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Go to HomepageReel Number: 300004
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1940,1940s
Country: Belgium,France,Germany
Location: Amiens,Boulogne,Calaise
TC Begins: 01:00:08
TC Ends: 01:09:32
Duration: 00:09:24
WWII - 1940, France: German Invasion - Panzer Activity Scenes of captured French towns & prisoners of war. German troops search for enemy & move troops, trucks & tanks in Amiens. Dead German soldiers, French townspeople, Allied prisoners of war & disrupted life in Calais and Boulogne shown. 01:00:08 Panzers drive along road. LS of German soldiers w/ motorcycles and sidecars. 01:00:42 LS countryside w/ large plume of black smoke in background. German soldiers running, laying on ground in woods. Soldiers running & pulling artillery piece in field. Explosion. 01:01:08 Artillery firing from bushes / trees. 01:01:35 LS of burning village. German soldiers move into village & clear barricades; take cover in burned-out shop w/ Coca Cola sign. Artillery fires from street. 01:02:12 Panzers drive into village. Sign: “Amiens”. German soldiers & motorcycles arrive; wounded German soldier helped by two others. Cow runs from panzer on street. 01:02:46 Building / houses on fire, ruins. German trucks into town. 01:02:57 Destroyed tank covered in branches. Dead French soldier on ground next to mounted machine-gun. Another destroyed tank w/ wounded soldier moving on ground. 01:03:15 Several dead bodies (French soldiers?) in grass next to burning truck. MS of mutilated dead French soldiers, some burned. 01:03:34 French man talks to German soldiers as others dig grave. 01:03:42 Cow beside dead cow. 01:03:49 French soldiers (gendarmes ?) talk w/ German officers, burnt out building in background. Women & children / refugees w/ belongings in horse-drawn carriage. Line of refugees, some w/ baby carriages / prams, walk along street watched by German soldiers. 01:04:04 LS streets w/ refugees leaving village & large group of priests w/ luggage crossing road. 01:04:17 Church in flames at night. 01:04:30 German vehicles drive along country road. Refugees w/ bicycles in ditch beside road. Panzers into town. 01:05:02 Abandoned camp w/ tents in woods. LS of canal. German soldiers filling up gas Jerrycans from canal-boat / tanker. Gasoline cans loaded onto truck. 01:05:30 British POWs marched along road. 01:05:39 Animated map showing German advance in Abbeville, Doullens, Arras area toward coast for Boulogne & Calais. German advances (south and north) converging toward Dunkirk. 01:06:39 Title: Calais. LS ship anchored near beach. Brief shot of coastal defense gun . 01:06:57 LS street w/ some damaged cars & buildings. 01:07:07 Title: Boulogne. High Angle / HA shot of destroyed cars & burned out trees w/ damaged buildings in background. German officers walk along ruins, soldiers in truck in background. 01:07:39 LS harbor w/ cranes. LS town w/ smoke in background. LS of belfry tower. 01:08:25 Long line of French soldiers & civilians walking along road. French soldiers wait on street w/ belongings. 01:08:45 Panzers arriving, German crew smiling. Panzer crosses river, knocks trees down. 01:09:?? Title: The End. WW2 Fall of France; German Invasion; 1940s; NOTE: In our experience German Nazi 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.