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German infantry supported by tanks, artillery, rockets, and Stuka planes move up near Nevel, Russia

Animated map starts the film, showing the Eastern (Russian) front in vicinity of the Dnieper River, during beginning of winter, 1943-44, as German forces battle against Soviet forces in World War 2. German troops are seen in deep trenches and lying prone behind rubble. Light snow covers the ground. Closeups of German tiger tanks moving along a muddy path beside a river. German Panzergrenadiers taking a smoking break during a lull in combat. German soldiers trudging through mud as snow falls. They pass by some German artillery field pieces firing at Soviet positions. Heavy German guns firing. German troops hurrying toward entrenched positions. Closeup of two soldiers conversing as one points toward Soviet positions. A soldier takes up his defensive spot at the mouth of a dugout at the end of a trench. Closeup of two German soldiers smoking cigarettes. A German soldier reports to an officer at the front, who pins a medal on him and shakes his hand. Another view of a soldier smoking a cigarette. German soldiers walk past some knocked out tanks. Closeups as they pass the camera. One soldier looks skyward. A large formation of German Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka) dive bombers is seen overhead. View from a Stuka cockpit, as it dives emitting classic sound. Stuka aircraft diving and dropping bomb that are seen bursting on ground below. Good closeup of Stuka in a dive.

Location: Russia
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675053350
Bishop performs the last rites ceremony for victims of the 1940 Katyn massacre; relatives cry during the ceremony (WW2)

Man holds the hand of a body exhumed in Katyn Forest during World War II. Bishop Gregory, an Eastern Orthodox Christian bishop, performs the last rites for the victims of the 1940 Katyn massacre. Relatives of the Polish Katyn massacre victims crying during the ceremony. The Eastern Orthodox bishop and mass attendees perform the sign of the cross. Eastern Orthodox bishop bless the mass grave as relatives watch. Christian bishops and priests of various denominations are also present at the ceremony. Priests and families of victims praying during the last rites ceremony. A bereaved woman sobbing. A Nazi German official lays a wreath in front of the mass grave. Crosses at Katyn Forest. Two women weeping for the Katyn massacre victims.

Location: Soviet Union
Date: 1943, April
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080540
German and Soviet tanks clash on the Eastern Front.

Airplanes in flight. Soldiers fire machine guns. Smoke from bombardment. Bombing in the fields. Soldiers run for cover. A clash between Soviet and German tanks. Soviet tanks advance. Tanks hit and explode. Soldiers fire antiaircraft guns and artillery. A destroyed U.S. tank. Destroyed Soviet tanks. A demolished Soviet train in flames. (World War II period).

Location: Eastern Front European Theater
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675020612
Spanish General is decorated and German and Italian military leaders coordinate defense of Italy during World War 2

Commander of the German 18th Army, Colonel General Georg Lindemann, arrives to personally recognize Spanish Army General Emilio Esteban Infantes, commanding officer of the Spanish "Blue Division" (German 250th Infantry Division) for successfully repelling attack by the Russian 55th Army, in the Battle of Krasny Bor on the Eastern Front in February, 1943. Other officers help General Esteban Infantes to place an Iron Cross decoration around his neck. Scenes of German General Field Marshal Albert Kesselring reviewing Italian and German troops in Italy at an airfield and presenting award to some of the soldiers. In next scene, Benito Mussolini enters a room and then is seated in the first meeting of the leaders of the new Fascist Republican Party, including Alessandro Pavolini and Italian Minister of War Rodolfo Graziani. Next segment covers arrival of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel to Italy, touring fortifications and inspecting defenses in Italy. He is seen reviewing port lookouts and defense points with German artillery. In once scene he passes an elderly Italian civilian and gives him the Nazi salute, which is returned weakly by the Italian. Next segment covers further expansion of Italian defenses, with the laying of barb wire by troops, including one soldier cutting his pants knee on the barbed wire. Also shows demolition of trees using dynamite. Explosions as trees are blown up. Then shows placement of new artillery guns and positions. German soldier reviewing a map while on phone receiving enemy position information. German soldiers in hills fire artillery at enemy position in a valley.

Location: Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675023579
Red Cross nurses prepare gift parcels and airmen carve children's toys during Christmas preparation in Germany.

Christmas preparation in Germany in 1943 during World War 2. German Red Cross volunteers prepare gift parcels for German troops, away at war. They pack them in boxes with Merry Christmas messages written on them. One box is destined to soldiers on the Eastern Front. German Airmen make toys from wood for distribution to German children. Display of the prepared toys.

Location: Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675072799
German troops transport supplies into flooded area of Russia on Eastern Front during World War 2.

German troops in a flooded area of Russia. Infantry units arrive through train. They sit in motor barge to travel through water. Supplies transported on boat, wrapped in hay. Troops unload supplies and provisions on shore. They unwrap supplies and bring out bottles. Drink ladeled from barrel and given to other troops. Horses pull rubber rafts in water. Fodder for horses is carried on rubber rafts. Field officer travel in a motor launch. Troops bail water from their barracks. Troops climb up on tree platform and sit in observation post.

Location: Russia
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675026800
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