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WWII - 1940, Invasion: Belgium & France. May40 R2 of ?

Reel Number: 250075-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940

Country: Belgium,France,Germany,Netherlands

Location: Albert Canal,Maas Meuse River,Maastricht,Verdun

TC Begins: 04:57:03

TC Ends: 05:03:33

Duration: 00:06:30

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1940, Invasion: Belgium & France. May40 CU Flames & smoke. MS village roof burning. 04:57:47 Aerial of French & Belgium fortified defenses. Ground shots of tank traps & pillboxes, smoking w/ Germans past. 04:58:15 LS German flag on city citadel; aerial of city w/ cathedral and empty streets. Brussels & damaged bridges, horses & wagons in long procession thru city. Refugees w/ trucks, carts etc at roundabout & checkpoint w/ army entering. People watching Germans enter. German soldier passing out posters, MCU Memoranda. GOOD. 04:59:30 CU road sign: Verdun; Bazeilles, Montmedy, Verdun. Trucks & panzers passing. Across canal & fields. French tanks, German planes overhead; tanks passing, artillery set up. 05:00:23 Montage: aerials of Stuka dive-bombers. Bomb explosions, Stukas diving. CU tank treads; large artillery firing, many other types firing. Railroad artillery firing. 05:01:02 Aerial over trucks & tanks on road & in fields. POV on road past destroyed French tanks, CU holes in armor, Germans inspecting . 05:01:34 Long column of POWs, prisoners of war marched along road, in field. Posing. French Auxiliary Troops, CUs w/ Africans, Indians , other ethnics. 05:02:34 Open car past overturned truck in bomb crater. Army trucks of German troops across Maginot line, along roads pulling camouflaged artillery, motorcycle troops; crossing amphibious bridge. GOOD. WW2; Propaganda; German Newsreel; Blitzkrieg; NOTE: Very good action & quality, however should follow 250075-09. Reels 250075-07, -08, -09 appear to be out of sequence. 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. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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