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SIEG IM WESTERN (Reel 6 of 12)
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National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 44317, LI 242-MID-6063 - SIEG IM WESTERN (Reel 6 of 12) - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division, compiled 1918 - ca. 1947. German. Reel 6: MS, two heavy German tanks ferried across River on ponton ferry. MS, German heavy tank fords shallow river. CU, General Kluge greets officer. German soldiers eat and rest. MCU, armored force park. CU, German Staff Officers in front of their maps, ext shots. CU, artillery fire direction plans for light, medium and heavy fire as preparation for attack. Animation shows plan of attack on fortified Hill No. 505 near Sedan. SEQ, actual "covering" of Hill No. 505 by all calibers of artillery. CU, heavy artillery fire. SEQ, advance after cessation of artillery preparation by engineer shock troops; Spanish riders and barbed wire in foreground. MCU, several German assault guns (l05mm Howitzers, self-propelled artillery) of a Panzer division moves in for attack. Int, French defenders of Hill No. 505 firetheir guns. Excellent HS, German tanks attack; tracer ammunition fires, burning buildings and wrecks. German soldiers frisk French prisoners,…
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