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A light gun is hauled into position

In smoke at the edge of a wood soldiers in German helmets haul a light gun on two spoked wheels across a field while others run forward carrying tripods and ammunition; a field telephone in its case, the cable running off through the leaves, stands on the ground. German newsreel footage of the campaign in the West, May 1940.

Period: May 1940
Credit: US National ArchivesPublic Domain · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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The German armoured advance through the Ardennes, May 1940 · Divide and Conquer: Norway, the Low Countries and France

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Clip name: HFE025601
Length: 0' 08"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 181,063,108 bytes

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