This newsreel series was sold in 8mm and 16mm formats for viewing in the home. The donor also provided the original document that accompanied the newsreel. The document describes the German Wehrmacht's arrival in Paris on 14 June 1940. The document also quotes the June 13 issue of the Volkische Beobachter, which says that France overestimated their own power and now it is up to the present-day German Wehrmacht to reach the goal which the brave previous generation could not reach when it laid down its arms in 1918.
The Degeto Weltspiegel logo appears on screen. German soldiers in a tank drive over a bridge across a river. Various shots of tanks. A road sign points the way to Paris and to Soissons. Wehrmacht troops drive horse carts down a dusty road. Brief shot of French POWs. German soldiers cross the Marne in an inflatable boat. More tanks on the road and crossing a river. Brief CU on a German soldier. Burning buildings and huge clowds of smoke. German tanks pass Versailles. A swastika flag (presumably -- the swastika is not visible) is raised above the palace. Shot of Paris, with the Eiffel Tower in the distance. German troops climb the Eiffel Tower and raise the German flag. The Arc de Triomphe and Les Invalides. Another shot of the Arc de Triomphe with German soldiers marching past. General Feodor von Bock reviews troops. Aerial view of troops marching. Panning shot down the Champs-Elysees. German soldiers marching through the Arc de Triomphe. Crowds of French spectators. Column of smiling German troops, not wearing helmets, march down a dusty country road.
German invasion of France