WWII - 1940, German Invasion Of Low Countries, Operation Gelb
05:37:28 LS Partially destroyed bridge. German trucks w/ soldiers past on road; along country lane w/ rubber rafts. Assault & shock troops in rafts cross River Meuse w/ ladders. Mechanized German infantry & bicycle contingents thru town, cross River Meuse over bridge. Soldiers pinned down under fire. Infantry fords / wades canal or stream; along ridge. CU young soldier. Explosions. Move along dike. German infantry mortar crew fire.
05:39:08 German Engineers Assault Party of 17 men cross Canal; enter forefield of outside fortification No. 4 of Fort Eben Emael.
05:39:38 Aerial diagram of Fort Eben Emael.
05:39:47 German Engineers mount concrete cupola of fortification No. 4, places heavy TNT charge w/ time fuse in ventilation slot of giant pillbox. LS explosion. Smoke clears & Belgium soldier w/ white surrender flag in front of entrance of Fort Eben Emael.
05:40:55 Belgium prisoners of war walk to rear.
05:41:07 Animation, Albert Canal & others of Holland.
05:41:24 German shock troops on ground, forward & in rubber boats across River Rhine near collapsed bridge. German heavy tanks fire across river, explosions on other side. Tanks along road, across bridge; troops & trucks along dirt road.
05:42:25 Animation, map of parachute troops attack.
05:42:38 Tall bridge, troops holding, sign: Autocar Station. Scenes of German combat contingents on the move, thru damaged roof of house. Tank, trucks across Moerdijk Bridge, steel bridge, convoy of troops along cobblestone road towards heavy smoke. Tanks parked along city sidewalk, street empty. Two soldiers along road surrendering.
05:43:27 City of Rotterdam Dutch Military Commander & one Dutch soldier carry white flag w/ one German Parlamentair past camera & across undamaged Moerdijk Bridge. Surrender vehicle w/ other cars.
05:43:54 Armistice negotiators arrive. Interior: Dutch officers seated at table w/ Colonel Gen. Von Bock Dutch soldiers led to rear as POWs. \
05:44:27 Aerial illustration map of Holland w/ white flag, tilt down to Belgium countryside.
05:44:52 CU tank tracks; light, medium & heavy German tanks advance across countryside; in fields. Pan shot, German Panzer formations assembled in attack groups in their concentration areas behind the lines. Crews resting, eating, digging slit trenches. Geman officers. Field communications set in operation.
05:45:59 Officer w/ binoculars on tank, mortar crew. Zero hour & tanks, motorcycles & mechanized infantry w/ personnel carriers move out.
05:46:31 Street fighting in Belgium towns and villages. Burning allied tank.
May40 Germany’s Operation Gelb; Nazis; Holland; WW2;
NOTE: Sound track poor.
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WWII - 1940, German Invasion Of Low Countries, Operation Gelb 05:37:28 LS Partially destroyed bridge. German trucks w/ soldiers past on road; along country lane w/ rubber rafts. Assault & shock troops in rafts cross River Meuse w/ ladders. Mechanized German infantry & bicycle contingents thru town, cross River Meuse over bridge. Soldiers pinned down under fire. Infantry fords / wades canal or stream; along ridge. CU young soldier. Explosions. Move along dike. German infantry mortar crew fire. 05:39:08 German Engineers Assault Party of 17 men cross Canal; enter forefield of outside fortification No. 4 of Fort Eben Emael. 05:39:38 Aerial diagram of Fort Eben Emael. 05:39:47 German Engineers mount concrete cupola of fortification No. 4, places heavy TNT charge w/ time fuse in ventilation slot of giant pillbox. LS explosion. Smoke clears & Belgium soldier w/ white surrender flag in front of entrance of Fort Eben Emael. 05:40:55 Belgium prisoners of war walk to rear. 05:41:07 Animation, Albert Canal & others of Holland. 05:41:24 German shock troops on ground, forward & in rubber boats across River Rhine near collapsed bridge. German heavy tanks fire across river, explosions on other side. Tanks along road, across bridge; troops & trucks along dirt road. 05:42:25 Animation, map of parachute troops attack. 05:42:38 Tall bridge, troops holding, sign: Autocar Station. Scenes of German combat contingents on the move, thru damaged roof of house. Tank, trucks across Moerdijk Bridge, steel bridge, convoy of troops along cobblestone road towards heavy smoke. Tanks parked along city sidewalk, street empty. Two soldiers along road surrendering. 05:43:27 City of Rotterdam Dutch Military Commander & one Dutch soldier carry white flag w/ one German Parlamentair past camera & across undamaged Moerdijk Bridge. Surrender vehicle w/ other cars. 05:43:54 Armistice negotiators arrive. Interior: Dutch officers seated at table w/ Colonel Gen. Von Bock Dutch soldiers led to rear as POWs. \ 05:44:27 Aerial illustration map of Holland w/ white flag, tilt down to Belgium countryside. 05:44:52 CU tank tracks; light, medium & heavy German tanks advance across countryside; in fields. Pan shot, German Panzer formations assembled in attack groups in their concentration areas behind the lines. Crews resting, eating, digging slit trenches. Geman officers. Field communications set in operation. 05:45:59 Officer w/ binoculars on tank, mortar crew. Zero hour & tanks, motorcycles & mechanized infantry w/ personnel carriers move out. 05:46:31 Street fighting in Belgium towns and villages. Burning allied tank. May40 Germany’s Operation Gelb; Nazis; Holland; WW2; NOTE: Sound track poor.