+"Samos Greece" +1944 stock footage and images

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.