A german soldier beside a 12.8 cm Pak 44 anti tank gun set up to command a road on the Eastern front in World War 2. German troops moving through Pripyat (Pripet) marshes in Ukraine. They slog through trenches containing several inches of water. They move into a wooded area.The ground is snow-covered. They carry rifles and hand grenades. One is seen carrying a StG-44 assault rifle.They all hit the ground and look alert. An officer looks ahead through binoculars. Soldiers in a trench fire a mortar. Its shells are seen striking target nearby. A large formation of German bombers, heading toward Soviet targets, is seen in flight overhead. A flight of German Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers arrives to provide close air support, attacking Soviet positions nearby.
German troops in Soviet Union during World War II. A map of East front. German infantry, trucks and heavy panther tank retreat in Russia. Demolition teams use light bombs to destroy bridges and supplies. The bridges being destroyed as the last soldier pases. Smoke arises due to bombardment. Troops arrange heavy equipment and bombard. They eat and drink. A Nazi soldier in a fox hole. German tanker named Panther moves. Two soldiers fire from a fox hole. Smoke rises due to an explosion.
German campaign on the Eastern Front of World War II. Artillery, mortars and rifles fired by German soldiers against the Russian Red Army in the eastern European Theater. German soldiers move across a field as firing continues. A German machine gunner fires. A night rocket barrage. Heavy firing takes place at night. German Army radio operator wearing headphones operates a radio in the field. View of his antennae and equipment. German soldiers make Soviet Russian prisoners march to the rear.
Germans campaign on the Eastern Front of World War II. German Stukas in flight release bombs over Russian communication installations. Bombs impact causes a pillar of smoke to rise up. Stukas continue to bombard the important communication set ups.
Film titled, 'Russian People'. During World War 2 on eastern front, view of a burning village in Western Russia where the Russian people had set fire to their own village in order to prevent use of it by German soldiers as refuge. View of burning houses, people fleeing and women crying. Close up views of anguished and sad Russian civilians. Dead bodies of Russian people seen on the ground. A Russian Guerrilla chief reads an oath. Faces of Russian guerrillas of all ages and sexes. Armed Russian guerrillas. The guerrillas cut the enemy's communication lines. Traps are set for German engineers. Three German engineers approach the traps at a distance. Explosions occur. The German engineers get killed.
Artur (Arthur) Axmann inspects Hitler Youth in Germany. He inspects Hitler Youth contingents in a massive rally. Members of Hitler Youth stand in formations. A Hitler Youth plays drums. Buildings in the background. Representatives of Hitler Youth units come forward and shake Axmann's hand and salute. (Axmann uses his left hand only, having lost his right arm on the Eastern Front.) German flags in view. Uniforms of the different Hitler Youth units. Insignias and armbands in view.