WWII - 1944ca, France, Newsreel / Documentary: Guerre, La

WWII - 1944ca, France: Documentary, Guerre, La 11:34:24 Fighter planes in air; explosion on ground; troops moving up, fire artillery intercut, planes overhead & anti-aircraft guns firing. Burning plane crashing. Germans fighting, moving forward. Pan over smoke. 11:35:35 General ?? MCU. Reviewing troops in woods. 11:35:48 Funeral w/ Nazi flag w/ medals over casket; Hitler & other VIPs arrive, shake hands w/ widow, son & daughters. Hitler squeezes boy’s cheeks. Officers salute, CUs of swastikas & iron cross. Casket carried, Generals & procession follows. 11:36:35 Explosions & heavy fighting; tanks off road & across field w/ soldiers on foot. Tank guns & machine gunners firing. Barrage of rockets fired from brush, aerial & ground shots of heavy black smoke. More rockets fired & tanks advancing. Shell damaged road sign: Villiers-Bocage. Disabled tanks in road & streets among debris. 11:38:14 POV thru very heavily destroyed city, cathedral w/ roof burned off. POV looking back from top of moving vehicle w/ ??? on flag on roof. 11:38:56 Road sign w/ directions to Caen, Paris, Rennes, Gougeres, Mortain, Brest, etc. 11:39:02 Soldiers looking out at Le Mont Saint-Michel. Sign: Avranches, heavy destruction. Coal gas powered car (brief); women & children refugees. Cemetery w/ crude crosses. Destroyed city views. Burned out hotel. People thru wreckage; pan across flattened / leveled city w/ pieces of buildings standing. 11:40:50 The End. Globe w/ shadow of motion picture cameraman. (GOOD / Interesting). WW2; Vichy France; 1944 (?); Fighting; 1940s; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate.