Dirigible Derivative

Might a British barrage balloon with "Double Parachute Link" (DPL) or "Double Parachute/Ripping" (DP/R)?

Same balloon in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others / Lighter-Than-Air).

Underside view of the nacelle used for paradropping training.

Junkers Ju 52/3m

Footage (of a Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe!) seen during comment about the training of French Underground agent by RAF.

Aichi D3A Val

Aichi D3A Val of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.

Aichi D3A Val of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.

Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless

Footage of these Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless of the US Navy used while the narrator evokes the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor !
Same aircraft in IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Mitsubishi A6M Zero of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.

Consolidated PBY Catalina

Mirror reversed image of same shot seen in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Consolidated PBY Catalina of the US Navy.

Consolidated PBY Catalina of the US Navy.

Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina

Mirror reversed image of same shot seen in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Consolidated PBY-5 of the US Navy.

Consolidated PBY-5 of the US Navy.

Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax Mk III

Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax of the RAF.

Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax of the RAF.

Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax of the RAF.

Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax of the RAF.

Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax of the RAF.

Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax of the RAF.

Westland Lysander Mk.III

Reg. AQ-H Westland Lysander Mk.III of No. 267 Squadron RAF.
Might be pictures from BBC TV Series of 1963 Moonstrike, but not sure and no result with google search.

Seen in another further sequence (with day for night technique).

Westland Lysander Mk.II

Reg. LX-U, serial R2007 of No. 225 Squadron RAF (before May 1942).
It subsequently flew with a number of units, including Nos. 13 and 2 Squadrons RAF, No. 7 Anti-aircraft Cooperation Unit, No. 239 Squadron RAF, and in the Far East with both Nos. 1 and 2 Squadrons of the Indian Air Force. The aircraft was finally written off after a heavy landing at Risalpur on 16 March 1943, while serving with No, 151 (Fighter) Operational Training Unit.

Note the tail hook down (usually used to pick up message in flight).

Seen in another further sequence at night.

Reg.LX-U Westland Lysander Mk.III of the RAF.

Westland Lysander Mk.II

LX-U changes in the sequence to LX-X, losing the flanges of wheel casings.
Maybe No. 225 Squadron RAF or No. 54 Operational Training Unit RAF as both units used this LX code and the Lysander.

Reg.LX-X Westland Lysander Mk.II of the RAF.

Reg.LX-X Westland Lysander Mk.II of the RAF.

Junkers Ju 52/3m

Arrival at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.

Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Episode III - UNIFICATION (novembre 1942 - juin 1943)

Barrage balloon

British or American barrage balloon at the dawn of November 8 1942.

Caudron Goéland

Boufarik aerodrome (Algeria) on Mai 1943, General Giraud, civilian and military commander-in-chief of French North Africa - AFN , reviews the detachment which must render the honors to General de Gaulle (Free French Forces) when he gets off the plane.
Caudron Goéland of the Armée de l'Air (ex Air France) in the far background.

Dewoitine D.338

Dewoitine D.338 of the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force).

Caudron C.635 Simoun

Caudron C.635 Simoun.

Lockheed C-60 Lodestar

General Giraud meets General de Gaulle at Boufarik aerodrome.
Reg. FC-BAF Lockheed C-60 Lodestar s/n 18-2380 christened Paris of the Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres (Free French Air Forces).
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Episode IV - LIBERATIONS (juin 1943 - automne 1944)

Westland Lysander

Westland Lysander of the RAF.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Douglas C-47 Skytrain of the USAAF.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain of the USAAF.

Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax Mk V

Footage in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax of the RAF.

Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax of the RAF.

Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax of the RAF.

Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax of the RAF.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the USAAF.

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Lockheed C-60 Lodestar

Lockheed C-60 Lodestar s/n 18-2609 first registered by FAFL as 2609 and quickly FC-BAI (then christened France) and later F-RAAD once FAFL and French North African forces have melt.
General Charles de Gaulle arriving at Toulouse-Blagnac.
for his visit in Toulouse september 16, 1944 one month after the liberation of the city.

Barrage balloon

Seen during Operation Dragoon the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15 August 1944.

Dewoitine D.520

Wearing D-Day Black and White stripes still used during operations of mid-1944. Aircraft from 1er Groupe de Chasse FFI Groupe Marcel Doret that operated on Royan and Pointe de Graves in Automn 1944. Marcel Doret, one of the most famous French pilot, 'world champion' of aerobatics following a match with German pilot Georg Fieseler, is seen here with a beret and a light jacket.

Dewoitine D.520 of the Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres (Free French Air Forces)

Dewoitine D.520 of the Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres (Free French Air Forces)

Dewoitine D.520 of the Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres (Free French Air Forces)

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See also

• Résistances at IMDb
• Résistances at Arte.TV
• Résistances at IMCDb