The Maquis Strike Aka The Strikes (1944)

Title reads: “The Maquis Strikes“. French Resistance uprising, start of liberation of Paris, France. Inside . (French Forces of the Interior) headquarters. Various shots of men and women of the French Resistance receiving armbands and loading guns. C/Us of man and woman listening to radio for instructions from Resistance. M/S of people in street pulling down Nazi posters. Various shots of Parisians (including women and children) busy building barricades by chopping down trees and tearing up paving stones, in one shot we see the Odeon Metro in background. Various shots of street fighting from behind barricades and from windows - the . attack the Nazis. L/S of injured German soldier squirming on road, an . woman runs out and takes his rifle and carries him to side of road. Various shots of Red Cross teams in action, running about with stretchers and waving Red Cross flag through the gunfire. At the Red Cross post the badly injured receive first aid. Various shots of . firing f