SIEG IM WESTEN (Reel 7 of 12)

SIEG IM WESTEN (Reel 7 of 12) - National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 44317, LI 242-MID-6063 - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division, compiled 1918 - ca. 1947. German. Reel 7: CU, German heavy tanks advance in open country followed by two Panzer grenadiers. German infantry advance under fire. MCU, German medium and heavy tanks fire. MCU, French tank men taken prisoners. Scenes, German soldiers eat their "Iron Rations". MS, British and French tanks retreat through streets of Dunkirk. CU, MCU, Allied soldiers board the evacuation vessels at Dunkirk. LS, burning Dunkirk coast line. Rear shot, car of King Leopold of the Belgians moving through streets lined with Belgian soldiers; large white flag on car. LS, CU, King Leopold in front of a castle talks to German officers. General Von Reichenau and two military aides of King Leopold enter a car in front of castle entrance. Several scenes of Belgian prisoners. Animation, preparatory tactical moves to be executed near Hazebrouk and Ypres for Dunkirk. CU, British soldier presses T.N.T. plunger. AV, eight Stukas in attack formation; peel off. LS, hectic dogfight in channel skies. Six Stukas in individual attack formation. CU, anti-aircraft multiple machine gun aboard a British warship in heavy action. CU, seven Stukas dive for attack. LS, British deotroyer under attack. CU, Stukas dive; bomb hits water. AV, Stuka bombs hit targets in channel coast. CU, Allied war vessel fights back with anti-aircraft fire. CU, Stuka peels off, dives and attacks large Allied war vessel. MS, British light cruiser attacked. CU, bombs are released from racks. MS, burning Allied freighter. German infantry, field artillery and assault guns in street fight. CU, British soldiers surrender. Scenes, destruction near Dunkirk. CU, improvised bridge built by British with trucks, tanks and other vehicles to reach their boats that had too deep a drift to come close enough in the shallow water. British prisoners assembly in market place of Dunkirk. Pan, wrecked Allied tanks and prisoners. CU, MCU, wrecked Allied ships in channel waters. Pan from swastika banner to the shoreline and mole (pier) shows Dunkirk lighthouse. High MCU, bodies of British soldiers in channel surf. CU, great port and harbor site with giant cranes and German supply trucks with trailers moving away from them. German supply trucks with trailers on Auto Roads. CU, German Q.M. Corps activities.