From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Sun Feb 06 2005 - 09:10:50 PST
The first paragraph as I understand it would mean: "The decision to march"
"Stages that the German's conquered"
"Through the destructive attacks from the Army and Air Force the ring was
closing on the Armies of the French, English and Belgians in Flanders Field
and North France.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <rojoha@adelphia.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 7:26 AM
Subject: [MV] Fw: Some HMVs on film, but....
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Sent: 05 February, 2005 19:47
> Subject: Some HMVs on film, but....
>
>
> Looking for help from some of our German speaking folks. I was given two 6
> inch film cans by a friend twenty five years or so ago. The way the story
> was related to me, one of his brothers/uncles was in USAAF intelligence
and
> was on the ground in Germany after the surrender. He brought or sent home
a
> bunch of stuff including these film cans.
> We tried to run them on an old B&H Filmsound 399 Specialist that I had
> picked up at an auction, but I couldn't get the films to maintain their
> 'loops' for very long, but we did see some frames with German words and a
> small tank throwing up a dust cloud. Film was silent black and white. Put
> them aside to do some research on them. Poof! Forgot about them. 16 years
> ago I moved from the apartment I rented in my sisters house, leaving a
bunch
> of stuff in her attic. Two years later the house catches fire and a lot of
> the stuff in the attic is either untouched or toast, sometimes with just 1
> inch separating them. Fire Fighters chucked a lot of stuff from 3rd floor
> attic while overhauling the fire.
> Fast forward to today... we're hauling junk from my old Mass. house up
> to the NH digs. My daughter is dragging a box of LPs out of the attic and
> asks what is in the metal cans???? Well, turns out they didn't bite the
big
> one all those years ago. Sooooo...
>
> Were German silent films from the 40s the same 16 mm format as we had
in
> the US in the 60's, 70's and 80's?
> Anyone know of a company that would have the capability to play the
> films and record it onto video tape or DVD?
> My daughter used my magnifying headset and copied the following info
> from the films and cans. Anyone care to try their hand on what this stuff
> says? BTW ...She did something to the type font settings on the message to
> get the dingle berries over the O and I can't get the stuff she read/typed
> to shift back to a normal type font, let alone one font size..... Sorry.
>
>
>
>
> 1st two reels are in one galvanized metal can, can't get second (bottom )
> reel out of the can.
>
>
> Orange and Blue label, written in German, French, and Some English :
> Nur bei völliger Dunkel heit öffnen! Nouvrir quen obscurite parafaite!
Open
> only in complete darkness!)
> I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft AGFA Berlin SO 36 Made in
> Germany Fabrication Alemana
> 17/10 d DIN
> Isopan
> Feinkorn
> Kleinbildfilm
> Höchst lichtoffrei Non halten
> Extremement anti halo
> 5 x 17 m
> 398 6770
> 29
>
> On a piece of tape on the reel is written in ballpoint pen in English:
> Belgium- Dunkirk
> German-French Peace Treaty
> Rescue at Sea
>
> On the reel:
> Agfa
> Made in German
> Vorn-front
>
> From frames on the first 10 feet or so:
> Saftey AGFA Sicher Heits Film
>
> Die Entscheidung marschiert.
> Stationen der deutschen Sieges
> Durch die vernichtenden Angriffe von Heer und Luftwaffe schliesst sich der
> Ring und den Armeen der Franzosen, Englander und Belgier in Flandren und
> Nordfrankreich
>
>
>
> 3rd REEL: Brown Speckle Bakelight or plastic case/can
> From frames on the first 10 feet or so:
> Tobruck
>
> Tobruck ist die starkste Festnung Nordafrikas.
> Umfangrede Befestigungswerke shutzen den hatfenplatz.
> Womans hand pointing at a map
>
> Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
> TIA, Ronzo
>
>
>
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