us-005578-irn1004386
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date: 1940 April
has or had holder: us-005578
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has or had subject: 851
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identifier: irn1004386
scope and content: German planes fly over the mountains of Norway. Planes land at Fornebu airbase outside Oslo and German soldiers unload weapons. A German soldier stands next to a sign,"Fliegerhorst- Kdtr. Oslo Forneb". The narration explains that a British plane has been shot down while smoke rises from a tree-covered area beyond the runway. Bf 109s pass low overhead in squadron formation. German soldiers performing various activities, including a German soldier talking on a field telephone and aiming guns toward the sky. Good shots of German sailors on the deck of a ship. Swastika painted on the foredeck of a ship. The German ship rescues the survivors of the English ship HMS Glowworm. The men are covered in oil. A man is pulled aboard and hosed off. A German ship shoots down a British bomber. Soldiers disembark in Oslo and tanks and horses are offloaded from the ship. Germans march down the street and interact with civilians. A German band plays while civilians watch. Women smile at a German soldier holding a dog.
title: German invasion of Norway