Other titles:UFA AUSLANDSTONWOCHE NR 487 - part [Alternative Title]
Summary: Retrospective summary of Germany's military and diplomatic triumphs during the past year.
Description: (Incomplete, Abrupt start) General Winkelman signs document of Dutch surrender. Scenes of hard fighting in France show grenadier crossing destroyed bridge, rubber dinghy crossing river as flamethrower sweeps far bank, 8.8cm Flak firing in ground role, destroyed fortifications in the Maginot Line and Stukas attacking. Mussolini appears on balcony overlooking supporters as Italy declares war on France. More scenes of war damage before triumphal march of German troops down Champs Elysées and view of swastika flag over Eiffel Tower. French prisoners of war. Arrival of French armistice team of General Huntziger, Vice Admiral Le Luc and Air Force General Bergeret inside carriage at Compiègne, where Hitler is waiting with his colleagues. Hitler's triumphant return to Berlin. Hitler's historic meeting with Franco at Hendaye on 23 October. Hitler with Pétain at Montoire on 24 October. Molotov shakes hands with Ribbentrop inside hall on visit to Berlin in November. Signature of Tripartite Pact on 27 September by Ribbentrop, Ciano and Japanese Ambassador Kurusu. Count Csaky for Hungary and Marshal Antonescu sign adherence to Pact in November. Continuation of war against Britain is conveyed by montage of S-boats at speed, U-boat submerging with pennant on conning tower and inside views, aerial shot of Gneisenau at sea and firing triple forward guns, ship sinking, Stukas in formation, strafing shipping and He 111s releasing bombs during the "systematic destruction of England's armament industries". Commentary ends by asserting that Germany will carry on fighting until final victory.
Alternative Title:UFA AUSLANDSTONWOCHE NR 487 - part [Alternative Title]
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Antonescu, Ion (person)
Bergeret, Jean Marie Joseph (person)
Ciano, Galeazzo (person)
Csaky, Stefan (Count) (person)
Franco Bahamonde, Francisco (person)
Hitler, Adolf (person)
Huntziger, Charles (person)
Kurusu, Saburo (person)
Le Luc, Maurice (person)
Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Scriabin (person)
Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea (person)
Pétain, Philippe (person)
Ribbentrop, Joachim von (person)
Winkelman, H (person)
German Army (regiment/service)
German Air Force (regiment/service)
German Navy (regiment/service)
Keywords: administration, German - occupation: France (object name)
celebrations, German - event-related: capture of France (object name)
ceremonies, Dutch - event related: signing of surrender, WW2 (object name)
ceremonies, German - event-related: signing of Tripartite Pact, 1940 (object name)
ceremonies, Italian - event-related: signing of Tripartite Pact, 1940 (object name)
ceremonies, Japanese - event-related: signing of Tripartite Pact, 1940 (object name)
combat, German - air raid [I] (object name)
combat, German - air strike anti-ship (object name)
combat, German military (object name)
delegations, Russian international - political: Molotov visits Germany (object name)
delegations, Spanish international - state: Franco visits Hitler (object name)
society, German - history: events of 1940 (object name)
Germany & Berlin, Berlin (geography)
Compiègne, Oise, France (geography)
Hendaye, Pyrenées-Atlantiques, France (geography)
Montoire-sur-le-Loir, Loir-et-Cher, France (geography)
Eiffel Tower, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography)
Italy & Rome, Latium <Palazzo Venezia> (geography)
