German Newsreels #1
German Newsreels #1
Nazi Germany propaganda newsreels produced by Ufa Studios. See the armed forces of Nazi Germany pleasantly invade Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland, etc. Big time propaganda.
German Newsreels #1
German soldiers invade Luxembourg. TLSs Panzer tank (Panzerkampfwagen II) rolling through town. LS transport pulling howitzer on country road, cement roadblock cylinders in FG. MS three German soldiers running across pass bridge, away from cam. MS Nazis tossing barbed wire barricade off pass bridge. MSs Nazi soldiers working near "Douane Zoll" or "Luxembourg Douanes-Zoll" signs. Panning MS German soldier escorting officer wearing French-style steel helmet. MS German soldier using sledgehammer on steel jutting from wall. MS Nazi slipping potatomasher grenade into belt, another one on either side of buckle. MSs Nazi using welding torch in street (creating barricade, it would seem). TLS/MSs Panzer tanks, motorcycles with sidecars, troops transports towing field artillery entering, passing through town. Nice TLS/MSs Panzer tank passing by mess of barbed wire fence. MS sign ("Passage interdit Durchgang verboten") pan right to train passing, some German soldiers leaning out windows. Panning TLS four German soldiers riding on small open electric train car. TLSs Nazis on flat cars, moving train. MSs German infantry marching into Luxermbourg, being greeted by friendly populace, one woman giving water & food, another citizen cooling them down with hose on a hot day; some equipment mechanized, others pulled by horses.
German Newsreels #1
TLS/MSs German infantry clearing rural road of debris, crossing into Belgium; some equipment pulled by horses. TLSs Panzer tanks (Panzerkampfwagen II) clearing trees, apparently assisting logging operation. TLS/MSs German infantry soldiers peaceably entering town, local citizens smiling, offering fascist salute, giving water to the troops.
German Newsreels #1
TLS/MSs German paratroopers boarding Luftwaffe transport plane; MSs paratroopers happily singing aboard plane. MSs soldiers wearing NCO sidecaps loading bomb onto Junkers 87-D (Ju87 or Stuka). TLSs several Stukas taking off from airfield, flying low. Great air to air shots of dozens of Ju87 Stukas in flight. TLS Germans inspecting a bomb crater. TLSs massive damage to railway system, train station, bridge bombed by Luftwaffe. TLS municipal grade school building, "Staedtische Volksshule" near roof, below clock. TLSs bomb damage to buildings. MS broken window, sign reads, "Sauglingsheim St. Hedwigshaus Kinderkrankenabteilung Pflegerinnenschule"; MS debris in empty rooms; MCU toys on dusty shelf. MS sign: "Hilda-Schule."
German Newsreels #1
Misty TLS/MSs German infantry & panzer soldiers (helmets or side caps) constructing pontoon bridge across canal, Panzer tanks & armored personnel carriers crossing into Holland. MS Nazi on motorcycle w/ sidecar passing cam, cobblestone street. Panning MS Panzerkampfwagen tank passing cam on dirt road, three soldiers on turret. MS Germans posting notice; CU posted notice (seems to give citizens 24 hours to turn in their weapons). TLS soldiers in transport pulling field artillery (howitzer), taking turn onto dirt road, driving toward cam. Very posed MS Dutch family waving (bearded old man, triple-chinned woman, young Dutch girl). TLS/MSs Panzer tank pushing down & aside concrete roadblock barrier. TLS/LSs Panzer & infantry units scrambling by farmhouse, across bridge, fighting against armed resistance. MS/TLSs dead Dutch Army soldiers by bridge. MS wounded Dutch soldiers. MS Dutch officer talking w/ German soldier whose arm is in slight sling. TLSs German soldiers loading motorcycles onto rubber raft, crossing river. MS two Nazi soldiers on bridge, one standing guard, other looking through binoculars. Panning MS Dutch POWs. TLS POWs being marched. MS Panzer tank pushing down brush. MS Panzerkampfwagen slogging through thick mud w/ ease. TLS 6-wheel Panzerspahwagen armored carrier on road. MS German soldier riding bicycle into frame, leaping into gulley during firefight in field. MSs Nazi infantry crawling on ground. TLS/MSs German soldiers crossing destroyed bridge by using wooden planks (makeshift bridge). TLS/MSs soldiers crouched behind hill by river, soldiers sent piecemeal to raft across river under fire. LSs resistance fighter waving white flag of surrender from stone bridge.
German Newsreels #1
TLSs Panzer tanks driving through village. TLSs horses pulling gun carriages & suppliesdown muddy embankment, then into river. MS wounded Nazi being carried on stretcher by four soldiers. MS German medic attending to leg wound of soldier in field. Sideview TLSs large calibre field artillery firing; MSs large shells being pulled from stockpile, loaded into chamber, fired. TLS two soldiers riding on motorcycle with sidecar into town, damaged windmill in BG. Good air to air shots of Junkers 87 Stukas in flight, intercut with shots of bombs exploding on ground; also includes nice shot of view from pilot's seat during flight.
German Newsreels #1
(Saved QT) A testament to the speed and deadliness of the Blitzkreig. TLS/MSs extremely long, large calibre field artillery raising, then firing (some cannons are mounted on railcars); VO talks about the 1000 year reich; MSs artilleyr units loading shells into artillery, locking down. TLSs Panzer tanks rolling into, crushing brush; MSs treads & tires sloshing though mud. TLSs explosions. MSs German infantry crouched behind hill, some holding potatomasher grenades, then advancing. MSs flamethrower being used. Nice head-on TLS three Arado Ar 65 biplane fighters flying over cam, cut to TLS Messerschmitt flying over cam. LS/TLSs squadrons of Arado Ar monoplanes, Messerschmitt fighters & bombers, Junkers Stukas in flight. TLSs explosions on ground. Ufa logo.