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Adolf Hitler receives the French surrender from General Huntziger in the form of the Second Armistice at Compiegne in France.

The Second Armistice at Compiegne after the German victory in the Battle of France during World War II. A WWI monument covered with a German flag in Compiegne. German soldiers near the monument. German troops stand at attention. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler, President of the Reichstag Hermann Goering, German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and other German officers arrive at the venue. The leaders and officers walk past the soldiers at attention. Hitler gives the Nazi salute. Hitler and the other officers enter the WWI Armistice railway car. French General Charles Huntziger and other French officers and officials arrive at the venue. The German and French officers seated around a table inside the WWI Armistice railway car. Hitler receives the French surrender from General Huntziger on June 22, 1940. The Second Armistice on the table. An animated map depicts Frankreich. Bells toll at a Parisian cathedral. Adolf Hitler with several German officers inside the cathedral. Arches, pillars and carvings in the cathedral.

Location: Compiegne France

Date: 1940

Duration: 2 min 43 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

Second Armistice at Compiegne in France, 1940.

The Second Armistice at Compiegne is signed between Nazi Germany and France at Compiegne, France on 22th June, 1940 during World War II. Seen are German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and German officers, including Deputy Fuhrer, Rudolf Hess; General Wilhelm Keitel; German Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop; strolling past German Army honor guards on their way to railway carriage number 2419D, in which the First Armistice in World War I was signed. (Hitler had it removed from the museum where it had been stored, and brought to this location) A band plays the German National Anthem. French General Charles Huntziger, head of the French delegation, and Rear Admiral Maurice R. Leluc enter the railway carriage. Huntziger, Leluc, and French Ambassador Leon Noel are seen seated int the carriage. Huntziger signs the armistice document. General Wilhelm Keitel presents the document to Hitler, outside the train. He gives Hitler a pen, which they drop and pick up again, and Hitler signs. General Huntziger, Ambassador Noel, and Admiral Leluc leave the rail car. Hitler stretches his arms gleefully, rubs his stomach and kicks ups his heels.

Location: Compiegne France

Date: 1940, June 22

Duration: 1 min 48 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

German officials and French dignitaries arrive at railway carriage for armistice in Compiegne, France.

Fuhrer Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, Admiral Erich Raeder and French dignitaries arriving for armistice in Compiegne, France. Swastika draped over statue. Railway where treaty of WW I was signed. German troops march. Band plays. German troops in attention as Fuhrer adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and Admiral Erich Raeder pass by. Officials approaching railway car stop and look at the statue of Ferdinand Foch. Officials standing at side of car look a plaque commemorating signing of WW I treaty. Adolf Hitler enters car for discussing treaty with France. Interior of railway shows Adolf Hitler, Goering and Admiral Raider seated at table. French officials arrive. German troops at attention. Charles Hunzinger enters a car. They salute and are seated at table for signing of treaty. View through windows of car showing Hitler, Goering and Admiral Raeder walking through rear door. Adolf Hitler and Goering come out of car after discussing treaty. Adolf Hitler, Goering and Admiral Raeder review German troops standing at attention beside road. View through windows of car shows French dignitaries at attention.

Location: Compiegne France

Date: 1940

Duration: 4 min 45 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

German and French officials sign World War Two treaty in railway carriage, Compiegne, France.

German military officers stand about in front of a small rustic shelter. Inside view shows a large round table and chairs. French General Charles Huntziger, head of the French delegation, Rear Admiral Maurice R. Leluc, and French Ambassador Leon Noel step from a railroad car and are directed to the shelter by a German officer. They enter the shelter and a curtain is drawn behind them.. Huntziger and Leluc walk to the railroad car and climb aboard. View inside the car where principals are seated around a table. Huntziger signs documents. Remainder of film shows formations of clouds, numerous Nazi flags waving, a large church building, bells ringing, and a chorus singing in background.

Location: Compiegne France

Date: 1940, June 22

Duration: 2 min 58 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

German Honor Guard and Band. France signs armistice with Germany in railroad car at Compiegne, June 22, 1940

A clearing in the woods, Compiegne, France. German Honor Guard at attention, and their band plays. French Government plenipotentiaries, General Charles L.C. Huntzinger,Ambassador Noel, Rear Admiral Maurice R LeLuc, Air Corps General Georges Parisot, and Air Corps General Jean-Marie Joseph Bergeret, accompanied by German Quartermaster General , Lieutenant-General kurt von Tippelskirch, and German Colonel Thomas, walk towards a railroad car. Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering are seated at a table. Following behind their German escorts, General Huntzinger salutes Hitler and the German delegation, with Admiral Le Luc, at his side. View of General Keitel's hands holding document as he reads preamble to the Armistice Agreement. View of three German bombers in flight.

Location: Compiegne France

Date: 1940, June 22

Duration: 14 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: English

German troops in Paris, Adolf Hitler at the Eiffel Tower and the French and the German sign an armistice in Compiegne, France.

An armistice signed between the French and the Germans in Compiegne, France during World War II. A German soldier on horse back salutes. The German Army on horse back enters Paris. German troops cross the Arc de Triomphe. They march on the streets of Paris. A landscape view of Paris. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler at the Eiffel Tower near the Seine River with some officials. Hitler looks at a Nazi flag fluttering. Nazi posters and boards displayed in the streets of Paris. German troops with guns stand along a street. Ferdinand Foch's railway carriage. French and German officials enter the railway car in the Compiegne Forest. Hitler reads the armistice. The railway car in the Compiegne Forest. The railway car reads 'Voiture Restaurant' which means a dining car. German and French officials get down the dining car after the armistice is signed. Adolf Hitler and German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel get down the car.

Location: Compiegne France

Date: 1940, June 22

Duration: 1 min 55 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: Japanese

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