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German forces assist Finland combating Soviet forces in World War II

Gernan involvement in Russo-Finnish war ("Winter War") overlapping with World War II. Opening scene shows map with arrows indicating movement of German forces from Norway, into Finland to help them defend against the Soviets. A sign wreathed in greenery, at the border, reads "Finnland" (in German) and "Suomi" (in Finnish). (Narrator says Finland is no more alone.) Next, a German soldier moves a barrier at the border and German troops on motorcycles, led by a staff car, begin crossing into Finland. They cross a bridge over water. A long line of German trucks, cars and motorcycles moves along a country road. One motorcycle, with sidecar, stops and the two German soldier occupants examine a sign marking the Arctic Circle. A steam locomotive pulling a train leaves a Finnish railroad station. Views from aboard the train as local Finns wave at German soldiers who look out the train windows. Change of scene shows German infantry wading through some snow, (Other places are dry.) They are moving forward and taking up firing positions. Closeup of a German soldier firing his rifle. German gun crew firing a a 7.92mm MG37(t) machine gun. Closeup of the gun firing. German soldiers firing a mortar and the shell exploding in the distance. Closeup of another German gun crew firing an MG37 machine gun. (They are probably from the 6th SS Mountain Division Nord.) Shells exploding as German infantry run forward through light brush. Another 3-man German machine gun crew viewed from behind as they fire their weapon at Soviet positions.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675047182
German and Finnish forces retreat in Finland and Finnish citizens flee as Soviet forces advance (WW2)

German and Finnish military forces retreating in Finland during World War II. German military trucks and carts move along a road. Rail tracks and rail cars loaded with luggage and belongings of Finnish citizens retreating as the Soviet forces advance in Finland. The rail station at Kemijarvi Finland and the rail yard piled high with personal belongings of Finnish citizens fleeing. A train laden with belongings of fleeing Finnish refugees. Trucks and troops go on a road. Smoke rises from background.

Date: 1944
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675046320
Helsinki being bombed by the Soviet planes during World War II.

Finland attacked by the Soviets during the "Winter War" or Russo-Finnish War of 1939-1940, coinciding with World War 2. Vyacheslav Molotov addresses Soviet men in a hall. View of Stalin seated near a wall. Soviet Men applaud. Soviet planes in flight. Soviet Paratroopers jump from the plane and descend with the help of parachutes towards Finland. Soviet army soldiers place and fire a line of artillery on the battlefield. Soviet airplanes in flight over Helsinki. The city of Helsinki being bombed by Soviet aircraft. People flee from the area. Damage in the area due to the bombardment. Destroyed houses, buildings and rubble on the ground in Finland from aerial bombing. A wrecked airplane on the street.

Date: 1939, December 25
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051605
Vintage views of Port of Helsinki and Market Square with Uspenski Cathedral.

Early civilian air travel in Northern Europe. Aerial view of a strait and island (probably Suomenlinna) near Helsingfors or Helsingford (present-day Helsinki), Finland. Boats docked in Helsingin satama (Port of Helsinki) with Uspenski Cathedral (Kanavakatu 1, 00160 Helsinki, Finland) in background. View of Market Square (Eteläranta, 00170 Helsinki, Finland) with Uspenski Cathedral and Tsarina's Stone in background.

Date: 1923
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080070
German ski troops advance towards the front in Finland during World War II.

Activities of German soldiers at a battlefield in Finland during World War II. A map of Finland shows places. German soldiers advance towards the battlefield. Ice and snow being removed from roads. German ski troops advance.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675062712
Various scenes depicting conflict during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union

The end of the Winter War in Finland. Finnish representative Juho Kusti Paasikivi leaves for Moscow for a first round of negotiations on October 9, 1939. Finnish Prime Minister A. K. Cajander, speaker of Parliament Väinö Hakkila and Mrs. Alli Paasikivi see off J.K. Paaskivi on the train station. Finnish delegation and Soviet Union officials negotiate in Moscow. A man hits a gavel on his desk. Map of Scandinavia and the Western part of the Soviet Union. A bus on fire in the middle of a street, a building is on fire nearby. A woman running away from the chaos. More burning buildings. A doctor treats an injured woman in a hospital. Artillery fires in the middle of a forest in Finland. Two soldiers in white coats walk carefully in the snow. Soldiers in white coats (camouflage for winter) walk on skis and assume prone position to fire at enemy positions. Captured Soviet soldiers are made to march by Finnish troops. A row of damaged tanks in the snow. A dead soldier in the snow. Troops leave behind damaged artillery and equipment covered in snow. A photograph of Joseph Stalin among damaged equipment. Another deceased soldier lying in the snow. Finnish civilians keep warm around a bonfire in the forest. Finnish woman gives a cup to her son. Children drinking from a cup.

Date: 1940, March 13
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044735