(31 Jul 1940) Story 1 - 02:00:00
242 MID 3854, Reel 4 - German Deutsche Wochenschau newsreel, July 1940
02:00:00 A 3.7cm flak detachment on guard by the pontoon bridge crossing in action against enemy aircraft
02:01:35 Stukas dive-bombing just in front of the advancing panzers
02:01:55 realistic but faked tank battles between French tanks somua S-47, Hotchkiss H-34 and Renault Char Bs - and panzers in which the Germans are victorious
02:04:18 injured French tank crewmen after being taken prisoner being given first aid
02:04:45 the scene at the grave of a freshly-buried panzer commander
02:07:04 French prisoners head to the rear as triumphant German infantry and panzer units press on from the Meuse towards the mouth of the Somme
02:08:01 infantrymen take cover as French Dewoitine fighters fly overhead,
02:08:36 recce. units motor past knocked out French FCM tanks on a poplar-lined road and a mobile 88mm Flak cannon (on an 8t semi-track).
02:08:54 man playing accordian, with apipe in his mouth
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14 апр 2021
