Paris under German occupation
Creator(s)
- Berlin Flea Market
Scope and Content
Aerial view of German military parading on a street. Camera pans along the street. Shots of a brunette woman (featured in Film ID 2720) being playful with the German in dark-rimmed glasses. Two blondes, not seen before. Rooftops of Paris and the Eiffel Tower in the distance, scenes of Germans at Versailles. Camera focuses on two German officers walking towards camera, including the officer leading the meeting in Story 4414 at the left. As the men exit the grounds of the palace, women converge on the men and attempt to hand them pieces of paper, which the men ignore. Brief scene of a checkpoint at the Arc de Triomphe. German soldiers check automobiles and let them through (same vehicle seen at Story 4408).
Note(s)
Original label on can: "Paris: Aufziehende Wache, Versailles, Dienststelle, KdF-Theater, Spaziergang in Paris, Pinger[?]-Oper, Monticelle, Wache" Film stock edge code dated to 1939. See also Film ID 2720 for additional footage of this German military officer's trip to Paris. See also Story 4408 for the same automobile. See Stories 4407, 4412 and 4414 for other scenes with the German officer with glasses.
Subjects
- PARADES
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- MILITARY OFFICERS
- WOMEN
- ARC DE TRIOMPHE
- EIFFEL TOWER
- GERMANS
- AUTOMOBILES
Places
- Paris, France
Genre
- Film
- Amateur.