German invasion of France

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2007.335.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4655 | Film ID: 2844

Overview

Description: The Degeto Weltspiegel logo appears on screen. German soldiers in a tank drive over a bridge across a river. Various shots of tanks. A road sign points the way to Paris and to Soissons. Wehrmacht troops drive horse carts down a dusty road. Brief shot of French POWs. German soldiers cross the Marne in an inflatable boat. More tanks on the road and crossing a river. Brief CU on a German soldier. Burning buildings and huge clowds of smoke. German tanks pass Versailles. A swastika flag (presumably -- the swastika is not visible) is raised above the palace. Shot of Paris, with the Eiffel Tower in the distance. German troops climb the Eiffel Tower and raise the German flag. The Arc de Triomphe and Les Invalides. Another shot of the Arc de Triomphe with German soldiers marching past. General Feodor von Bock reviews troops. Aerial view of troops marching. Panning shot down the Champs-Elysees. German soldiers marching through the Arc de Triomphe. Crowds of French spectators. Column of smiling German troops, not wearing helmets, march down a dusty country road.
Film Title: Degeto Weltspiegel Nr. 18
Film Collection Title: Julius Schaffer Collection
Duration: 00:04:45
Date: Event: 1940
Production: 1940
Locale: France
Paris, France
Versailles, France
Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Ellen Schaffer
Contributor: Producer: Tobis Degeto

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 01:00:04:00 to 01:04:49:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2844 Film: positive - 8 mm - B-wind - AGFA
Master 2844 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2844 Film: positive - 8 mm - B-wind - AGFA
Master 2844 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2844 Film: positive - 8 mm - B-wind - AGFA
Master 2844 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2844 Film: positive - 8 mm - B-wind - AGFA
Master 2844 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Preservation
Preservation 2844 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2844 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2844 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2844 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

Conditions on Access: You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright: Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Conditions on Use: Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Copyright Holder: Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.

Keyword: ARC DE TRIOMPHE BOCK, FEODOR VON EIFFEL TOWER FIRES FLAGS INVASIONS POWS POWS (FRENCH) RIVERS SOLDIERS/MILITARY SOLDIERS/MILITARY (FRENCH) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SWASTIKAS TANKS VERSAILLES (PALACE) WEHRMACHT (GERMAN ARMY)

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: Ellen Schaffer donated this Degeto-Weltspiegel film to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in memory of her father in August 2007. Her late father, Dr. Julius Schaffer, brought the newsreel back from Europe after WWII. The newsreel was produced for viewing in the home.
Note: This newsreel series was sold in 8mm and 16mm formats for viewing in the home. The donor also provided the original document that accompanied the newsreel. The document describes the German Wehrmacht's arrival in Paris on 14 June 1940. The document also quotes the June 13 issue of the Volkische Beobachter, which says that France overestimated their own power and now it is up to the present-day German Wehrmacht to reach the goal which the brave previous generation could not reach when it laid down its arms in 1918.
Film Source: Ellen Schaffer
File Number: Legacy Database File: 5008
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive