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German artillery including German 800mm 'Gustav' railway gun shells Russian positions in Sevastopol, Ukraine.

Heavy bombardment by the Germans on Russian positions in Sevastopol, Ukraine. German heavy artillery fired in outskirts of Sevastopol. Russian troops fight Germans on streets. Troops advance through wrecked buildings and rubble. Body of a dead Russian soldier. Troops street fight. German troops firing heavy artillery Karl-Gerät self propelled siege mortar (Thor or Mörser Karl, 60cm). Writing on side of the mortar says, "Thor" . German 800mm 'Gustav' railway gun is prepared to fire on Russian positions. German crew loads Gustav with 800mm shell. Gustav is fired. Heavy explosion on Russian position throwing billows of smoke in air. Heavy artillery explosions. Men roll 800mm shells. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053087
German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II turns into slow moving grim house-by-house battle in Soviet cities.

German Operation Barbarossa, invasion of the Soviet Union in World War 2. Opening scene of film shows wartime damage near the sand bag protected Opera and Ballet Theater building in Odessa during World War 2. Glimpse of a Soviet armored vehicle, derived from an STZ-3 agricultural tractor, used during the Siege of Odessa. View of Soviet defenders running through a trench, during the two month German siege. View of Sevastopol, Crimea. A statue in the foreground and Legislative Assembly building in the background, with dense white smoke rising from behind it. Soviet soldiers firing a large defense gun in a Gorky fortress; firing a large gun from a seaport wharf and from a railroad car, and Soviet troops firing small arms in fields, including Degtyaryov machine guns. A Soviet soldier firing a Maxim heavy machine gun. View from overlooking hill of the Odessa Black Sea Naval Base. German troops entering the fringes of Sevastopol. One throws a hand grenade. Views of Soviet defenders firing machine guns. In the city, German soldiers fight street by street. Several are seen scurrying along a sidewalk, keeping close to a building for protection. Others rush into damaged buildings trying to flush out Soviet defenders with hand grenades. Camera pans over ruins of the destroyed city of Sevastopol. Dead German soldiers lying in ruins. One lies atop across the front of a Panzer VI tank. His uniform is in flames. Closeup of his hand. More dead German soldier are seen on the ground near a knocked out German tank. View of a large crowd of people. Soviet officers on horseback review a formation of troops. Glimpse of marching armed Soviet soldiers.

Date: 1941, June
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065794
Soviet aircraft engage German aircraft and Soviet forces bombard and take Sevastopol in World War II

Formation of Soviet YAK fighter aircraft in flight. A lone German Messerschmitt Bf 109 in flight. The YAKs peel off and dive to attack. They pursue the German airplane and shoot it down. It crashes into the ocean. The flight of Soviet aircraft attack a lone German Me-110 and it descends in flames to crash and explode on the ground.The Soviets attack another German aircraft that also crashes and explodes. German pilot is seen descending in parachute. A downed German airplane begins to burn on the ground and bursts into flames that consume it. In separate sequence, Soviet General, Fedor Ivanovich Tolbukhin, looks through binoculars as he observes artillery fire on Sapun Mountains, Ukraine. Views of the General's staff. Soviet gun crews firing 203mm B-4 heavy artillery. Soviet officers discussing target map. Animated map showing the Soviet advances and capture of Sevastopol in May 1944

Date: 1944, May
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675065835
German aircraft drop bombs over enemy positions in Sevastopol, Russia during World War II.

German soldiers battle against Russian troops in Sevastopol, Russia during World War II. A fleet of German aircraft in flight. A pilot seated in the cockpit of an airplane. Aerial view of the ground and a lake below. The aircraft drop bombs over enemy positions. The aircraft strafe. Fire and explosions on the ground.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675064772
Contrasting views of Berlin, Germany from 1945 to 1943, to 1945 again, during World War II

