German invasion and capture of Antwerp, Leuven, and Brussels

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.149.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2398 | Film ID: 940

Overview

Description: MCU, German troops during street fight. MS, pan, German soldier on motorcycle in city streets. MS, German troops firing in harbor. LS, shells exploding across bay. 02:02:44 German troops crossing river Schelde in small boats, with the cathedral of Antwerp in the background. MS, pan, German troops on dock with equipment. LS, oil refinery under fire and burning, large oil tanks, black smoke. 02:03:37 Boerentoren, Antwerp. MS, city streets captured by Germans. Group of German soldiers, looking down canal. MCU, German troops sleeping in city streets. 02:04:12 Central train station Antwerp. LS, shells exploding. MCU, German troops firing. German troops advancing through wooded area. MCU, dead English soldiers. MS, German infantry advancing. 02:05:47 Leuven. German armored car, Brussels. German troops setting up weapons in railroad yard. MS, German troops on bicycles, with pistols, advancing, firing machine guns. Dead soldiers in city streets. Germans advancing. Pan, German motor and horse drawn artillery passing through streets of wrecked city. German troops removing mines, advancing through city streets. Civilians in BG. MCU, German soldiers raising Nazi flag.
Duration: 00:10:52
Date: Event: 1940
Locale: Antwerp, Belgium
Leuven, Belgium
Brussels, Belgium
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

Language: German Music
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 02:01:19:00 to 02:12:11:00
Film Format: Master
Master 940 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 940 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 940 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 940 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation
Preservation 940 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 940 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 940 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 940 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: CIVILIANS CORPSES DESTRUCTION EXPLOSIONS FIGHTING FIRES FLAGS GERMANS INVASIONS MILITARY ADVANCES RAIL SYSTEMS RIVERS RUINS SMOKE SOLDIERS/MILITARY (BRITISH) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) STREETS WEAPONS/ARMS

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.
Location may be Luxembourg or Rotterdam, Netherlands, not France.
Copied From: 35mm (974 ft); b/w
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 2115
Source Archive Number: 428 NPC 16941
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive