Captured German newsreel showing counter offensive in Belgium.
L/S of smoke screens. German smoke generators with captured jeep in foreground. M/S German officer and soldier. M/S heavy German mobile gun firing. C/U German signallers....
Captured German newsreel showing counter offensive in Belgium.
L/S of smoke screens. German smoke generators with captured jeep in foreground. M/S German officer and soldier. M/S heavy German mobile gun firing. C/U German signallers. M/S German infantry advancing along road, getting through wire fence, passing burning allied vehicles. M/S German Tiger tank and Germans under armoured car. Various shots of German troops smoking captured American cigars and cigarettes, and riding on vehicles and tanks. C/U two Germans looking into air with field glasses. M/S as tanks drive through.
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