Wehrmacht in France; French POWs

Identifier
irn599802
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.518
  • RG-60.0195
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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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.

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