German invasion, occupation of France; surrender of French
Creator(s)
- Svend Nolan (Director)
- Herbert Windt (Music)
- Svend Nolan (Writer)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- Fritz Hippler (Producer)
Scope and Content
Reel 12: German troops advance, reduce French strong points, fire artillery, guard French POWs, cross a pontoon bridge and enter French forts. German officers ride in staff cars. French soldiers load guns in their forts. French officers surrender. French POWs plod along, Senegalese POWs dance. German flag covers a WWI monument in Compiegne, German troops stand at attention. Hitler, Goering and others enter the WWI armistice railway car and receive the French surrender from General Huntziger and others. Maps Vichy France, shows a cathedral. Hitler visits a Paris cathedral and addresses the Reichstag. Includes a montage of advancing German troops and tanks.
Note(s)
J. Stumpfhaus documentary, "Eye of the Third Reich," indicates Walter Frentz filmed Hitler in Paris and Compiegne. Produced in Germany Acquired by US Army Signal Corps
Subjects
- FRANCE
- ARTILLERY
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (FRENCH)
- GERMANY
- POWS
- MILITARY ADVANCES
- FRENTZ, WALTER
- BRIDGES
- HITLER, ADOLF
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- VICHY
- REICHSTAG
- MILITARY OFFICERS
- POWS (FRENCH)
- FLAGS
- TANKS
- SURRENDER
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- GUNS
- WORLD WAR I
- BORDERS/CROSSINGS
- INVASIONS
- GOERING, HERMANN
Places
- Paris, France
- Berlin, Germany
Genre
- Propaganda.
- Film