Résistances
Documentary (2023)
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

Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Mirror reversed image. Cargo door should be on the left side of the fuselage.

Episode I - LE BRICOLAGE HEROÏQUE été 1940 - juin 1941

Unidentified Aircraft

Arado Ar 196





Unidentified Aircraft
Unknown seaplane 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.





Episode II - TOURNANTS juin 1941 - novembre 1942

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


== Junkers Ju 52/3m Seems to have military camouflage.

Aichi D3A Val


Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless
Same aircraft in IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Mitsubishi A6M Zero

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


Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
Mirror reversed image of same shot seen in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.


Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax






Westland Lysander Mk.III
Might be pictures from BBC TV Series of 1963 Moonstrike, but not sure and no result with google search.
Not found what RAF group it belongs to.





Seen in another further sequence at night.

Westland Lysander Mk.II
Registration LX-U, of No. 225 Squadron RAF, c/n R2007. 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.



Seen in another further sequence at night.

Westland Lysander Mk.II
LX-U changes in the sequence to LX-X, losing the flanges of wheel casings.
Not found what RAF group it belongs to.


== Junkers Ju 52/3m Arrival at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.



Episode III - UNIFICATION novembre 1942 - juin 1943

Unidentified Aircraft
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.
Seems to be a French airplane, perhaps Wibault 283T of the Armée de l'Air ? (ex Air France.

Dewoitine D.338

Caudron C.635 Simoun

Lockheed C-60 Lodestar
General Giraud meets General de Gaulle at Boufarik aerodrome.

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Episode IV - LIBERATIONS juin 1943 - automne 1944

Westland Lysander

Douglas C-47 Skytrain


Handley Page H.P.61 Halifax





Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Lockheed C-60 Lodestar

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Dewoitine D.520
Wearing Black/White stripes of operations of mid-1944. Could be from 1er Groupe de Chasse FFI - "Groupe Marcel Doret that operated on Royan and Pointe de Graves in Automn 1944.



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