Wehrmacht in France; French POWs
Creator(s)
- Agentur Karl Hoeffkes
Scope and Content
German soldiers in field. Sign "Achtung Minen Lebensgefahr" warning about mines. Various views of men on the front, fences. Minefields. Cemetery. Ruins. Soldiers shave, cook, rest. 10:19:19 Pak at street. Local French town in ruins. Germans pass on horseback, tanks. Roadside gravesites. Monument. 10: 21:13 French bunker. More graves of German soldiers who died on June 15, 1940). Destroyed village, downed French plane. 10:22:10 Pak at the coast. Troops advance. 10:22:14 Brief shot of French civilians en route. German troops on road. "RAON L'ETAPE (Vosges)" 10:23:13 French prisoners of war marched with hands behind their heads (brief). Monument, town square. Sign, "St DIE - SENONES." Ambulance: Service de Sante. HAS, villages, church. Abandoned belongings. CU, two civilian women pose for the camera. Band performs in town square. German troops advancing.
Subjects
- ARTILLERY
- MILITARY ADVANCES
- POWS (FRENCH)
- WOMEN
- CIVILIANS
- GRAVES
- CEMETERIES
- RED CROSS
- AMBULANCES
- WEHRMACHT (GERMAN ARMY)
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- FRANCE
- WEAPONS/ARMS
- HORSES
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (FRENCH)
- SIGNS/POSTERS
- RUINS
Places
- , France
Genre
- Amateur.
- Film