| Accession Number | F01943 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Film |
| Measurement | 33 min |
| Object type | Newsreel |
| Physical description | 35mm/b&w/sound |
| Maker |
Universum Film AG |
| Place made | Flanders: Antwerpen Province, Antwerp, France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Dunkirk, France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Lille, France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Arras, Germany, Norway: Narvik |
| Date made | June 1940 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright unknown |
[Extracts from German newsreels: French and Norwegian campaigns, 1940]
Description
Extracts from various German UFA newsreels with commentary in Spanish or English. Stories covered are: Dunkirk (Spanish commentary). French campaign, destruction of Beligium forts at Lille, fall of Valenciennes, Cambrai, Arras, Calais, Antwerp, Sedan, destruction of the French 9th Army (English commentary). The German boxer Max Schmelling joins the paratroops. Adolf Galland and his Messerschmidt Bf-109E (includes gun camera scenes). France, retreat of Allied armies, Hitler visits his troops at the front (English commentary). Germans at Narvik. Merville, entry of German troops. The Somme and captured French Char "B" heavy tanks. Luftwaffe training. Messerschmidt Bf-110 photographic reconnaissance flight (Spanish commentary).