German troops invade France during World War II. A German soldier sleeps in a room. Several British soldiers with arms raised, are marched into and through a building, followed by large numbers of French prisoners, all under German guard. The Allied prisoners are marched by German troops across a town square. Allied prisoners being marched along a road in wooded area. A German Pz.II tank stationed at the side of the road.
Ruins in the French town of Chaumont-Porcien, in the Ardennes region, during World War II. Damaged buildings in the town. View of "Le Poilu victorieux de Chaumont-Porcien": A World War 1 statue of a French soldier in the Place de la Mairie. (The statue is a rendition of the Monument to the dead by Eugène Bénet, designed in 1920 in memory of French soldiers who died in World War I. It depicts a French soldier or "Poilu" with rifle in left hand, holding aloft a laurel wreath or olive branch with his right hand.) A small circular fenced cemetery beside the monument is shown, containing crosses and German helmets of recent German soldiers deaths. German Army vehicles advance into town, passing horse drawn carriages lined up on a street.
French citizens use every means at their disposal to evacuate a city ahead of German invasion. A man with a baby in a seat on his back, walking with his wife who pushes a baby carriage with belongings loaded on it. Another man and woman using baby carriages to carry children and belongings. Horses and wagons being used to carry evacuees. A horse-drawn milk wagon, with a completely destroyed rear tire, but still moving. Milk wagons carrying people. Automobiles overloaded with people and belongings. All manner of horse-drawn vehicles, automobiles, buses and trucks being used by evacuees. A woman using a wheelbarrow walking with another pushing a baby carriage. Numerous bicycles laden with belongings. A car pulling another car by a chain. (Adjacent clips from same reel are in Hauts-de-France region. This clip is likely in that region)
Damaged and abandoned French artillery guns in position in the Place Georges Clemenceau of the town of Fère-Champenoise (Marne). Dead horses lay on the pavement in the Place Clemenceau town square following battle. Camera pans along tow sides of the town square. Numerous dead horses are seen. Shops on two sides of the square are burned out and destroyed, including a restaurant on one corner and the Cafe du Commerce on another corner (Rebuilt and still there today in Place Clemenceau, 51230 Fère-Champenoise). Street sign is visible along N4 road pointing to Connantray-Vaurefroy, 5 km away, and Vitry-le-François, 44 km away. French citizens and refugees evacuating along a country road, with horse-drawn wagons, cars, and bicycles, past advancing German troops on motorcycles and in trucks. French cars parked along the edge of road. One has trouble crank-starting. Others proceed slowly along the road with many belongings.
Invasion of France by Germany during World War II. German soldiers on horseback move out of path in woods to join a convoy of mechanized troops proceeding along a road. German soldiers ride motorcycles with sidecars. Others ride bicycles. French prisoners of war, with hands raised, are hurriedly marched on opposite side of road, towards the rear. French citizen evacuees travel in horse-drawn carriages and by bicycle, away from the battle front.
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.
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