Soviet Forces battling in Berlin during 1945, in World War 2, employ tanks and heavy machine guns. A Soviet soldier herds two German prisoners from a building. Groups of German soldier prisoners struggle through rubble as they are led from buildings, under guard. Soviet tanks firing as they pass a church building. A Soviet heavy gun being fired point blank on a Berlin street. Buildings on fire. Soviet soldiers firing artillery field pieces. Views of destroyed and damaged German military aircraft on and in hangars of an airfield. Soviet Ilyushin II aircraft land on the airfield. Closeup of distressed German General rubbing his eyes. Flashback in time to 1943, in World War II. Field Marshal Hermann Goering is seen reviewing flyers of a German Luftwaffe (Air Force) unit. A Junkers Ju 52 trimotor aircraft lands and parks on an airfield. Italian leader Benito Mussolini steps from the aircraft after his rescue from imprisonment by the Italian Government at the Hotel Campo Imperatore. He is personally welcomed by Adolf Hitler, who had ordered the mission to rescue him. Change of time, again, to 1945, when Berlin, Germany is attacked by Forces of the Soviet Union. Closeup of a despairing German General. Scenes of utter destruction as Soviet troops batter Berlin, Germany with artillery. Soviet soldier steps down from his tank and gives a Soviet General a handgun, which he pockets and then leads a group of Soviet officers into a building

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Korean
Clip: 65675074100
German Operation Barbarossa invasion of the Soviet Union is successful at first but then fails to defeat the Soviets

German forces overrunning Soviet cities and towns during Operation Barbarossa of World War II. View of the city, Pskov, on the Veilakaya river. A steel bridge is seen and city across it with smoke rising. German troops marching in loose formation over a bridge in Novogorod. Views of German armor and troops entering Soviet cities of Brest-litovsk, Minsk, Mogilev, and Vitebsk. View of German Panzer III tank heading toward the camera as it enters a narrow street in Smolensk. Animated map shows progress of these German advances and highlights German forces under German Field Marshal Gerd Von Runstedt attacking deep into the Ukraine. Headline on Chicago Daily News reads: "Nazis Claim Knock-out Victory" with subtitle line reading,"Moscow line cracks." Other newspapers reflect conviction that Soviet forces face imminent defeat by Germany. Slate shows communique issued by the German High Command, stating: "The issue in the East has already been settled. Smolensk is the last halt on the road to Moscow." More views of marching German troops. A battery of Soviet artillery firing from a snow-covered field. Animated map shows German forces movement close to Moscow and Foreign diplomatic representatives being moved from Moscow to city of Kuibyshev. Hitler speaking on October 3, 1941, saying "This enemy is broken and will never rise again." Animated map depicts 500 thousand square miles of Soviet territory occupied by December, 1941, and compares it to the entire west central United States encompassing the states of : South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Glimpse of fires raising much smoke in agricultural area of the Soviet Union, destroyed industrial plants, and huge numbers of Soviet citizens under German occupation. Destroyed Soviet armor, aircraft and artillery pieces. With winter coming on, views of German forces in rain gear moving slowly through cold rainy weather. Some walk beside horses and other ride on horse-drawn caissons along with artillery pieces. Segments of film show contrast between the German military strategies. The German forces would plunge deep into enemy territory and create an area of conquest. This is illustrated by a slate bearing Adolf Hitler's statement that, "A single blow must destroy the enemy, without regard for losses, a gigantic destroying blow." An animated map reminds the viewer of the success of this approach by the Germans in Poland, France, and the Balkans. German Generals seen planning the same "Blitz" approach against the Soviets. Film shifts to the Soviet strategy, showing their military planners idea of defense in depth, with multiple lines of successively stronger defense, taking advantage of the great size of their territory. Views of Soviet troops on the move. View of Shells knocking out a German tanks. Panzer III tanks advancing. Panzer VI tanks completely covered by German troops catching rides. Soviet field artillery and machine guns firing in cities, forcing German soldiers to leave their vehicles and seek them out. Soviet cities bombed out and burning, limiting the ability of armor to navigate in them. Montage of battle scenes cities of Rostov, Kharkov, Kiev, Kursk, Smolensk, standing in the way of the Nazi blitz into the Soviet Union. Battles being waged in cities. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1941, June
Duration: 5 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065793