WWII, Battle of Flanders, 1940
WWII, Battle of Flanders, 1940
The harrowing account of the Battle of Flanders in early 1940 in which the Allies are initially defeated and must retreat across the English Channel. Meuse River, France and Dunkirk, France
WWII, Battle of Flanders, 1940
MS German infantry (Panzer division?) engineers/bridge builders under fire holding bridge head from going downhill w/rope. MS German infantry, soldiers carrying large piece of equipment (part of bridge?). MS German soldiers unloading equipment, wood for bridge. TLS German soldiers crossing & working on bridge explosions in BG. MS soldiers carrying equipment, supplies across bridge. MS midsections German soldiers getting equipment out of a raft. TLS German soldiers moving towards river under cover behind a Panzer tank. TLS Tanks firing in FG soldiers moving forward in BG. TLS German soldiers crossing the river as bombs explode in BG. MS Germans crossing river in rafts, tanks firing. TLS explosions from firing across the river. MS soldiers laying line down for motorized vehicles. MS motorized vehicles, jeeps, being pulled across river w/ soldiers inside. MCU soldier pushing horse into water to cross river. TLS German soldiers crossing river in rafts.
WWII, Battle of Flanders, 1940
MS/MCU French, Belgium soldiers firing artillery. MS French soldiers laying on ground as tank goes by. TLS fast moving tanks through open field. MS French, Belgium soldier talking on radio, soldiers sitting in a ditch. MS/MCUI German soldiers loading & firing artillery, mortars of various sizes. TLS of the explosions. TLS artillery firing at night at the French followed by fires. TLS/pan building burning. MS German soldier frisking a captured French soldier. TLS/pan captured French sitting, standing around in prison camp.
WWII, Battle of Flanders, 1940
MCU tank tracks moving. MS men aboard tank looking into camera. MS German soldiers on motorcycles. TLS German infantry, soldiers, army in trucks transporting military equipment. MS German soldiers on horseback. MS German soldiers, some wearing sunglasses walking through French towns. MS Germans setting up artillery. TLS French town. MS German's fire artillery. TLS explosion in French town. MS Germans clearing street for trucks to pass. MS tank moving towards camera. MCU German soldiers marching past the camera. MS/HA rearview German soldiers marching. MS car & trucks in a jam. TLS/pan German Panzer tanks w/soldiers on top overlooking the English Channel. TLS German soldiers moving forward behind tanks. TLS mortar explodes German soldiers drop to the ground. MS obscured tank firing. MCU German tank w/soldier sticking head out. TLS burning tank. MS soldier running past camera. MS German soldiers waiving people toward tank to get on. MS men sitting on tank as it pulls away.
WWII, Battle of Flanders, 1940
Title, "Dunkirk." TLS/pan beaches of Dunkirk, men in small boats making retreat. TLS ships, vessels, boats, dinghies. TLS horizon on fire, smoke billowing. TLS man in FG looks out at billowing smoke in BG. MS German planes flying. MS from Nazi plane wing looking at other planes, tails have swastika. TLS dogfight far off. TLS soldier on ship in FG looks up, ship in BG. TLS dogfight closer view. MS soldiers watching, firing. TLS planes diving. TLS/HA view from plane diving toward naval ship, ship exploding. TLS street fighting in Dunkirk, soldiers moving, milling about & firing artillery. MS captured French Army soldiers approaching camera w/hands up. MS/pan artillery not firing, transported, dead soldiers roadside. TLS Allied equipment left behind. MS/pan Dunkirk buildings burning. MS German soldiers transporting gathering captured artillery. MS German soldiers standing, walking. MS captured French & Belgium soldiers sitting.