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Marshal Antonescu, Military Dictator of Romania, inspects troops on Eastern Front (WW2)
Marshal of Romania, Ion Victor Antonescu, inspects troops in snow on the Eastern Front in World War II. Accompanied by German and Romanian Generals, he inspects troops, equipment, horses, small arms and field guns, including a dug in 75mm gun. Romanian General Avramsecu, Commander of Mountain Troops is among those present.
Marshal Antonescu, of Romania, inspects troops on Eastern Front.
Marshal Ion Victor Antonescu, Military Dictator of Romania, arrives by Junkers J-52 aircraft, to inspect troops on the Eastern Front. He is greeted by Romanian General Avramescu, Commander of Mountain Troops. Accompanied by German and Romanian Generals, he reviews troops in the snow. He speaks to individual soldiers and examines the winter coat of one. (World War II period).
Soviet units defend against German invasion on the Eastern Front during World War II..
Soviet units in action against the Germans on the Eastern Front during World War 2. Soviet soldiers, tanks and artillery concealed in a forest. Camouflaged Soviet trucks and tanks move along a road. Soldiers confer at a map. German Pz.III and Pz.IV tanks, of 11th Panzer Division, and trucks advance. A soldier looks through binoculars at an enemy position. A Soviet heavy gun is fired from a concealed position in the woods. Soviet soldiers crawl across a field and throw flaming grenades. They fire water-cooled machine guns. Wounded Soviet soldier being treated by medics. German Messerschmitt aircraft in flight. British Hawker Hurricane aircraft (provided to Soviets under lend-lease) takes off to engage German airplane. Flaming wreckage of German aircraft on the ground. A Soviet pilot records the victory in a log book. Soviet fliers smile, as they pose in front of radial-engined biplanes. Wreckage of German aircraft strewn on the ground. German prisoners being marched under Soviet guard.
A 1942-1943 film report to the American public about the progress of World War II in Europe and the Pacific.
Opening slate at start of film reads: "1942--1943 The Turn of the Tide." A column of British armor enters Bengazi, Libya, led by several troops in tankettes. Next seen are a Lee Medium Tank, M3 followed by an infantry tank, a jeep, another infantry tank and another Lee M3 Medium tank. Closeup of local people greeting the troops with upraised hands giving the "V" for victory sign. Another Lee M3 tank passes close by the camera. Black smoke is rising in the background. Scene changes to a half sunken ship near another burning in the harbor. Another view of this from further away above port buildings. Closeup of three smiling British soldiers leaning over a cartoon on a tank, of Winston Churchill (As a bulldog smoking a cigar and wearing a cap with the word "Victory" written on it). A crumpled captured flag with swastika on it. British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery stands atop a vehicle (unseen) and looks through binoculars. Below, a column of British supply vehicles is making its way along a path in the desert. Two tanks coming toward the camera through sand. Animated map shows Nazi territory being threatened by the Allies from the Mediterranean, the USSR, and the English Channel. Views of Soviet infantry advancing against German forces in the snow of winter on the eastern front. Soviet troops firing updated 76-mm divisional gun model 1902 hidden in woods. Shells exploding in snow-covered field as Soviet BT series tanks advance. Various Soviet artillery firing from fixed gun batteries and from woods. A shell striking in distance. Fallen German soldiers lying on snowy field. Makeshift battlefield crosses marking graves of fallen German soldiers. German steel helmets lined up in the snow. A sign, posted on a birch tree, lists the names and birth dates of 16 German soldiers from the 3rd Panzer Division (3Pz-Pi-BH.39) buried at this site on November 28, 1941. Scene shifts to Joseph Stalin addressing Soviet troops in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. All the soldiers in formation seem to be singing (unheard). Film switches to animated map again. This time delineating the Eastern front being pressed by the USSR, and showing area of the 2nd Soviet winter offensive in 1943. Change of scene from Europe to the War in Asia, against Japan, shows General Douglas MacArthur after arriving by a B-17 bomber at a Pacific island American base. He ascends a steep hill in a jungle area, accompanied by other officers. Closeup of MacArthur. American infantry moving in single file in New Guinea, as a field piece fires a round in the direction they are headed. U.S. artillerymen load shells into a 105mm howitzer gun. A fire burns as mop-up operations begin on New Guinea. An Australian soldier is seen firing a Bren gun in jungles. Other Australian soldiers fire a mortar that explodes, raising earth and dust. More views of shells exploding near Allied soldier advancing. A soldier with fixed bayonet makes a fake charge toward the camera. Views of Japanese prisoners of war guarded in an outdoor compound. Japanese dead soldiers on Guadalcanal. An animated map shows new battle lines in the Pacific, closing in on Japan, with pressure from China, the USSR, and the Pacific islands being captured by the U.S. Arrows are added showing new pressure from American naval fleets and from British and American bombers out of Australia and captured islands.
Various views of Soviet soldiers preparing for combat during a lull during battle against German invasion in World War II
Opening of film shows image of famous statue being projected on a screen. The statue depicts a Soviet worker and a collective farm woman, respectively, raising a hammer and sickle high above their heads. The statue is a stainless steel art work created by Vera Mukhinafor the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, France. (It was later moved to Moscow, Russia.) Next a field and forest is shown on the Western front of the Soviet Union (Eastern Front of World War 2, in Europe). Soviet soldiers are preparing for combat during a temporary lull in their defense against German forces in their Operation Barbarossa offensive ,begun in June, 1941. Soviet soldiers place branches and foliage upon a BT tank as camouflage. Others assemble loose ammunition rounds into machine gun belts. Soldiers camouflaging an artillery field piece with foliage. Soviet soldiers refueling a tank. Soldiers moving through wooded area past another camouflaged gun. Several Soviet soldiers at a shelter in the woods, placing ammunition rounds in a clip. A printer producing a daily newspaper for soldiers. A soviet soldier picks one up to read. Closeup of the newspaper. Soviet munitions handlers inserting fuses into noses of artillery shells. A T-34 tank sitting in foliage. Soldiers looking at charts as they sit in the woods. A Soviet soldier running (possibly to deliver a dispatch).
German tanks advance and attack Soviet forces on the eastern front during World War 2
German panzer tanks move forward to attack Soviet Union in European Theater during World War II. Nazi tanks move against Russian troops. Fire and scenes of destruction from battle.