Die Deutsche Wochenschau №512 (1940)

1. North Sea.

Operations of the German Navy in the North Sea.

A German ship at sea, sailors on deck.

An enemy mine is fired upon.

A reconnaissance floatplane takes off, it is in flight.

A German cruiser is on a special mission.

The German ships are approaching the enemy.

The British ship Glorious is detected.

The shelling begins, the German side guns fire, they hit the target.

The burning Glorious sinks.

The German ships continue the shelling.

The sinking of another British ship.

The British crew is taken aboard the German ship, its crew is in the lifeboats.

The burning Urami sinks.

Its crew is lifted aboard the German ship. 2. France.

Attack on the Maginot Line.

Burning French fortifications.

German planes in the air.

View of the Maginot Line from an airplane.

German planes drop bombs, explosions on the ground.

German artillery shells enemy positions.

German infantrymen force the Rhine, they are on the offensive.

The Germans throw grenades, a grenade launcher fires.

3. France.

Infantrymen in boats force the Rhine.

Infantry in battle, mortars and flamethrowers are firing.

Sappers carry pontoons on their hands, building a pontoon bridge.

Bunkers of the Maginot Line near the Rhine.

German soldiers near a destroyed bunker.

Soldiers and equipment are moving along the pontoon bridge.

German anti-aircraft gunners shoot at enemy planes, the plane falls and explodes. 4. France, Strasbourg.

View across the river to the city and the cathedral.

Close-up of the cathedral.

German columns enter the city, residents watch the passing troops and tanks.

War in the Vosges.

German soldiers push bicycles across a field.

A burning town.

German tanks, cars in a small town, they move along the station tracks.

Gasoline is pouring out of a punctured tank car.

A column of troops in the city, artillery, cavalry, equipment are driving.

An oil storage facility set on fire by the French.

French soldiers surrender.

German troops enter the city of Metz, residents look on.

Representatives of the new government greet the victors with flowers.

A ceremonial parade of troops.

A panorama of the cathedral.

Residents of Metz on the streets of the city.

German soldiers hold children in their arms and smile.

On the northern section of the front.

German sappers restore a destroyed bridge.

German troops advance.

Verdun, destroyed French fortifications.

German generals at a bunker, ruins of a fortress.

At the monument to those killed in World War I. A sculpture of a warrior holding a sword, the inscription: "Verdun".

A ceremonial parade in Verdun, General Bush receives it.

Columns pass by. 5. France.

June 22, 1940. Capitulation of French troops on the Maginot Line.

French prisoners walk along the road.

Prisoners behind the wire, black legionnaires among them.

German tanks on the highway, close-up of the tracks.

6. France.

German tanks attacking.

Artillery shelling of French positions.

Massive tank offensive.

Burning and damaged French tanks.

French prisoners.

Burning armored car.

After the battle.

German soldiers from different units chatting, drinking wine from bottles, tank crews eating canned food.

German infantry on the streets of a French city. 7. Germany.

The Fuhrer's headquarters.

Hitler and the generals at the map discussing the military situation.

Major General Jodl reports the situation to the Fuhrer.

Brauchitsch, Keitel, and Admiral Raeder are at the map.

Jodl rolls up the map.

Hitler leaves the headquarters, meets Goering on the path, they walk and chat.

Hitler is surrounded by generals.

General Keitel presents the Fuhrer with documents on Petain's capitulation and victory over France.

Hitler is openly happy and addresses the generals.

Hitler among the troops, he approaches the wounded who are sitting and shakes their hands.

The soldiers listen to the news of the capitulation of France, which causes general jubilation. 8. Germany.

The Fuhrer is leaving for Munich, he is on a train, mountain views are visible through the window.

Hitler is greeted by passengers of an oncoming train.

Hitler's arrival in Munich, he is met by the Stadtholder of Bavaria Ritter von Epp, who shakes his hand.

Residents and jubilant youth are on the platform.

Mussolini's arrival in Munich on June 18, 1940. The train with the Duce approaches, Hitler meets it.

They get into the car, drive through the city, and are greeted by a crowd.

The Fuhrer and the Duce on the balcony of the Fuhrer's House.

They are indoors, talking about the French company.

Shot: a fascist cap, an Italian forage cap and a soldier's belt are lying on a shelf.

9. France.

Paris.

German soldiers and residents are standing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

German Lieutenant General von Riesen awards soldiers with Iron Crosses.

The awardees pose for the camera.

A ceremonial parade of German troops on the Champs Elysees.

A German general on horseback reviews the parade.

Infantry, cavalry and artillery are marching. 10. France.

Compiegne.

The French monument is covered with a Nazi flag.

The carriage in which the armistice in World War I was signed.

The arrival of Hitler, Goering, Admiral Raeder and other officials, they inspect the troops and approach the carriage.

The monument to Marshal Foch.

Hitler and Goering at the monument to the armistice of 1918. Hitler and Goering climb into the carriage.

Hitler greets the French generals.

The French delegation headed by Huntziger inspects the line of soldiers.

Discussion of the terms of France's capitulation at a table in a carriage.

Hitler and Goering leave the carriage during a break.

The orchestra plays the national anthem.

Hitler walks past the guard of honour.

The negotiations continue.

The French delegation leaves the carriage and heads for the tent with the telephone exchange to communicate with the government in Bordeaux. 11. France.

June 22, 1940. Signing of the capitulation.

Keitel and Huntziger sign the document.

Bells ring in honour of the German victory.

Nazi flags.