Rocket program construction site in Peenemunde Germany during World War 2. Views of sand hills, pipes, huge cranes, three cylindrical towers. Workers join the long pipes together. Men work near under construction building.
German newsreel in World War 2 shows Spanish sailors in boats possibly in North Africa. A sailor talks over telephone. Sailors fire from gun mounted on the boat. Long muzzle of a gun seen. Spanish Soldiers jump from the boats and pull the boat to the beach. Soldiers march on rocky hills. Marching troop of soldiers led by the Spanish officer. Spanish officer salutes the troops.
World War II. Hitler Youth pull speed boats to the sea and jump in them. Propeller on long extender in the water. A youth operating the motor stands in the boat whereas others sit. German 'swastika' insignia on the arms of the youth. Boat reaches the beach. Youth jump out.
Civilian refugees in Kemijarvi, Finland during World War II. Horse driven wagons carry household materials. Furniture loaded on the oxen carts and civilians walk by the sides. View of Kemijarvi train station. Train with furniture loaded high on flat cars passes through the valley.
Elements of the Soviet Navy Nothern Fleet escorting a supply convoy in the Barents Sea during World War 2. Soviet destroyers in camouflage are seen moving amongst the transport ships of the convoy. Soviet officers conferring in pilot house of a ship. Scene of some heavy seas. A Soviet Leningrad class destroyer moving rapidly astern the photo ship. Cargo ships steaming in background. Soviet antiaircraft gunners near their weapons, search skies with binoculars. Three German airplanes are sighted overhead and an alarm is sounded. Soviet sailors run to their battle stations. One gun crew is seen uncovering their weapon and beginning to fire at the German aircraft. A German three-engine Ju-52 flies low over the ship and drops a bomb that explodes in the water. Soviet gunners continue their barrage. Black flak begins to appear in the sky. A German Ju-78, Stuka dive bomber heads toward a ship. Two Soviet officers, on deck in heavy clothing, looking through binoculars. sailors load shells. Sequence shifts to a fast moving Soviet MO-4 small guard ship. View from aboard the MO-4 as it speeds through the water. Officers seen on the open foredeck. A crew member signals and the ship launches a depth charge to defend the convoy against German submarines. She continues to lay a cordon of depth charges. Final scene shows convoy transport ships continuing safely.
Inauguration of a theater in Cleveland, Ohio. Universal Newreel talking reporter and narrator, Graham McNamee, seated at a desk, congratulates the City of Cleveland for its new Telenews theater, devoted to movie newsreels.
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