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Deutsche Wochenschau #511 R2, Pt. 2 of 2

Reel Number: 221554-15

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940

Country: France,Germany

Location: Compeigne,Grand Fitz James,Paris,Reims,Versaille

TC Begins: 01:19:27

TC Ends: 01:30:39

Duration: 00:11:12

R2, Pt. 2 of 2 German soldiers forward past burning town, road clogged w/ abandoned wagons, trucks. Street fighting. Soldier opens shutters & waves ahead, troops advance. Machine guns firing from windows. Germans cross river in small rubber rafts. 01:21:01 CU Sign: N.3 Paris, Soissons (divide). Germans advance, French prisoners marched to rear; wounded Black West African French soldier carried on stretcher by other Blacks. Germans advance. 01:21:50 Germans resting on carts & by roadside, washing, sleeping. 01:22:16 Mechanized units move across floating bridge & dirt fields. 01:22:35 MCU German General. More crossing of floating bridges; troops march in rain. 01:23:09 CU Black West African French soldiers, POWs, standing in heavy rain looking unhappy. 01:23:19 Cavalry crossing river or canal on floating bridge in rain. Tanks on road, heavy dust. 01:24:08 Oil storage dump burning. 01:24:24 Wagons & mounted troops into Versailles, mechanized units past & parked outside palace. Swastika raised & pan of buildings. 01:25:06 Paris & people run as light plane lands in center of city, Place de la Concorde. View of Eiffel tower & soldiers climbing seen from below & above. Swastika raised in wind. 01:26:11 Soldiers march. German military vehicles on deserted Champs-Elysees & heavy smoke from past Arc de Triomphe. MCU w/ vehicles past base. 01:26:23 Ceremonial parades on Champs-Elysees w/ English, French Senegal soldiers, French military. 01:26:58 German troops march onto Champs-Elysees past base of Arc de Triomphe; along avenue. Generals saluting, mcu. Shots from above down empty avenue w/o people & past people from ground level. aerial view of Paris (brief). Multiple shows of victory parade. W/ Generals watching from Place de la Concorde. 01:29:08 Tilt up from German soldiers at base of Les Invalides to dome. German officer w/ map getting directions from French policemen. German wagons down Paris street. Women smiling & watching. Montage of marching German troops along streets, roads, smiling & waving. The End. WWII German Invasions - France & Belgium; 1940; WW2; NOTE: Nazis massacred French West African soldiers during invasion. GOOD reel. NOTE: In our experience German Nazi era material is considered in the public domain throughout the world. If users feel any further clearances are necessary they are to be their own responsibility.

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