Military Advance in France; German soldiers in Paris

Identifier
irn1001544
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.149.1
  • RG-60.2401
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Music
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

MCU, horse-drawn artillery advancing through Chateau Thierry; French prisoners in FG. MCU, motor-drawn artillery advancing, infantry in BG. Drivers of horse-drawn artillery sleeping on wagons. MCU, tank panzer division crossing river on pontoon bridge. Armored vehicles on road. Infantry advancing in heavy rain. French POWs. Field kitchen. MS, Volkswagon passing by tanks. Buildings burning around oil refinery. Oil tanks on fire, black smoke. Nazi flag hoisted. Airplane landing in Paris, civilians and soldiers in FG. LS, Eiffel tower. MCU, anti-tank gun in streets of Paris. MCU, German troops climbing through Eiffel tower, hoisting Nazi flag. MCU, troops marching in parade, in review through Arc de Triomphe in Paris. MS, tomb of Napoleon.

Note(s)

  • Captured German film.

Subjects

  • MARCHING
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • ARTILLERY
  • BRIDGES
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • TANKS
  • HORSES
  • FLAGS
  • POWS (FRENCH)
  • AIRPLANES
  • PRISONERS (FRENCH)
  • FIRES
  • DESTRUCTION
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • RIVERS
  • STATUES
  • CIVILIANS
  • FRANCE

Places

  • Paris, France

Genre

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