French Surrender To Hitler (1940)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown. French surrender to Hitler. Compiegne, France. L/S Marshall Petain climbing out of car and being greeted by German military officials. M/S of German solider standing in line. Shots of Petain shaking hands with Adolf Hitler. L/Ss of soldier marching past railway carriage in Compiegne. M/S of swastika flag being raised. L/S and M/S of Adolf Hitler, Herman Goering and other military officials walking past soldiers towards carriage. L/S of statue (Possibly of General Foch). Shots of Hitler and Goering outside the carriage. Hitler climbs steps and goes inside the carriage. M/S of Hitler and Goering sitting down inside the carriage. L/Ss of Petain and other military officials approaching the carriage. They climb inside. (Interior) Hitler and company all stand as Petain enters. They all sit down. Various shots of the men sitting round table. L/S of carriage. M/S of Hitler exiting the carriage. M/S of Hitler putting on gloves. L/Ss of the Fuhrer walking away, he does Nazi salute as he passes German soldiers. L/S of Petain saluting from inside the carriage with back to widow. L/S of statue of Foch (?) now covered with the Nazi flag. More shots from inside the carriage of details of the surrender being drawn up. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.