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German soldiers advance through war ruins in Amiens and its vicinity during the Battle of France (WW2)

German invasion of France during the Battle of France in World War II. An animated map depicts the German attack on Rouen and Le Havre in northern France. War ruins in Amiens and its vicinity. Bomb damaged buildings and structures. The Amiens Cathedral (30 Place Notre Dame, 80000 Amiens, France) amidst the ruined city. Military vehicles leave the building. German convoy including soldiers and artillery advances. Close up views of German soldiers as they walk through bombed town and past actively burning buildings. German soldiers in military vehicles. Soldiers march along the ruins and through the rubble, cross railway tracks. Burning structures. Liquid pours through holes shot in water or oil drums, discharging contents onto the ground. Cattle being herded in a town. German Soldiers milk cows. A calf feeds on the mother's milk. German soldiers feed a calf.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021833
France surrenders to Germany during World War 2

French Marshal Petain, now Premier, walks to a car and seen later at conference table with Pierre Laval and other national leaders. View of Adolf Hitler, with close associates, expressing delight after signing of the second armistice at Compiegne,ending resistance by France, on June 22, 1940. German honor guard marching near Marshal Foch's railroad car where the 1918 armistice was signed. Monument of Marshal Foch. Hitler, Hermann Goering, and Admiral Raeder, head of the Kriegsmarine, review the honor guard. German stand at steps of the rail car. Raeder, and Goering, both carrying Marshal's batons, flank Hitler. French Army General Charles Huntziger, accompanied by General Jean Bergeret,Air Minister, Vice Admiral Le Luc, Commander of Maritime Forces, and Ambassador Leon Noel, are escorted by two German officers. They enter the railroad carriage. View inside, as Hitler, Goering and German representatives stand when they enter. Newspaper headline describes tax on France for German occupation. French prisoners of war in an outdoor yard and being moved to Germany. French prisoners in bucket brigade and carrying construction materials. French workers engaged in labor to support German war effort. Unhappy French children. Public funerals for persons executed by the Germans. German flag draped over the Foch statue. Hitler's touring motorcade passes Arch of Triumph in Paris in early morning when streets are empty. Parisians gather on streets to hear German orders broadcast. Many express distress. In Southern France, Military units carry their colors as they depart for North Africa. General Charles de Gaulle is among the marchers. De Gaulle seen reviewing contingents of French military. Free French soldiers parading in London, England. Military officers salute as the ship carrying Regimental colors departs. French colors carried beside unit with American flag. General Charles de Gaulle and General Henri Giraud at 1943 Casablanca Conference (Roosevelt and Churchill seated).

Date: 1940
Duration: 5 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038492
German infantry and motorized units advance through French villages towards Paris during World War II.

The German advance towards Paris in France during World War II. A map of northern France depicts the German advance towards and attack on Paris. German soldiers fire artillery. Soldiers load shells and fire antiaircraft guns. Explosions due to the artillery fire. German infantry and motorized units advance through French villages and destroyed French fortifications. Smoke from burning buildings in a town. A sign reads 'Dubo Dubon Dubonnet'. Ruins on the deserted streets. German troops on foot, horses, bicycles, and motorbikes advance. Soldiers clear rubble from the streets. Wrecked French artillery. German soldiers fire from foxholes and bunkers. A damaged tank barrel. The Germans advance towards Paris. A sign gives the distance for Paris. Soldiers march with rifles. Explosions around the troops. Machine guns fired. Soldiers take cover in the battlefield. Officers near a military truck at a camp. A sandbagged area nearby.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021838
A-20 "Boston bombers" and B-25 bombers with other heavy bombers attack German-occupied Northern France and Wuppertal Germany

Bombing campaigns in German-occupied Northern France and in Wuppertal, Germany. Two aviators from free French squadrons stationed in England climb into A-20 "Boston Bombers". View of bombers in flight low over water and then over towns of northern France. A-20s along with B-25 bombers bomb industrial areas over northern France. Views of smoke clouds, destroyed targets and impact of bombing. Dutch squadrons in B-25 aircraft attacking Nazi harbor installations. Aerial view of Wuppertal Germany being bombed at night. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, January 31
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030719
German Luftwaffe fighters bomb the city of Dunkerque (Dunkirk) in France

German Air Force's raid on the city of Dunkerque (also spelled Dunkirk) in northern France. German Luftwaffe fighter planes in formation, including Heinkel He-111 bombers and JU-87 Stuka dive bombers. German pilot inside the cockpit of a JU-87 Stuka. The plane dives and drops bombs on an airstrip. Bombed and burning buildings in the city of Dunkirk. Luftwaffe Stuka fighters bomb Allied vessels. Antiaircraft guns fired. A German plane crashes in water. View of the wrecked city of Dunkirk, with many fires burning and smoke. Large number of people in the streets. Aerial and ground views of a destroyed church (possibly the St. Eloi Church) with the roof gone and the interior completely destroyed. German parachute troops jump from transport planes descending on Dunkirk. (World War II period).

Date: 1940, May
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049955
German cavalry on horseback advance and dead bodies lying along a road in Aisne, France, during World War II.

Dead bodies lying along a road in the Aisne region of Northern France, during World War II. German cavalry on horseback. Abandoned vehicles along a road, some destroyed. A man rolls a wheelbarrow along the road. Dead bodies and horses, some dead and some alive and standing, in the road and on the roadside. Damaged wagons along the roadside. Wreckage of vehicles, some of which are civilian vehicles and some are military. A dead man sitting in his wagon on the roadside. German troops sitting on motorcycles in a town, in front of a direction sign to Montcornet and Renneval. A car drives through the town. A German halftrack vehicle parked at side of road. Just a shell of one building is left standing. A German soldier riding in a vehicle, speaks to a black African French Priest, who is standing next to a German soldier wearing a red cross arm band. The vehicle proceeds.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073807