German invasion, occupation of France

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

Overview

Description: 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
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Writer: Svend Nolan
Producer: Fritz Hippler
Music: Herbert Windt
Director: Svend Nolan

Language: German
Genre/Form: Propaganda.
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

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:
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Copyright Holder: Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.

Keyword: AIRPLANES ATTACKS BORDERS/CROSSINGS BRIDGES BROADCASTING CHILDREN CHURCHES CIVILIANS FRANCE INVASIONS LUFTWAFFE (GERMAN AIR FORCE) MAPS PLAYING SOLDIERS/MILITARY (FRENCH) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) WOMEN

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
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive