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A weeping man and the colours taken aboard

Name: A weeping man and the colours taken aboard
Uploaded: 2026-09-13T21:10:00.293Z
Duration: 7 s

Among the spectators a man in a pinstriped suit and tie weeps openly, his face contorted, while a woman in a hat beside him and the people behind look on; at the quay a soldier in a sun helmet climbs the gangway of a white ship hung with flags as a naval officer salutes; the crowd raises hats and applauds. Behind the ship rises the transporter bridge of Marseille. The weeping man became one of the best-known images of the fall of France and has often been captioned as Paris in June 1940; the harbour places the scene in Marseille, apparently at the departure of the colours for North Africa in 1941.

Period: c. 1941–December 31, 1943
Credit: US National ArchivesPublic Domain · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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Clip name: HFE025655
Length: 0' 07"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 169,481,636 bytes

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