Reel 1,
German troops cross the
Dutch and
Luxembourg borders, remove obstacles from roads, rebuild bridges, detour around a blocked road, cross the
Albert Canal in rubber boats, cross the
Meuse, remove explosives from a bridge, construct a pontoon bridge, guard Dutch
POW's, advance under fire with tanks, remove wounded comrades, and load and fire artillery.
Tanks move along, trucks and tanks go through Dutch towns and past windmills, halftracks and motorcyclists pass civilians, civilians welcome German troops, a German tank commander salutes crowds, horse drawn units cross a river, and the city of
Maastricht surrenders.
Shows destroyed Dutch bridges. Reel 2, German trucks pass burning buildings, troops move through
Brussels, and tanks advance cross country. German soldiers distribute occupation bulletins. Shows aerial and close up views of the
Liege fortifications, Brussels, masses of allied POW's, and
French colonial (
Senegalese and others) POW's. German bombers, heavy artillery, railway guns, and tanks destroy
French tank units. German trucks pull artillery. Reel 3 shows blazing oil tanks, aerial views of
Antwerp, German cavalry, burning buildings in
Sedan, French POWs, and a German corpsman caring for a Senegalese POW. German artillery destroys allied tanks.
Troops fight their way into Antwerp, cross the harbor, cycle towards the town's center, rest, fire mortars and artillery as they advance beyond Antwerp, pass dead soldiers and burning vehicles, and pass through a village. A French
General leaves a German plane and enters a car. Reel 4, German troops advance upon Tournay, fight through the city, assist
Belgian refugees, and distribute food. Shows abandoned allied war materiel,
Belgian POW's, Belgian and
German officers, and the Belgian surrender. German corpsmen care for wounded Belgian POWs, refugees cross a pontoon bridge and return home and German armored units advance.
Maps the German attack onDunkirk. Shows devastated Ostend and the railway station and fortifications there. Reel 5,
Germans cross a river, fire artillery, and walk past a
WWI monument and ruins. Motorized and horse drawn units advance. Shows wrecked French and
British tanks, bomb craters, German bombers and
Stukas, and destroyed allied planes and hangars. German planes bomb troop columns, cities, and a railway center. Reel 6 shows abandoned allied tanks,
British and French POW's, wrecked French forts, destruction in Valencienne and
Cambrai, a destroyed farm house, the
White Cliffs of Dover from
France (?), French colonial POW's, French artillery, abandoned allied war materiel and vehicles, German cyclists and motorcyclists, and German cavalry. German troops fire artillery, motorized units advance, mortars are fired at
Lille, troops move into Chez Bersez, tanks move cross country, troops enter
Calais and
Boulogne, and German soldiers march through a ruined city. Reel 7 maps the conquest of the low countries and French German bombers and Stukas blast
Dunkirk, coastal batteries fire at British ships off Dunkirk, British planes are shot down by German antiaircraft, a British pilot bails out, and British POW's plod along roads. Shows abandoned British tanks and war materiel, destruction in Dunkirk, burning oil tanks, sunken ships in the harbor, and a British antiaircraft battery. Reel 8,
Hitler reviews troops, drives through ruins, confers with officers, eats in a field kitchen, and visits a WWI German cemetery. German paratroops land in
Norway, advance, look over a fjord, and enter a city. A German truck enters a French city, tanks cross the
Somme and fire at allied positions, a French tank surrenders, German bombers blast railway yards in
Paris, and German fighters fly in formation. Shows burning
French tanks and aerial views of Paris. Reel 9, bombs are attached to German planes and they take off. Paratroops land and fight in
Rotterdam.Shows the surrender of the
Dutch Army, burning Rotterdam, ruins after the fire, Dutch civilians,
German
National Archives Identifier: 6892
Local Identifier: 28.12
- published: 30 Aug 2014
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