The German assault during the invasion of Belgium in World War 2. An animated map depicts the German troops breaking the Allied line of defense and invading France. The German convoy including tanks, armored carriers, motorized infantry, artillery pulled by horses, and cyclists advance past ruins in Belgium. Soldiers on foot move along with the armored vehicles. military band plays as German troops march. They move through a bomb damaged city. Bomb damaged buildings with rubble strewn on the streets. Explosions and burning buildings. Artillery fired. Soldiers march on the streets. German artillery firing at targets across a river. Shells exploding there. Soldiers remove a downed pole blocking a road. A Sdkfz 200 series heavy armored car moves forward. Troops rest, eat and drink. A German officer salutes and greets troops. Soldiers advance and push artillery. Cars on the road.
'50 Years of Cinematography' depicts the role of military and news cameramen during World War II. Germany starts the War. Invasion of Poland in 1939: German Nazi Luftwaffe bombers in flight over Warsaw. Explosions due to the bombardment. Burning and damaged buildings in the war torn city. Civilians amidst rubble and ruins. Soldiers and civilians look at corpses on a sidewalk. A woman with her child cries. A man walks on a street. Dunkirk Evacuation in 1940: Allied troops evacuated from the Dunkirk coast. Allied troops on ships. Smoke rises from a ship under German attack. Soldiers wade through the water towards waiting ships. Burning ships. The Second Armistice at Compiegne after the German victory in the Battle of France, 1940: German troops stand at attention. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler, President of the Reichstag Hermann Goering, German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and other German officers arrive at the venue. The leaders and officers walk past the soldiers at attention. Hitler gives the Nazi salute. The Blitz, London in 1940-1941: Bomb damaged buildings. Cars and pedestrians amidst ruins and rubble on the streets. A train over a collapsed wall. Civilians in a horse cart. A wrecked bus in a damaged building. Rescue workers among the rubble. Clouds over the city.
Allied forces underway in the Atlantic Ocean prior to the Allied invasion of France during World War II. Silhouetted Allied sailor aboard a ship underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Sailors on the deck. One of them looks through binoculars. Sailors on the deck of a ship. A British officer on the bridge of a ship. An officer speaks on a loudspeaker. Water gushes as ship sails through the sea. An officer points towards the sea as he talks to other two officers.
Allied airmen and U.S. war correspondents in the European Theater near end of World War II. A poster in French shows a man erecting a wall and the slogan "Protege La France." A French boy wearing a beret stands beside it. Another poster reads 'Its a long way to Rome' and shows British and American flags superimposed over the city of Rome on a map of Italy. A U.S. Army Air Force airman poses near a small Army Air Force aircraft. A photographer and press correspondent talk to the airman. Another Allied airman wearing sun glasses. He removes his glasses and smiles.
Allied troops aboard a ship underway in the Atlantic Ocean prior to the Allied invasion of France during World War II. Allied ships underway at sea. A landing craft at sea. Allied officers aboard a ship. One of them smokes a cigar. A Landing Ship Tank underway at sea. A number of ships underway. A signalman looks through binoculars. Silhouetted face of a man aboard a ship. The open sea. British officers confer on the bridge of a ship. A man in an overcoat aboard a ship.
U.S. and other allied military officers in London, England shortly before the Invasion of France by Allied forces. A soccer (football) match played near London. The match in progress. A large number of people gathered to watch the match. U.S. Army officers and British officers seated in a stand as they watch the game of soccer. An officer smokes a cigar as he watches the game. A wounded soldier with bandaged face watches the game. (World War II period).
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