Victory In The West - Sieg Im Westen Reel-9

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r9:01:16:25:05

CU, well concealed German heavy tanks break out into open for start of attack on Somme Line, June 5, 1940. German observation plane, a Fieseler FI 156 Fieseler-Storc, on reconnaissance mission shows terrain of combat below with shells exploding, gun smokes as well as other burning objects. AV, pan, bombing of Somme Bridge. German tanks crossing the Somme River Bridge. MS, CU, same bridge receives near hit. CU, underbrush lined road, one vehicle burns, terrific explosion in background and two German medium tanks drive away from camera. High truck shot, highway with burning vehicles in ditch. German Panzer vehicles advance in distance. MS, pan, huge assembly of Panzer forces on southern slopes of Somme River.

r9:01:18:03:05

MS, Fieseler FI 156 Fieseler-Storch throws down smoke message; camera pans with missile down to ground showing German soldier running to spot and picking up message. CU, German officers and scout car in hay cover; officers study staff map. CU, tank commander on top of tank, interior shot of German tank, tank gunner and his binoculars. Scenes, very good tank shots negotiating steep hills. Tanks accompanied by infantry with light machine guns and scout cars in attack across open field. View from inside German tank.

r9:01:19:42:23

Animation map, situation of Weygand Line of defense in France in WWII and disposition of German army groups Van Bock and Van Rundstedt before breakthrough to Rouen. Germany tanks rapid advance. Scenes of heavy attack by Allied tanks. CU, German tanks stand still and fire. Tank Commander looks through binoculars. One Allied tank is hit and explodes. Various scenes of Allied and German tank battle.

r9:01:21:37:27

German Panzer formations enter city of Rouen, France. Street littered with bodies of dead horses. Scenes of the Rouen Cathedral through heavy smoke. CU, Colonel German General Von Bock. Pan, fiercely burning giant oil tanks. CU, burning oil floating on water. LS, City of Rouen, France. VS, burning and crashing city buildings, damaged traffic lights and trolley wires in foreground. MCU, Rouen Cathedral, heavy smoke rises in background. CU, German soldiers, remove debris in streets of Rouen. Interior pan, Rouen Cathedral, exterior HS, two uneven towers of Rauen Cathedral. Truck shot, animation map shows attack on Chemin Des Dames. German Regimental Commander in dugout gives attack orders. German engineers build a corduroy road through swamp. German medium field artillery fire. LS, mountain ridge called Chemin Des Dames.