HOME AWAY FROM HOME – Documentary movie 52mn produced by Valerie Blouin and Frederic Lamasse. Directors Hugo Le Gourrierec & Florent Plana. Music Baptiste Leblanc.
Made in 2017 in partnership with ESRA Côte d’Azur, this documentary movie retraces the History of the US Sixth Fleet’s presence in Villefranche-sur-Mer through testimonies of Sixth Fleet veterans, their children, and local people with whom they always kept very strong links. Includes archived pictures and videos of the 50th anniversary of the Sixth Fleet’s departure from Villefranche in January 2017 with the participation of MC CLIC Monaco.
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Contact
Association Les Américains et la 6e Flotte à Villefranche-sur-mer
8 impasse Mère Germaine
06230 Villefranche-sur-mer