SIEG IM WESTEN (Reel 4 of 12)

SIEG IM WESTEN (Reel 4 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 4: Sand table animation, plan ofattack on Liege, point of application for initial thrusts being Fort Eben Emael; the River Meuse and the Albert Canal are shown with their fortifications. Also shown are the six Allied lines or defense. First Line - The Ijssel Position. Second Line - The Grebbe Position. Third Line - The Meuse Position. Fourth Line - The Peel Position. Fifth Line - The Willem Canal Fortifications. Sixth Line - The Albert Canal Fortifications. SEQ, German assault and shock troops use rubber boats with ladders to cross River Meuse under fire. Mechanized German infantry and bicyle contingents cross River Meuse over bridges not destroyed. Infantry fords stream; German infantry mortar crew fire. SEQ, German Engineers Assault Party of 17 men cross the Canal to enter the forefield of outside fortification No. 4 of Fort Eben Emael. German Engineer mounts the concrete cupola of fortification No. 4 and places heavy T.N.T. load with time fuse in ventilation slot of the giant pill-box. Five seconds later the explosion. Sand table animation, importance of fortification No. 4. Flame throwers in operation against the auxiliary out-forts of Fort. No. 4. Belgium soldier with white flag in front of entrance of Fort Eben Emael. Several scenes, Belgium prisoners walk to rear. Sand table animation, scheme of attack to cross Albert Canal in broad front. German shock troops in rubber boats cross the River Rhine. German heavy tanks fire across river, explosion hit can be seen on other side. Sand table animation, scheme of how parachute troops attack and hold the Moerdijk Bridge until arrival of other troops. Several scenes show German combat contingents on the move. SEQ, Dutch Military Commander of the City of Rotterdam accompanied by one Dutch soldier carrys white flag and one German Parlamentair walks pest camera and crosses undamaged Moerdijk Bridge. Int of Armistice negotations, Dutch officers seated at a table with Colonel Gen. Von Bock. Several scenes,Dutch soldiers led back to rear as prisoners. Animation, favorable tactical situation of fact that River Rhine Estuary is in German hands. Short scenes, light, medium and heavy German tanks advance. Pan shot, German Panzer formations assembled in attack groups in their concentration areas behind the lines. Crews resting, eating, digging slit trenches. Gerrman anti-tank gun and field communications set in operation. SEQ, zero hour and tanks on the move. SEQ, German mechanized infantry with personnel carriers in attack under fire. Medium tank attacks. Scenes, street fighting in Belgium towns and villages. Burning allied tank.