Fighting at Narvik

Identifier
irn1001470
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.149.1
  • RG-60.2352
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • UFA (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

UFA Newsreel. Title: Frontberichte der Propaganda-Kompanien. REEL 1: Part 1: on the fighting at Narvik. Shows German warships in the harbor. German demolition teams blow up a railroad. White clad alpine troops fire on attacking British troops; German dive bombers attack British lines. German paratroopers land, assemble, and go into action. Part 2: German planes take off from an airfield. Show wrecked planes on a French airfield. Dive bombers attack an allied marching column. Shows wrecked allied equipment and dead. Part 3: German bombers fly in formation over Antwerp.

Note(s)

  • The country of original release is Germany. This footage is part of seized enemy records.

Subjects

  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • ALLIES
  • ATTACKS
  • DESTRUCTION
  • LUFTWAFFE (GERMAN AIR FORCE)
  • BOMBINGS
  • FIGHTING
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • AIRPLANES
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (BRITISH)
  • AIR FORCE (BRITISH)
  • RAIL SYSTEMS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • CORPSES

Places

  • , France
  • , Germany
  • Antwerp, Belgium

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.