Tonwoche №508 (1940)

Norway.

Battles near Narvik.

The German fleet off the coast of Norway, panorama of the snow-covered area and the city.

Railway bridge in the mountains, the Germans blow up bridges and power lines.

An observer with binoculars looks out to sea.

German infantry in the forest, clearing trenches of snow.

Machine gun fire.

German aviation provides support to ground troops.

Airborne assault, landing of troops and ammunition by parachute.

Paratroopers head for Narvik.

Belgium.

Stukas in the air, view from the plane of the traces of bombing on the ground.

Bombed houses, a factory, an airfield.

View of burnt-out planes, bombed-out hangars.

A German soldier examines a shot-down British plane.

Inside the hangar are piles of twisted metal and debris.

Bombers fly low over the ground along the road.

Broken and abandoned equipment on the roads, in the field.

Tanks, broken trucks, corpses of soldiers, ruins, huge craters from explosions.

Aerial view of Antwerp.

Oil tanks on fire.

Below is the city, bombing is underway.

On the shore is a large bunker, which is being bombed.

A monument to those killed in World War I.

Belgium.

Continuation.

The German vanguard is fighting in the outskirts of Antwerp.

Tanks are burning near houses.

German soldiers are slowly moving forward.

Fighting in the port and on the banks of the Scheldt.

German guns are firing at the city.

Forcing the river in boats.

A motorcycle platoon with guns in the suburbs of the city.

A ferry with German soldiers moors to the shore, a motorized column is crossing.

Soldiers are riding bicycles to the bridge.

Oil depots are burning.

Deserted city streets and parks.

Soldiers are resting after the fighting: they sleep right on the sidewalk, in cars.

A huge cathedral, in front of it a park with tulips.

An anti-aircraft gun stands on the lawn.

The first order of the German commandant is posted.

Fighting for the city of Leuven.

Artillery is firing at the city.

Tanks and infantry on the offensive.

Burning British tanks, corpses of soldiers.

Further advance of German troops.

Tanks enter the city, soldiers drag guns, shoot in the street, advance in dashes.

Street fighting is underway.

German soldiers make their way among the ruins.

A machine gunner shoots from a window.

Dead Frenchmen.

German soldiers dismantle barricades, advance along the streets.

View of the town hall, the city coat of arms with a lion thrown down on the pavement.

A fascist flag is lowered from a balcony.

The troops move on.

Columns of equipment, cavalry, horse artillery are advancing.

The offensive on Brussels begins.

Vehicles with soldiers and guns on the highway.

Street fighting on the outskirts of the city.

Sappers demining the road.

Cyclists and convoys are riding.

View of Brussels from an airplane.

Below are marching German troops.

Residents on the streets of the city watch the troops enter.

Columns pass by buildings, palaces, the cathedral, the town hall.

The fascist flag rises above the castle of Leken.

Aerial view of the canal.

Belgium.

Continuation.

Destruction of the canal and port by the retreating British troops.

German soldiers carry out repair and restoration work.

Residents of Brussels move across temporary bridges.

Southern Front.

Battles at the Maginot Line.

Artillery fire, explosions.

Stukas in the sky.

View of fortified bunkers on the bank of the canal, shell marks on their walls.

German gunners load a gun with a shell signed: "For your consolation." Opening of fire.

Airplanes in the sky.

German soldiers spread white cloth on the street, making a sign to their planes.

France.

Panorama of the city of Sedan.

View of burning and smoking ruins.

Factory, houses on fire, detailed display of ruins.

French prisoners walking, blacks among them.

Providing first aid to prisoners.

French General Giraud, who has been captured, gets off the plane.

German officers meet him and they get into the car.

An inscription on a shield indicating the collection point for prisoners.

Five captured Englishmen.

A temporary open-air prisoner-of-war camp.

The prisoners are sitting on the ground.

Close-ups of blacks, Indians, and mulattoes.

A column of prisoners is marching along the road; dead horses are being buried on the side of the road.

An appeal to the French and Belgians is on one of the walls.

The prisoners are moving across the bridge.

A stop along the way.

Individual prisoners of war – Indians, blacks, and Chinese.

German soldiers are marching along the road, smiling.

Convoys, equipment, and guns are moving.

Crossing the river.

France.

Continuation.

Self-propelled guns overcome a steep slope.

Sappers make their way across a broken bridge.

Convoys rush along the road, soldiers ride bicycles, one soldier pushes a child's scooter.

Tanks and motorized artillery are moving.

German planes over Maubeuge, a view of the burning city, roads from above, a broken railway.

Troops enter the city.

Town Hall, ruins and fires all around.

A display of a war monument.

Broken French tanks in the streets.

The Germans advance through Saint-Quentin to the shore of the English Channel.

A view of a dusty road through a tank's crack.

Broken French tanks, cars, and equipment are everywhere.

Refugees are coming towards them.

German torpedo boats and destroyers in the English Channel.

They are heading on a military campaign to Paris, to England.

A tank column is moving, a close-up of the tracks.

A tank crushes a tree.