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WWII - 1944, Germany: Dietl Funeral; De Gelle Speech; Infantry Training; Coastal Defenses; D-Day Aftermath. Jun44

Reel Number: 220182-13

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1944

Country: France,Germany,USA

Location: English Channel,Villers-Bocage

TC Begins: 01:40:19

TC Ends: 01:52:35

Duration: 00:12:16

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944, Germany: Dietl Funeral; De Gelle Speech; Infantry Training; Coastal Defenses; D-Day Aftermath. Jun44 Main titles 01:40:50 Motorcade arrives in village / town & General Dietl out of car w/ salutes & handshakes; reviews troops (GOOD). 01:41:21 Military snare drums, flag, funeral ceremony w/ Hitler & others arriving & shaking hands w/ family & squeezes cheek of Dietl’s son. Hitler at lectern (MOS) as everyone solemn. Stand & salute, wreathlaying w/ Hitler saluting. Coffin carried out; troops at attention. Coffin onto caisson behind large vehicle. 01:43:10 Troops do slow goose step from various angles, flag slowly in breeze. 01:43:27 German military officers into auditorium & people applauding. Leon De Grelle to podium & speaking in French, loud & excited re “to think that in such Parliaments that a Soviet revolution could be happening, those hairy savages or barbarians coming from Mongolia / far reaches of Siberia to bring “culture” to France; warns against Communism. MCU & CUs of civilian listeners. Applause. 01:44:38 German infantry training in field w/ grass camouflaged uniforms, set up mortars & machine guns & firing. Attach bayonets, throw grenades. Bugler & all take off camouflage & helmets. Officer calls loudly across wide field & men run yelling to him, sit down & he gives speech as they listen, MCUs. 01:46:38 Marching along country lane / road in woods singing w/ rifles & ammunition cases; merging from all sides. GOOD Nazi editing. 01:47:11 Map w/ England, English Channel & many French coastal cities named from Antwerp to Brest. 01:47:17 Montage: countryside, German sentry w/ binoculars, ships in Channel, view of gun crew to stations see from inside German defenses / pillbox & firing artillery barrage, loading shells, ships burning & exploding, wreckage on beach w/ barbed wire, plane wreckage, broken crates CU property of U.S. Government. 01:48:34 Landing barges aground w/ wrecked vehicles onboard. 01:48:44 Dirt road lined w/ wrecked military vehicles, CU names. German car passing; Nazi soldier inspecting. Destroyed road sign: Villers Bocage. Town & destroyed tanks, rubble & collapsed buildings. 01:49:35 Four Allied prisoners of war walked to to metal gate. Many POWs sitting on grass under trees, CU Airborne patch; resting. CU German officers talkign. Infantry along roads, thru woods; firing tanks. Pan destroyed tanks including “Pistolpackinmamma”, Blondie, Alice. 01:51:02 German tank w/ branches camouflaging moving up road, smiling crewman on top; light tanks moving fast across field, guns firing. Rocket barrage launched from hedge; CU & LS rockets launched; flame-throwers. The End. WW2 German Propaganda Film / Newsreel; Walloons; Battle of Villers-Bocage Aftermath; D-Day Aftermath; Collaborationist Speech; NOTE: Eduard Dietl was killed 23Jun44 in plane crash. British retreat from Villers-Bocage 13Jun44 NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 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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