SIEG IM WESTEN (Reel 5 of 12)

SIEG IM WESTEN (Reel 5 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 5: SEQ, German tank formations advance in regimental columns; switch over to scenes of Allied tanks attacking. MCU, two tanks (Allied) seen through driver's slit. Shot of Allied tank advancing, firing, one getting hit and exploding. MS, three Stukas peel off and dive; bombs hit the ground. MS, Allied tank burns. LS, Allied tank reigment in attack formation. CU, French passenger car on fire, pan to Allied heavy tank being inspected by German soldier. CU, German tank passes camera, one wounded soldier on tank. CU, German wounded being placed into motorcycle sidecar. CU, wooden sign "First Aid". CU, German wounded being tended. Individual CUs, several wrecked Allied tanks; German soldiers talk to French tank crew; face of wounded French tank driver. CU, wrecked French tanks. CU, fallen French tank crew. CUs, wrecked British tanks in village street. SEQ, German Mercedes-Benz personnel carrier prime-moving 88mm dual purpose gun, other prime-moving anti-tank guns and one assault gun. Animation, Maginot Line extension. Scenes, asparagus beds (anti- tank fortification) of Maginot Line. Sand table animation, underground works and elevator system of Line. MS, air conditioning, machinery of communication center of Line. MS Ext, French Maginot Line troops in company formation move out ofbarracks in double quick step, walk past giant pill box. SEQ, operation of underground small Gauge Railroad inside the Line; munitions transport and storage, kitchen and soldiers making merry. Montage with superimposed legend "Nous Vaincrons Parce Que Nous Sommes Les Plus Forts" ("We shall gain Victory because we are the stronger ones"). Animation portrays that more than six hundred million human beings are on the French side. Montage of French colored troops and posters. Animation, Colonel General V. Rundstedt's idea of surprise attack west of Namur and Brussels. Int CU, Colonel Rundstedt with aide in front of large map. Animation, position of armies of General V. Kluge, General List and General Busch and their breakthroughts between Maubeuge and Sedan crossing the Meuse River; rapid advance to the channel coast to reach Abbeville. SEQ, German engineer troops build bridges across Meuse River under fire. SEQ, infantry moves rubber assault boats towards Meuse River; rubber boats cross River; German Signal Corps men lay wire; all under fire. German cavalry and infantry cross Meuse River. German tank crosses bridge.