Invasion of France

Identifier
irn1003349
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.458
  • RG-60.3895
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • George R. Wheeler
  • Deutsche Wochenschau (Producer)

Scope and Content

Columns of German troops walking along a road in France. Destroyed buildings line the road. Tanks traveling along a road.

Note(s)

  • Original film canisters located in Museum offsite storage. Donor of the collection had no information as to the copyright status. The numbers found in the "Source Archive #" field of the USHMM database are the original German newsreel numbers and production dates, as found in Bucher, Peter. "Wochenschauen und Dokumentarfilme 1895-1950 im Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv" Koblenz: Bundesarchiv, 1984.

Subjects

  • DESTRUCTION
  • MARCHING
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • FRANCE
  • TANKS

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.