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Germany Invades France

Reel Number: 220758-09

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940

Country: France

Location: Paris Chateau Thierry Versailles

TC Begins: 23:09:17

TC Ends: 23:18:54

Duration: 00:09:37

Germany Invades France Signpost Paris - Soissons - German troops and horse drawn artillery advancing down road at Chateau Thierry. French prisoners of war march towards camera including Black French colonial soldiers. Motor drawn artillery advancing - German soldiers marching w/ weapons. German troops shaving in corn field. German troops sleeping at side of road in town. Tank Panzer divisions crossing pontoon bridge. Armoured vehicles at speed. German officer. Good shots crossing pontoon bridge. Germans advance in heavy rain. Black colonial POWs. Germans advance. Buildings burning around oil refinery - huge pall of smoke. Palace of Versailles. Nazi flag raised - shots palace courtyard 23:13:23 Paris - small German aircraft lands in street. German troops around plane. German soldiers climbing up Eiffel tower. Nazi flag flying from tower. German troops and armoured vehicles down Champs Elysees 23:14:39 Flashback to pre war military parades down Champs Elysees - troops include British, French, Colonial. 23:15:15 German troops march past Arc de Triomphe. German generals take salute. German soldier filming parade with hand held camera. Military parade. Top shot Paris. German horse drawn artillery. Parisians watch in silence. Hotel Les Invalides. Troops march down Paris streets. Nazi troops march down country road - smiling and happy. WW2; WWII; 1940; Nazi Military Invasion;

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