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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.

Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675053122
German attacks on European nations and the Soviet Union, in World War II

German attacks on other nations during World War 2. A sign reads 'Belgique' near a building. Germans in Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and France. German soldiers on tanks and other military vehicles as they advance in blitzkrieg (lightning war). They advance through the Dutch farmlands. German Ju-52 aircraft fly in formation and drop paratroopers. The destruction of Rotterdam by heavy German bombardment. People in Netherlands bury their dead at cemetery. French refugees leave their cities. Adolf Hitler looks at the Eiffel tower in Paris, with other German officials, during occupation of France. Aerial view of the city. German bombers attack London, England during the blitz. Shattered equipment on the ground and destroyed buildings in London, England. Hitler observes the German Atlantic Wall defenses. The battle and Allied evacuation of Dunkirk. White cliffs of Dover Sea shore in view. Map depicts German positions. The Battle of Britain. British spitfire planes attack German bombers. Children being evacuated from London and Paris. Fires and aerial bombardment at night by German aircraft during blitzkrieg. Rubble being cleared by British following bombing by German aircraft. British men and women war production workers in munitions and aircraft factories. Hitler and Goering with others in the railroad carriage where French authorities surrender at Compiegne in June, 1940. German forces attacking the Soviet Union, with tanks, infantry and aircraft during Operation Barbarossa, on June 22, 1941.The mobilization of Soviet defense forces depicted with scenes of Soviet citizens listening to radio updates and reading newspapers about invasion. Soviet men mobilizing for military training. New recruits in Russia prepare for military action.

Date: 1941
Duration: 6 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051620
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.

Date: 1940, June 22
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675053123
German Army operations in the assault on France, during World War II

The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. French and other Allied soldiers surrender. The soldiers surrender to German officers on a street. Officers question the soldiers. French African soldiers surrender. German troops proceeding through places made famous during World War 1. The World War I battlefield at Compiegne. World War I memorials at the site. French Marshal Ferdinand Foch's statue and a memorial tablet with a dedication to him. A swastika placed on the memorial. A museum containing Foch's railway car in which the World War I armistice was signed. The Alsace-Lorraine Memorial. German troops battle their way through a village. Soldiers march with rifles. armored vehicles advance on roads. Street fighting between German and French soldiers. Soldiers fire machine guns and take cover among the ruins on the village. Rubble strewn across the streets. Soldiers enter and inspect damaged buildings. Smoke due to a sudden explosions nearby. The soldiers pass a corpse on the street.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021839
German soldiers ride bicycles and direct traffic in a German occupied zone of France during World War II.

Invasion of France by Germany during World War II. Several men in uniform and a woman, walk along a wet sidewalk outskirts of a French city. German soldiers direct traffic on a French city street. They don't bother French cyclists who pass them. A French car passes with commercial business writing on it including "Compiegne." Two German soldiers on bicycles, stop by the guards to show their identification papers, before continuing on toward an area where German military vehicles are parked.

Date: 1940
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073800
Railroad train carrying Marshal Ferdinand Foch to Compiegne, France for signing of Armistice ending World War I.

Views of the Chateau of Franc-port located close to the forest at Rethondes, near the town of Compiègne, where the German delegation was lodged during the World War 1armistice negotiations. On November 8, 1918, a steam locomotive pulls Marshal Foch's train through the railroad station in Compiègne, on the way to the armistice negotiations. Later, on November 11, 1918, after the Armistice is signed, the train is seen as it returns and slows to a stop at the station, in Compiègne. The train bears the name: " Compagnie Internationale Des Wagon-Lits Et Des Grands Express Europeens." Several cars of the train are seen close up, including the voiture-restaurant and dining car number 2419 D, in which the armistice was actually signed. Several French soldiers are seen inside the train, and looking out its windows. A large group of French troops pose and celebrate in front of the train, parked in the station.

Date: 1918, November 11
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065316