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German film giving their perspective on Allied invasion of Europe in World War II
Film opens with slate showing date: 6 June 1944, in World War 2. German newspapers report that combined forces of Britain, and the Soviet Union finally decided to launch their invasion of Europe. Headlines say "Invasion launched at Moscow's orders." A map highlights cities along the coast of France. Formations of Allied warplanes shown in flight overhead. Light signals seen in the dark as German forces send information about the attacks. Closeups of German military men communicating by radio and telegraph. Defense forces are called to battle stations by alarms and announcements. Responding soldiers grab rifles from a rack and rush through tunnels in their fortifications. They climb to man weapons atop their bunkers. Artillery shells being raised by hoists to them from bunkers below. Searchlights scan the dark sky for Allied aircraft, and anti-aircraft guns fire in the night, including a 2 cm Flakvierling 38, four-barreled gun. German forces firing on Allied paratroopers. German sailors aboard destroyers and fast attack "E" boats fire at Allied warships. Daylight scenes of Allied ships and German shore batteries firing at them. U.S. Porter-Class, and Benham-class destroyers firing at land targets in France. German soldiers loading and firing Atlantic Wall coastal defense guns. An allied ship explodes off the coast. More views of German coastal guns firing and another Allied ship hit and exploding. More coastal gunfire.
Opening of fountains at Peterhof (Petrodvorets) on August 25, 1946, after their restoration from destruction in World War II
Film opens showing devastated snow-covered remains of Peterhof Palace and its fountains, in Leningrad, after the Russians ended the siege of that city in January, 1944 of World War II. The next scenes show crowds gathered on 25 August, 1946, to celebrate the newly restored fountains, which are seen spraying water again. (Narrator notes that Russians now call the place Petrodvorets, meaning Peter's Palace.) An official speaks, at the ceremony, about the architecture of Petrodvorets and its cultural masterpieces still to be restored. Glimpse of statuary and array of fountains. Closeup of several young women holding flowers. Another shot of the fountains spraying along both sides of a central pond, with spectators crowded along the extreme sides near lines of trees.
German troops withdraw from the central Soviet Union and detonate bridges, buildings and railroad tracks during World War II.
German Army troops retreat from the central Soviet Union during World War 2. German Marder II and Pz.IV tanks, trucks and artillery roll back as German units retreat in the Soviet Union. The tanks roll past buildings. Explosions occur and billows of smoke rise up as buildings and bridges are blown up by the retreating Germans. Food bags and other supplies being loaded onto a freight car. Civilians loaded in the car and it pulls away. German soldiers place demolition charges along a rail track and explosions occur in the background. German Tiger tank of s.Pz.Abt.503 and Soviet tanks battle in a rear guard action. Russian tank crew surrenders. A man smokes a cigar as he smiles.
German SS (Schutzstaffel) troops, artillery and tanks move up in the Soviet Union during World War II.
German SS (Schutzstaffel) troops advance in the Soviet Union during World War II. Camouflaged infantry, Hummel SP artillery and Panther tanks of SS.Pz.Rgt.5 Wiking move up in the Soviet Union. The infantry, protected by tanks and artillery, advances through a blazing village and across a field. Bolshevik prisoners are marched by SS (Schutzstaffel) troops. Demolished enemy armor.
German infantry, trucks and heavy panther tank retreat in Soviet Union during World War II.
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 soldiers push equipment through mud and wash themselves in Lake Ilmen sector in the Soviet Union during World War II.
German troops in Lake Ilmen sector in the Soviet Union during World War II. German soldiers drag equipment and artillery through mud. The soldiers push the equipment and motorcycle bikes through the mud. They walk through muddy waters. Water being pumped and bailed out from trenches. The soldiers use buckets to bail out water. Tanks and rifles being cleaned by the soldiers. German soldiers wash their faces, shave their beards, wipe their faces and comb their hair. German barrage balloon or reconnaissance balloon in flight above a German encampment.