Germans push thru France; Hitler meets w/ Mussolini

Identifier
irn1001278
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.149.1
  • RG-60.2396
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

LS, tanks spread out over fields, waiting for artillery barrage to lift. Shells burst in distance. LS tank advances. VCU, tanks. Shell bursts close by; burning French tanks. CU, showing shell holes, dead. Tank crews eating after battle. Hitler visits front, looking over map with staff officers, including Raeder and Goering. Receiving news of French capitulation. Boarding train for Munich to meet Mussolini. Pan, Berchtesgaden. Hitler meets officials in train station, German children and Mussolini giving Nazi salute. CUs, Hitler and Mussolini in car, crowd in BG.

Note(s)

  • Captured German film.

Subjects

  • ARTILLERY
  • TRAINS
  • EXPLOSIONS
  • HITLER, ADOLF
  • MUSSOLINI, BENITO
  • FRANCE
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • MAPS
  • GERMANY
  • CROWDS
  • GOERING, HERMANN
  • BERCHTESGADEN
  • GERMANS
  • AUTOMOBILES
  • RAEDER, ERICH
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • TANKS
  • WEAPONS/ARMS

Places

  • , France
  • Munich, Germany
  • Berchtesgaden, Germany

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.