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German soldiers tour an estate, bargain with natives and drink wine at the island of Samos in Greece.

German soldiers at the island of Samos in Greece. Scenes of the island. Life of common man of Samos. German soldiers tour an estate. They bargain with the natives. A soldier talks to a monk on Mount Athos, Chalcidice. The soldiers drink wine. A woman serves to the soldiers. A damaged building. Soldiers walk around it. Soldiers meet monks and move inside a building. A monk shows a photograph hung on a wall to the soldiers. (World War II period).

Location: Greece
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675031633
German troops capture Samos and Leros Islands in Greece during World War II.

Opening scene shows map of Greece, highlighting Athens, Samos and Leros. Views of wrecked boats and ships along a shore. Dead soldier lying near a gun position overlooking a town near shore below. German soldiers look at newspaper headline reading (in German) "British Sea base taken." German General Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, World War 2 Commander of the operation, mingles with and congratulates ordinary German soldiers. Soldier looking over the island of Samos from a mountain. German soldier looking at large barrels on a pier. Closeup of a bottle of Greek Samos wine. German officers and soldiers drinking the wine. Soldiers cutting bananas from a large bunch carried by a local man. A long line of captured British soldiers and sailors marching under guard along a mountain road. Closeups of them passing the camera. The prisoners descending from a pier into large barges. Glimpse of an Indian colonial soldier among them. Large numbers of prisoners being marched under guard along a road in town.

Location: Samos Greece
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675053352
British forces liberate Greece from German occupation and Greek Prime Minister Papandreou during a ceremony, in World War II.

Allied forces liberate Greece from German occupation and civilians cheer for them, during World War II. British convoy of warships and boats reach the harbor of Athens. Commanders look at the harbor. British Army with Polish and Greek regular army soldiers march on roads towards Athens. Civilians cheer, hail, welcome them, raise posters and banners. Greek and British soldiers visit ancient Greek monuments. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou reviews honor guard of combined British, Greek and Polish forces. Greek civilians on roads and buildings hail Prime Minister Papandreou who pays homage to Greek soldiers and salutes them. Greek girls carry national flag to a monument and Papandreou and others follow them.

Location: Athens Greece
Date: 1944, October
Duration: 5 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056373
German tanks and military vehicles pass in review at a parade in Athens, Greece.

German military parade in Athens, Greece during World War II. German military tanks roll down a road during the parade. Soldiers atop tanks salutes the reviewing officer. The reviewing officer salutes back. The soldiers in military vehicles during the parade. A band plays.

Location: Athens Greece
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675059091
Axis forces conquer Greece and Yugoslavia during World War II.

Film opens showing Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Benito Mussolini of Italy. Next Mussolini is seen addressing a large crowd from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Italy announcing plans to invade Greece. Views of Greek troops marching during the Greco-Italian War between the kingdoms of Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. Animated map depicts Italian advances into Greece with subsequent withdrawal as the Greeks drive them back and then invade Albania. Closeup of Hitler enraged about this turn of events, delaying his military Operation Barbarossa against the Soviet Union. Glimpse of Mussolini visiting his troops in the field. Newspaper headline reads: "Jugoslavia Gets Hitler Terms." A sub headline reads: "Nazi move in Greece Seen." Another view of Greek troops marching. A Junkers JU-87 Stuka dive bomber in flight, enters a steep dive to bomb a target. Bombs exploding in forest. Another Stuka diving and dropping bombs on a city building. Closeup glimpse of a Stuka speeding past the camera. View of a bombed out Yugoslavian building from German air attack on April 6, 1941. Animated map shows German and Italian forces attack paths from their bases in Italy, Hungary, Romania, and Hungary, vanquishing Yugoslavia. Map extends to Greece, where German forces overwhelm three defending Greek Divisions (aided by some British forces). Aerial view of a German Junkers Ju 52 transport plane flying over the Parthenon in Athens.

Location: The Balkans Europe
Date: 1941, April
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065790
President Roosevelt presents a Lend-lease Patrol Craft to the Greek Navy, at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC

Greece receives a lend-lease Submarine Chaser (USS PC 622) in Washington DC. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Officers and sailors of the U.S. and Royal Hellenic Navy attend the formal transfer ceremony at at the Washington Navy yard. Greek sailors wear caps displaying the words, "B Naytikon." The United States flag is lowered and the Greek flag hoisted on the ship. (The Greek Navy renamed the ship the "Vassilefs Georghios II.")

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1944, June 10
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028525
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