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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221554-13
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1940
Country: France,Germany
Location: Grand Fitz James,Paris,Rouen
TC Begins: 00:58:23
TC Ends: 01:08:18
Duration: 00:09:55
R1, Pt. 2 of 2 German troops advance past wreckage; minng road on edge of town, tanks thru on side of road. 00:59:07 CU sign: N.16 Grand Fitz James 7.5 km; Paris 75 km. POWs beside road, soldier crossing behind. Amphibious bridge over Seine (?) & pack horses, wagons, soldiers across MCU. 01:00:03 French city (Rouen?), German General. Heavy smoke from city, docks w/ fires, soldiers firing across river or harbor. Destroyed bridge. Shots of burning city, Rouen Cathedral standing, soldiers around & hosing nearby. CU statues on front of cathedral. Soldiers march past. 01:02:30 Shots of heavy destruction of ?. Captured French troops, many Black French West Africans thru rubble. Pan over city w/ heavy smoke. 01:03:09 Germans distributing food to French women, children & old men. French policeman helping hand bread from truck. Overhead of bread, food & people. MCUs. CU girl getting soup, potatoes. 01:04:36 CU drilling & breaking rocks. Wheelbarrows. 01:04:57 Rear of group of soldiers w/ armband Org. Todt. Tilt up to Hitler & officers out of camouflaged house or bunker & cheering. CUs & ms. GOOD. 01:05:35 Map w/ arrows to Peronne, Noyon, Compiegne, Paris. Large artillery fired; explosions in city & heavy fires, burning building w/ trucks & troops past. 01:06:39 German troops w/ bicycles & on foot along country road, many troops, past town sign Sacy-Le-Gra?. Soldiers shovel rubble. Shells laying in field, guns w/ barrels exploded. 01:07:35 CU road sign: N.17 Pontarme 5km Paris 37 km. Soldiers w/ rifles along road; explosions, German soldiers run forward. Sandbagged Road block. WWII German Invasions - France & Belgium; 1940; WW2; NOTE: Nazis massacred French West African soldiers during invasion. GOOD reel. 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.