SKY BLITZ
Channel: PublicResourceOrg
Date: 2010-04-15

ARC Identifier 35819 / Local Identifier 111-M-912 - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) - 1944 - Captured German film of the attack on Holland, May 1940. Reel 1, paratroopers assemble for last-minute instructions and board planes. The planes head for Moerdijk, Holland, and drop the troops. Reel 2, paratroops land and attack Moerdijk. A field fortification is stormed and a Dutch bunker defending the Moerdijk Bridge is attacked and captured. Mines are removed from the bridge. Reel 3, Moerdijk is attacked and captured. The bridge is shelled by Dutch artillery. German planes are directed to targets by signal panels. - Copied by Tim Vollmer