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German invasion, occupation of France

Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1132 | Film ID: 935

Reel 8: German engineers repair a bridge which a locomotive crosses. German civilians manufacture war material. German officers confer, trucks transport supplies, men shoe horses. German soldiers sort mail. German troops enter a cathedral. Germany's advance- German forces move through Hangest (France). French and German planes dogfight, a French plane crashes, and Stukas bomb Allied positions. Women wash clothes, boys play, men work, and all listen to an occupation broadcast in French. Maps the German attack on Weygand Line forts. Planes bomb the Line and artillery bombards it.


Film Title
Sieg im Westen [Victory in the West]
Duration
00:10:27
Date
Event:  1940
Production:  1941
Locale
Belgium
France
Language
German
Genre/Form
Propaganda.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Writer: Svend Nolan
Producer: Fritz Hippler
Music: Herbert Windt
Director: Svend Nolan
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
08:12:18:00 to 08:22:45:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 935 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 935 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 935 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 935 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 935 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 935 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 935 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 935 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
Note
Produced in Germany
Acquired by US Army Signal Corps
Copied From
35mm; b/w; composite
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 1547
Source Archive Number: 111 M 527.6 R-8

Rights and Restrictions

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
This film contains German newsreel footage, the rights to which are held by the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv). Researchers should exercise caution when using newsreel clips from this film, and contact the Bundesarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to find out how to use this footage. The online request form is available at:
https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

 
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