German invasion of Russia, Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa). Early morning in Berlin with quiet street scenes during World War II. Hands of a clock in view. A man unloads milk cans from a truck. German radio broadcasting studios. A man operates controls. View of radio tower and buildings. Men enter an office. A sign announces broadcast in progress and requests quiet and no entry. Propaganda Minister Dr Joseph Goebbels enters the room and sits on a sofa. He announces Germany has launched an offensive on the Eastern Front as Germany's actions represent declaration of war against the Soviet Union. Officers stand in the background. Several men seated in cars, listen to radio broadcast. German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop makes the announcement to journalists at a crowded news conference. Newspapers carry the story. Cameramen take photographs. Animated map depicts the Eastern front extending more than 5 thousand kilometers from Finland in the North to Romania in the South. This is Operation Barbarossa. German troops invade Russia. A ship underway and a bridge in view. Heavy German guns bombard targets. Smoke rises up. Street signs such as "Eydtkau" are shown as evidence of advances. German troops dismantle border barriers. German tanks and artillery advancing Eastward, encountering resistance. They blow up a building.
German artillerymen fire railway gun on front in Russia. Barrel of gun. A man looks through periscope. Artillerymen load gun and push the shell inwards. They fire the gun. Man picks up and puts a shell in gun. They adjust the barrel up wards and fire. Artillerymen cover their ear with hands. A soldier carries out empty shell from gun. (World War II period).
Russian Red Cross women during an air raid drill in Russia during World War II. Air raid siren sounds. Red Cross women march, some of them carry stretchers. Red Cross women make the woman on stretcher wear gas mask and work on her legs. Red Cross women carry the woman on stretcher. Red Cross women being trained in a compound.
Russian civilians get fire instructions in Russia during World War II. Civilians being trained how to put off fire. Large group of civilians watch the training. Enlisted civilians undergo training.
The Russian Campaign of World War II. A German soldier beside artillery in Russia. A group of German soldiers preparing artillery. The soldiers fire the artillery. Explosions on Russian positions. Smoke rising from the explosions. Smoke rising from the shelled positions along the bank of a river. Infantry moving along the river bank. Soldiers crossing the river on boats. The soldiers carrying equipment walking beside a damaged building.
The Russian Campaign of World War II. Russian prisoners of war moving in columns escorted by German soldiers in Russia. The prisoners moving along the bank of a river. Several views of the war prisoners.