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The German soldiers plan of attack on Liege, Belgium
Sand table animation shows plan of attack on Liege. Point of application for initial thrusts is Fort Eben Emael. Map illustrates bombardment fron the air by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force). River Meuse and the Albert canal in the city. Bridge on the river. First line-the Ijssel position, second line-the Grebbe position, third line-the the Meuse position, fourth line- the Peel position. Fifth line-the Willem canal fortification and sixth line-the Albert canal fortification. Soldiers move in trucks on the street. German assault and shock troops use rubber boats with ladders to cross river Meuse under fire. Mechanized German infantry and bicycle contingents cross river Meuse over bridges not destroyed. Houses and buildings alongside the street. Soldiers fire guns in field. Smoke arises due to the firing. Soldiers at a boat in the waterway. High altitude view of the city. Wrecked field in the city. Heavy smoke arises from firing and bombardment. Soldiers walk on the street. (World War II period).
German invasion of Belgium and battle of Rotterdam in World War II
Film opens with animated map showing Fort Eben-Emael in Northeastern Belgium, during World War 2. It higlights the Albert and the Willem Canals nearby. German troops are shown hunkered down near a path by a canal. Their commander orders one squad to advance. They cross the path and go down the canal embankment. A destroyed bridge seen in background. Next, the squad of four is seen in a small boat, passing the destroyed bridge as gunfire sounds.They reach the other shore and scramble up the embankment. A Panzer IV tank firing point blank to the rear, at a building. View from German held bank of a Canal as German shells strike the opposite shore. A Panzer IV tank moving past the camera and onto a bridge crossing a canal.(Narrator notes that the The 18th Army under Generalfeldmarschall Georg von Küchler and the 6th Army under General Walther von Reichenau, are participating in this campaign.) High ranking German officers riding in an open staff car carrying a gunner with a machine gun. German troops marching alongside a road as others in trucks drive past. German towed artillery moving along a road past local refugees carrying their belongings in horse-drawn wagons. Map highlights waterways and Dutch city of Moerdijk, which it reflects as German territory, along with other places as illustrates areas falling under control of the German armies advancing toward Rotterdam in "Fortress Holland." German soldiers fighting in urban Holland. Two hunkered down by a gas station. The sky illuminated by fires raging from German bombardment. German Commanders consulting with their officers. German soldiers climbing over house roofs and entering therefrom. Army trucks and armor advancing into a city. Two Dutch defenders surrendering. A Dutch officer accompanied by a soldier with a white flag, being escorted by a German officer. A Dutch vehicle with a white flag, leading several past a windmill. Dutch Commander,Colonel Pieter Wilhelmus Scharroo, enters a building with several staff, and sits at a table opposite Generalleutnant Rudolf Schmidt and other high ranking officers, to negotiate terms of surrender. The German officers are seen reviewing maps of the area. Numerous Dutch prisoners of war are seen marching along a road.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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