Assignment:
1. Select one article from an early newspaper addressing your city and discuss its main themes. Source: Historical Newspaper Project.
Airlines Are Needed in Africa; Free French Establishing Them: Equatorial Colony Needs Better Facilities for Transportation-American Mission Encourages Pioneer Settlers.
This is the title of an article written by A.C Sedgwick for The New York Times on October 20, 1941. Sedgwick, who died in 1994, was mostly assigned to cover British military operations during World War II.
In this article Sedgwick describe the increase of French settlers to Bangui during this period as a result of the fall of France during World War II. This article provides an interesting look into Bangui’s role as a member of ‘Free France’ and a refuge during the war. “‘Free France’ was the government-in-exile led by Charles de Gaulle during the Second World War and its military forces that continued to fight against the Axis powers as one of the Allies after the fall of France. It was set up in London in June 1940 and also organized and supported the Resistance in occupied France.”
Sedgwick definitely paints a picture of Bangui as a prime alternative to life in Paris during the German occupation and goes as far as to note that “Many French people were becoming so fond of frontier life, he said, that they would not exchange it for life in France, which has become embittered and perhaps ruined for years to come through destructive German occupation” while quoting a French soldier in Bangui.
The article goes on to explain infrastructure and transportation issues within the areas of Free France and explains the benefits of air travel over roads ad waterways.
AC SEDGWICK Wireless to THE NEW,YORK TIMES. 1941. "Airlines are Needed in Africa; Free Erench Establishing them." New York Times (1923-Current File), Oct 20, 5.
http://search.proquest.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/docview/105580846?accountid=11311
Stout, David. "A. C. Sedgwick, 94, Reporter For Times Who Covered War."The New York Times. The New York Times, 20 Jan. 1996. Web. 27 Mar. 2016.
The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Free French." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2016.
Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2016.
1. Select one article from an early newspaper addressing your city and discuss its main themes. Source: Historical Newspaper Project.
Airlines Are Needed in Africa; Free French Establishing Them: Equatorial Colony Needs Better Facilities for Transportation-American Mission Encourages Pioneer Settlers.
This is the title of an article written by A.C Sedgwick for The New York Times on October 20, 1941. Sedgwick, who died in 1994, was mostly assigned to cover British military operations during World War II.
In this article Sedgwick describe the increase of French settlers to Bangui during this period as a result of the fall of France during World War II. This article provides an interesting look into Bangui’s role as a member of ‘Free France’ and a refuge during the war. “‘Free France’ was the government-in-exile led by Charles de Gaulle during the Second World War and its military forces that continued to fight against the Axis powers as one of the Allies after the fall of France. It was set up in London in June 1940 and also organized and supported the Resistance in occupied France.”
Sedgwick definitely paints a picture of Bangui as a prime alternative to life in Paris during the German occupation and goes as far as to note that “Many French people were becoming so fond of frontier life, he said, that they would not exchange it for life in France, which has become embittered and perhaps ruined for years to come through destructive German occupation” while quoting a French soldier in Bangui.
The article goes on to explain infrastructure and transportation issues within the areas of Free France and explains the benefits of air travel over roads ad waterways.
AC SEDGWICK Wireless to THE NEW,YORK TIMES. 1941. "Airlines are Needed in Africa; Free Erench Establishing them." New York Times (1923-Current File), Oct 20, 5.
http://search.proquest.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/docview/105580846?accountid=11311
Stout, David. "A. C. Sedgwick, 94, Reporter For Times Who Covered War."The New York Times. The New York Times, 20 Jan. 1996. Web. 27 Mar. 2016.
The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Free French." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2016.
Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2016.
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