German invasion, occupation of France; surrender of French

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1136 | Film ID: 935

Overview

Description: Reel 12: German troops advance, reduce French strong points, fire artillery, guard French POWs, cross a pontoon bridge and enter French forts. German officers ride in staff cars. French soldiers load guns in their forts. French officers surrender. French POWs plod along, Senegalese POWs dance. German flag covers a WWI monument in Compiegne, German troops stand at attention. Hitler, Goering and others enter the WWI armistice railway car and receive the French surrender from General Huntziger and others. Maps Vichy France, shows a cathedral. Hitler visits a Paris cathedral and addresses the Reichstag. Includes a montage of advancing German troops and tanks.
Film Title: Sieg im Westen [Victory in the West]
Duration: 00:07:39
Date: Event: 1940 June
Production: 1941
Locale: Paris, France
Berlin, Germany
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: 08:51:51:00 to 08:59:30:00
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.

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: J. Stumpfhaus documentary, "Eye of the Third Reich," indicates Walter Frentz filmed Hitler in Paris and Compiegne.
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: 1551
Source Archive Number: 111 M 527.6 R-12
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive