March of Time -- outtakes -- Von Brauchitsch and Rommel; German troops in action (captured film)

Identifier
irn1003507
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.723.1
  • RG-60.4095
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and a contingent of officers inspect coastal fortifications in occupied France (?). The men walk across a beach toward a large buliding. The camera pans across a line of barricades. Large guns are shown in their emplacements. German soldiers in action: firing guns from camouflaged positions, explosions in the distance. Closer shots of the men using field telephones and consulting maps. Low aerial shot of a group of soldiers; they move out across a field. More shooting. Soldiers advancing through heavy cover and across a river. Men loading guns; a brief shot of a group of officers, one of whom looks through a field telescope.

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