German occupation of France and Belgium

Identifier
irn1001550
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.149.1
  • RG-60.2407
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Music
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

Tank crossing river. MCU, workmen building bridge. MCU, horse-drawn wagon driven by German soldiers. German soldiers on bicycles, motorcycles, scooters, side cars. Tanks fording small stream. Truck hauling large German mortar. German aircraft in flight. City below. Pilot of German aircraft, taken from nose of plane. City smoking. Wreckage around railroad yard. German soldier firing machine gun, digging foxhole, firing into city streets, talking in street. Street is ablaze. Bullet in hand of soldier. Pan, burning building, city. German trucks moving through wrecked city. Inspecting destroyed English and French tanks. Bullet hole in wrecked tank. Pan, cathedral. German soldiers and tanks moving along road showing wreckage. German torpedo boat. Tanks rolling by, knocking over trees.

Note(s)

  • Captured German film.

Subjects

  • FRANCE
  • GERMANS
  • CHURCHES
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • BELGIUM
  • WEAPONS/ARMS
  • DESTRUCTION
  • RIVERS
  • FIGHTING
  • SMOKE
  • LUFTWAFFE (GERMAN AIR FORCE)
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • TANKS
  • BOATS
  • STREETS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • RAIL SYSTEMS
  • BICYCLES
  • RUINS
  • MACHINE GUNS
  • AIRPLANES
  • GERMAN OCCUPATION
  • HORSES
  • BRIDGES

Places

  • Mobeus, Belgium
  • , Belgium
  • , France

Genre

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