German capture and invasion of France

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.149.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2397 | Film ID: 939

Overview

Description: LS, pan, small lake with ship. Snow-covered fields in FG. MS, bridge over river with demolition crew. LS, large explosions in buildings at edge of city. MS, German troops in snow-covered hills, firing guns. LS, German paratroopers jumping from large twin-engine aircraft. MS, paratroopers landing in snow-covered field. MCU, German soldiers with equipment. MS, paratroopers marching after landing. CU, German troops and equipment. MS, pan, German Stukas taking off from airfield. LS, Stukas in flight, craters on ground. LS, wrecked airfield, wrecked aircraft. MS, wrecked British planes. LS, German air force in flight. LS, German bombs exploding on road. MS, tanks and other vehicles moving along road. Wrecked, burning tanks and equipment, some dead soldiers. MS, pan, workmen filling large bomb crater. LS, German air force in flight. LS, city, showing waterfront and shipping. LS, oil tanks burning. LS, target. MS, aircraft in flight. LS, German troops during street fight, firing. MS, tanks burning.
Film Title: Front-Berichte der Propaganda-Kompanien
Duration: 00:10:32
Date: Event: 1940
Locale: France
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: UFA
Producer: Propaganda Kompanie

Language: German Music
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 01:19:24:00 to 01:29:56:00
Film Format: Master
Master 939 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 939 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 939 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 939 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation
Preservation 939 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 939 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 939 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 939 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

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Copyright: Public Domain
Conditions on Use: To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

Keyword: AIRPLANES BOMBINGS BRIDGES DESTRUCTION EXPLOSIONS FIGHTING FIRES FRANCE GERMANS INVASIONS LUFTWAFFE (GERMAN AIR FORCE) MILITARY ADVANCES MILITARY VEHICLES RUINS SHIPS SNOW SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) TANKS

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in October 1995. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Learning Center.
Note: Captured German film.
Copied From: 35mm (955 ft); b/w
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 2114
Source Archive Number: 428 NPC 16940
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive