SIEG IM WESTERN (Reel 9 of 12)

Creator: National Archives and Records Administration

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 44317, LI 242-MID-6063 - SIEG IM WESTERN (Reel 9 of 12) - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division, compiled 1918 - ca. 1947. German. Reel 9: CU, well concealed German heavy tanks break out into open for start of attack on Somme Line, morning of June 5, 1940. German observation plane, a "Fieseler-Storch", on reconnaissance mission shows terrain of combat below with shells exploding, gun smokes as well as other burning objects. AV, pan, bombing of Somme Bridge. Sound shot, MS, CU, same bridge receives near hit. CU, underbrush lined road, one vehicle burns, terrific explosion in background and two German medium tanks drive away from camera. High truck shot, highway with burning vehicles in ditch. German Panzer vehicles advance in distance. MS, pan, huge assembly of Panzer forces on southern slopes of Somme River. MS, Fieseler-Storch throws down smoke, message; camera pans with missile down to ground showing German soldier running to spot and picking up message. HCU, German officers and scout car in hay cover; officers study staff map. CU, tank commander on top of tank, int shot, tank gunner and his binoculars. Scenes, very good tank shots negotiating steep hills. SEQ, tanks accompanied by infantry with light machine guns and scout cars in attack across open field. Animation, situation of Weygand Line and disposition or army group Van Bock, Van Rundstedt before breakthrough to Rouen. Heavy Allied attack by tanks, CU, German tanks stand still and fire. Tank Commander looks throughbinoculars. One Allied tank is hit and explodes. VS, Allied and German tank action. Advance of armored force to lower Seine. German Panzer formations enter city of Rouen; CU, Colonal General Von Bock. Pan, fiercely burning giant oil tanks. CU, burning oil floating on water. LS, City of Rouen. VS, burning and crashing city buildings, damaged traffic lights and trolley wires in foreground. MCU, Rouen Cathedral, heavy smoke rises in background. CU, German soldiers, remove debris in streets of Rouen. Int pan, Rouen Cathedral, ext HS, two uneven towers of Rauen Cathedral. Truck shot, animation shows attack on "Chemin Des Dames". Int, German Regimental Commander in dugout gives attack orders. SEQ, building of corduroy road by German engineers through swamps. German medium field artillery fire. LS, mountain ridge called "Chemin Des Dames".