Film camera man operates a large camera on a tripod. View of many seals on the German Coast, 1940, during WW2. Two men use shovels to dig a viewing position on the beach for their camera. Close up of seals swimming in the water. A cameraman lays on the shore, fully clothed, and imitates the movements and sounds of a seal in order to lure a seal for documentation. A baby seal approaches the man, who is rocking back and forth on the sand. Close up of the baby seal on the sand with the cameraman. Shot of a seal in the water. The small seal quickly scoots back toward the water and swims to a larger seal. The seals do turns in the water. Two cameraman operate their camera on a tripod in water up to their knees. Close up of a small seal nursing. Seal lays on the beach pawing its face and splaying out its body in the sun. Close up of the whiskered seal as it yawns and closes its eyes. From a Spanish newsreel.
A group of German boys and teenagers assist the war effort by helping on farms in 1940, during WW2. They walk along a field holding baskets and farming tools. A line of of boys on their knees work to harvest potatoes on a farm using digging forks. The boys, wearing civilian clothing, sing and whistle as they work. Close ups of boys raking the ground and picking the potatoes by hand, placing them into baskets. The boys walk through the field with full baskets and dump them into a larger pile of potatoes. From a Spanish newsreel.
German women, wearing skirts modeled after male German lederhosen, perform acrobatic stunts on roller skates in cabaret style performance. Germany, 1940, during WW2. One woman holds another aloft, swinging them through the air, while spinning in circles. A new pair of women take the stage, performing a more daring stunt where the woman swinging through the air is only connected to the one spinning on the ground by a single leg, wrapped around the neck. A third stunt is performed by two women, followed by a spinning stunt involving all four acrobats. From a Spanish newsreel.
A group of Slovak soldiers stand in a group in 1940, during WW2. Slovak soldiers pore over a large sheet of paper. Close up of Ferdinand Čatloš, Slovak Minister of War. Film from a newsreel depicting staged combat footage. Armored cars drive down a roadway. A tank cross open field and fires its weapons. A line of Slovak soldiers, laying prone and firing rifles, jump up and rush forward in a mock combat scenario. Scene changes to explosion in waterway, a group of soldiers run on the far bank. Soldiers cross a makeshift wooden bridge, which explodes after, sending debris flying. From a Spanish newsreel.
During the German siege of Warsaw, Poland 1939, in WW2. A motorcade transports members of the foreign (non-German) diplomatic corps in Warsaw to the German front lines, in order to be safely evacuated from Warsaw and brought through Germany to Berlin. Crowds of soldiers and personnel on either side of the road. Foreign women stand in the back of a military vehicle. Panning shot of the cars and assembled German soldiers. Close up of a Republic of China flag on one of the motor cars. Another car has an American flag. Foreigners sit at a desk, filling out paperwork. German soldiers stand in the background. A foreign black man laughs and jokes with a German soldier. German soldiers hold a child and baby in their arms. From a Spanish newsreel.
A German soldier uses a scissors telescope to peer over a trench during WW2 invasion of Poland, 1939. German soldier holds and listens through a field telephone. Another soldier operates a field telephone system. Artillery gun fires at the Polish enemy. A second scissor telescope being used by a German soldier. More artillery fire from cover of brush. German soldiers load and fire a mortar. Scene changes to view of train on railroad track, explosion hits train car. German soldiers drive and push combat vehicles through muddy terrain, flaming and smoking train in the background. Aerial view of the invasion, sky covered in smoke. Large clouds of smoke rising. Scene changes to September 27, 1939, Polish General Tadeusz Kutrzeba is escorted by German officers to a larger German group, where General Kutrzeba salutes German Colonel-General Johannes Blaskowitz, Commander of the German 8th Army. General Kutrzeba is escorted inside a military vehicle. Inside the vehicle, the two parties talk and review papers, discussing the surrender of Warsaw, the Polish capital. General Kutrzeba is escorted out of the vehicle. Poland's formal capitulation occurred the following day. Taken from a Spanish newsreel.
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