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German Navy Grand Admiral Erich Raeder inspects coastal fortifications on the Atlantic Wall during World War II

Admiral Johann Albert Raeder visiting coastal defenses at the Atlantic Wall in World War 2. German Grossadmiral (Grand Admiral) Erich Johann Albert Raeder steps from a Junkers 52 transport plane and exchanges salutes and handshakes with the Vizeadmiral (Rear admiral upper half) who is welcoming him. Closeup of sailors shouting greetings of "Heil." Next, Raeder is seen walking swiftly, accompanied by a Navy Captain and an Army officer. They climb an embankment along the French coastline, where German heavy guns are installed. Closeup of Admiral Raeder standing in front of sandbagged bunker. Next scene shows him, in the company of several Army officers, examining a chart depicting the disposition and status of the coastal defenses. He and the Captain walk past a huge hardened and sandbagged coastal gun, as an accompanying Army officer points out its features. Next a coastal gun under camouflage netting is seen elevating its barrel. From a position next to another gun, the camera displays a broad view of the coastal defenses, including obstacles stretching down the hill to the sand and waterfront below. Gunners helmets and packs are arranged in readiness to be accessed instantly. A German warship is seen offshore. Scene shifts to nearby French village where effects of British bombing are seen. Local people pose, looking at the damage to their homes. Several men are clearing up debris near garages containing automobiles.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675072697
German troops search a French town during World War II.

German troops in a French town during World War II. A large group of German soldiers gather at the front of a steel barricaded store front on a commercial street in a French town. As a group of soldiers gains entrance to the shop, others examine an opening from the sidewalk to the basement of the shop. One soldier brandishes a pistol and another holds a hand grenade, ready to throw into the opening. German soldiers force civilian occupants out of their apartment in town. Town square includes building (hotel?) with S.Raphael painted on its side.Smoke from burning buildings seen in background. German motorcycles parked on street near a town park.

Date: 1940
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073794
Germans broadcast Music and news via loudspeakers to French troops. They employ banners and balloons for messages

Germans employ psychological warfare by broadcasting music and news to French troops, via loudspeakers and banners, during World War II. German troops set up huge loudspeakers and German band plays at a river separating German and French forces. German officers look towards other side of water. A banner being set up on field. German soldiers send propaganda balloons, carrying messages to French troops.

Date: 1940
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675074051
Scenes of early French aviators and aircraft. First woman flyer, Baroness De La Rouche, pioneer French aviatrix

Early historic aviation footage focusing on French aviation pioneers like Gabriel Voisin and Alberto Santos-Dumont. An early French float plane taking off and landing. Multiwing box-like aircraft. Two early French monoplanes. Early aircraft that set performance records. 1919 picture of Raymonde de Laroche, Baroness de la Rouche, world's first woman flyer. Additional scenes of historical French aircraft and a scene with American pilot Glenn Curtiss.

Date: 1919
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675074475
German armor, artillery, and infantry defend positions in Southern Normandy after Allied D-day invasion in World War II

As film begins, heavily camouflaged German Panther tanks (Panzerkampfwagen V Panther) are seen moving along a dirt road in Normandy during World War 2. Next, German infantry walk along a road next to forests and behind a Stug IV assault gun. A stone marker on the ground, at rear of a parked Panther tank, points to Beauquay 5 Km and Aunay 7Km. A German soldier lying prone on side of road firing an M42 machine gun. Another soldier lying prone behind him. Parked Stug IV with gun pointed to right. Some infantry gather behind artillery firing from heavily camouflaged positions. An officer with headphones communicates to gun crews. Shells bursting in the distance. A battery of rocket launchers (Nebelwerfers) begins firing. Closeup of soldier activating remote fire control box. White smoke rising in distance. Infantry moving forward toward area of white smoke. German soldiers examine a dead American soldier lying next to a knocked out Sherman tank. Closeup of large shell hole in side of the tank. German infantryman walks past a destroyed U.S. Army tank. A German soldier exploring inside the turret of a half overturned American tank. A formation of German soldiers at a field decoration ceremony. Soldiers receiving the iron cross award. They exchange hand salutes and handshakes afterwards. Next, Oberleutnant Franz Ludwig Chef 2. Batterie / Sturmgeschutz - Abteilung 1346 and Commander Stug III (Sd. Kfz. 1542/1) is seen showing approval of a soldier who mans a Stug III Ausf G, with numerous white rings painted on its gun barrel (indicating victories in combat). (Franz Ludwig is wearing the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded on June 24, 1944 for success against British tanks in combat at the forest of Bovent east of the River Orne, Normandy.) Closeups of Franz Ludwig. View of him briefing several soldiers as they stand in front of barrel-striped StuG III. (Note: Franz Ludwig died in combat on August 14, 1944.)

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078953
German Forces continue resistance against Allied advances two months after the D-day invasion of Normandy in World War II

Opening scene shows a German half track (Sd.Kfz. 251) racing through sandy areas in Normandy during World War 2. Closeup of the half track. It is followed by a Panzer III tank. View across a grassy field of shells exploding in the distance. Glimpse of a German soldier's helmet as he ducks down to fire an artillery piece. Close view of a shell exploding and throwing debris into the air. A destroyed building in the background. View from top of closed up self-propelled gun as it fires.Shell exploding in near distance, raising dense smoke. Closeup of a knocked out smoking Allied tank. German soldiers silhouetted against background, as they run from area filled with white smoke. German tank firing from camouflaged position nested in huge pile of twigs. German infantry advancing along sides of a road in a rural village and running past some bombed out buildings including some on fire.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078954