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Carlton Gardens, S.W.1 - L'Armée des ombres (Jean-Pierre Melville 1969)

1/3/2014

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Melville's film visits De Gaulle's wartime headquarters, adding a protective wall in front of the entrance that I assume was there in 1940 and not there in 1969. Also not there in 1969 was a plaque commemorating the presence of the Free French here (placed in 1984) and one commemorating the speech made by De Gaulle from here in 1940:
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Nor was there the statue of De Gaulle across the street, erected in 1993:
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(These images are from the wonderful London Remembers site - 'Aiming to capture all memorials in London'.)
L'Armée des ombres visits other key sites related to the Free French in London, including De Gaulle's residence in Hampstead:
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And the headquarters of Colonel Passy's secret service at 10 Duke Street, W.1:
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The London Melville shows us also includes various streets in the St James's area, the Park Lane Hotel on Piccadilly, and some standard tourist sights:
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And there is a trip to the Ritz cinema on Leicester Square:
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For other representations of London by French filmmakers, see here.
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the Ritz cinema in René Clément's Monsieur Ripois (1954)
(Thanks again, Jesse, for suggesting a London street on screen)
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22/12/2022 03:57:18 am

Thannks for sharing this

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