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German mechanized infantry and troops attack Belgium.

The German troops attack as light, medium and heavy German tanks advance in Belgium. A map points places. Tanks on the field. Soldiers on jeep pass the street. Soldiers on tanks at a field. German Panzer formations assembled in attack groups at their concentration areas behind the lines. Crews resting, eating and digging slit trenches. German anti-tank gun and field communications set up in operation. A soldier watches through binoculars. Airplanes in the sky drop bombs on the tanks in the field. Dead soldier on the field. German mechanized infantry with personnel carriers in attack under fire. Medium tanks attack. Street fighting in Belgian towns and villages. Burning Allied tanks. Wounded soldiers cured by the medics. Dead soldiers in the field. Houses in the field. Soldiers on motorcycles, tanks and trucks in the street. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 5 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028013
The Maginot Line and its inner workings. Allied forces marshaling to confront Nazi Germany early in World War II

Film opens with animated map showing the Maginot Line and attacks along it by Britiish and French and French Armies. Then it shows German Armies breaking through the line. Camera focuses along lines of steel post antitank barriers extending out of sight. Map illustrates fortifications in area labeled Maginot Line and shows vertical cross-section cutaway view of the Maginot Line fortifications. A French soldier is seen tending to an engine running deep inside the fortifications. French officers are seen near a large electric generator and large ducts for ventilation. French soldiers at a switch board in a communications center. French troops are seen double-time marching out from their quarters at the Maginot Line. Next they enter forts in the line. Closeup of soldiers' feet as they board narrow-gauge train to take them to their respective battle stations in the Maginot complex. View of the train carrying passengers through its tunnels. A French soldier moving large steel containers suspended on overhead trolleys. They appear to contain ammunition. A cook at work in a kitchen within the fort. French soldiers entertaining themselves, singing and clapping as one of them dances. A slate in the film reads:"Nous Vaincrons parce que nous sommes les plus forts" (We win because we are the strongest.) French troops marching to war. Animated map shows Areas under French control, including Colonial Africa, together with German-occupied areas. It shows other forces building up including those from British colonies and Canada and Australia. Closeup of French Colonial soldiers. French allied troops from various regions in the world marching. Massive parade of troops along the The Avenue des Champs-Élysées, in Paris, with the Arch of Triumph behind them.

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028014
German Generals plan and execute attack west toward France, penetrating the Maginot line in World War II

Film opens with animated map showing plan to attack to the west against France, employing Heeresgruppe A, commanded by Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt. View of Marshal von Rundstedt in a planning session with staff officers. The animated map shows other German forces in the Westward offensive, including armies under Field Marshals Günther von Kluge; Wilhelm List; and Ernst Busch. It depicts the French defensive Maginot line and the concentration of German forces, under Marshals Von Kluge and List, to pass through it and drive to the coast of the English Channel, cutting off attacking English and French attacking armies. Views of German troops advancing westward. They follow a tank firing rounds. Others are seen carrying large boats to cross rivers and some unloading timbers and other items to repair bridges as they proceed under fire with shells bursting all around. A Panzer I (Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. A) advances and German infantry gather explosives from rubber boats. Infantry follow a Panzer I tank firing its guns as it moves across a field. German infantry paddle across a river in rubber boats. They uncoil and lay long wires along the ground. Other use prefabricated timbers to cover a pontoon bridge, or barge. . German utility vehicles drive along a shallow river bed. Large numbers of German soldiers along with horses, cross a river in boats and barges. A Panzer I tank drives onto a pontoon barge. German soldiers and a civilian ride atop a Panzer I tank. Scene shifts to Field Marshal Günther von Kluge strolling victoriously to a German headquarters in France, where he exchanges greetings with other officers. Remaining scenes focus on the ordinary German soldiers.They are seen preparing meals; napping; tending to horses; dealing with their equipment and armor, including a Half Track Personnel Carrier (Hanomag Sdkfz 251/1). Brief glimpse of German officers in planning session outdoors.

Date: 1940, May
Duration: 4 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028015
The German invasion of France in World War II .

Film starts showing diagrams of German army artillery firing plan supporting planned invasion of France during World War 2. German army officers are seen going over plans. Animated map shows British and French forces in the West and German break-through army poised to the East of the Maginot Line. The animated German break-through forces advance behind artillery. View of a German gun crew firing a 21cm heavy howitzer, and its shells exploding in the distance. Various views of German gun crews loading and firing heavy artillery and the shells striking with large explosions.German infantry seen moving through area filled with obstacle defenses. A line of German Panzer I tank moving along a road between the obstacles. More views of German artillery firing. Machine gun firing and fires breaking out at nighttime, and German tanks moving over fires burning on the ground. Machine fun tracer rounds seen in the dark. Many buildings being consumed by flames. Surrendered French troops being searched by German soldiers. A large open air compound containing many prisoners of war taken by the German forces. Various views of the prisoners in the compound.

Date: 1940, May
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028016
YMCA opens up a Boy's Club in South School in New Haven CT.

Shows Leadership lectures going on at YMCA in New Heaven. The Lecturer appoints a Leader to open up a Club for boys. View of first meeting of the Club at boy named David's house. Many of the boys have antisemitic views and are prejudiced against admission of a Jewish Boy named Max in their club. Max makes his way in the Club by proving himself worthy to all, as the boys learn the values of diversity and inclusion. Scenes show the boys recruiting members for their club, the boys meeting in a home, and the boys hiking. One boy falls trying to scale a steep slope. Max is the first to help him and continues to help him during the hike. The injured boy makes room for Max in the circle of boys cooking hot dogs on sticks over an open fire.

Date: 1940
Duration: 5 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028785
Boy's Club members practice inclusion and support diversity in New Haven.

Group of boys swimming at a lake side or river. Boys quietly sneak up on a boy fishing and push him into the water. He complains that he has lost his fishing net after he surfaces in the water. Another boy, a Jewish boy, volunteers to jump in and find it for him, and he does so. Group of boys in the club are seen meeting with their YMCA adult advisor. They come up with an idea to help others, by selling scrap like scrap metal to raise funds for a clothing fund for needy kids at school. Views of the boys collecting junk metal and newspapers to recycle for money for the clothing fund. The boys meet again with their advisors. The boys clap when they learn they will receive a new club charter. They hold elections for officers. The Jewish boy is elected as one of the club officers. A YMCA secretary presents the group members with their charter. The boys recite a pledge of inclusion for others.

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028786