WWII - 1944, France: Rommel visits West Wall Coastal Defenses; Germans in Greece

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944, France: Rommel visits West Wall Coastal Defences General Rommel standing, talking w/ Von Runstedt in office. 08:10:19 Open car arrives at coastal defenses in city. MS protective door dropped, periscope raised, gun out. Rommel & party tour West Wall. Tank traps demonstrated; pan over different types. Officers walk past large, heavy concrete gun emplacements. Artillery rolled out by gun crew & wheeled into place. 08:11:28 Big gun barrels raised & trained, German troops run out of bunker as if alarm was sounded. LS of several emplacements. Rommel leads others into bunker & walking alongside railway track. Good shot of many high ranking German officers standing on the large gun emplacement 18:12:57 Men push open large blast-proof doors & heavy railroad gun rolled out from bunkers, barrel raised. Other large barrels raised from camouflaged dome emplacements . Rommel & others watching as gun crew loading railroad gun. Rommel onto platform as men roll out powder & shells. Much raising of barrels to a crescendo. Excellent shots of gun barrels under camouflage trained across the English Channel. 08:15:00 Railroad gun carriage moved forward, powder & shell moved on rail cart by hand, gun loaded w/ enormous projectile, barrel raised & car moved ahead but no gun is fired. Large mortar w/ Thor on it shown. NOTE: Probably visit of May44 WWII - 1944, Greece: German Fighting by Air Force, Troops Welcomed 08:16:16 Map of Greece & Greek Islands as occupied by Germans. German seaplanes, JU-52 Aradas, at night (?) on lake. Luftwaffe pilots on beach standing, looking at maps. Formation on seaplanes onto water & take off. Aerial & behind pilot in cockpit. Over German ships. LS explosions on horizon; ships laying smoke screen. Shells bursting on shore. 08:17:33 Air to air of formation of JU-88s, tracers strafe installations on shore. Some shots interior aircraft. Formation of sea planes - paratroopers drop on Leros. 08:18:43 German officers. German troops being given wine by local Greeks in Island of Samos, pouring & toasting. German troops picking bananas & oranges. 08:19:11 Long line of Allied troops, including British prisoners, marched down road & loaded aboard landing craft. CU Sikh soldier POW. (Abrupt end) WW2 German Propaganda; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk