A German Gotha Go-242 transport glider banking in flight during World War II. Starboard side of the Go-242 with three spring skids protruding from bottom of fuselage. The Go-242 transport glider makes a wide turn and final approach to land in airfield. The Go-242 makes a smooth landing on snow-covered airfield in Germany. Soldiers opening the fuselage of the transport glider. Soldiers board motorcycle with sidecars and they drive out from the aircraft.
A parked Gotha Go-242 transport glider in snow-covered airfield during World War II. Another Go-242 close by taxiing on runway. The rear of the transport glider is raised. German soldiers run out of the glider pulling their hand ammunition trailer and hit the deck in ready firing prone position in the snow. The camera pans to the right where another Go-242 just landed. The rear of the Go-242 opens. Two German soldiers set two planks over the rear as platforms. A motorcycle with sidecar drives away from the glider, followed by soldiers pulling carts. Another Go-242 glider landing on airfield. Go-242 with open rear fuselage and a tracked-motorcycle vehicle comes out and is driven away.
A German Gotha Go-242 transport glider lands in snow-covered airfield during World War II. Another Go-242 is seen parked nearby. Rear of one of the Go-242 gliders opens. German Soldiers jump out of the glider. The pair of soldiers place wooden planks over which the four-passenger military car comes out. The military car drives in the snow. German soldiers in process of putting down planks over the rear of another Go-242. Soldiers pull out the 105mm type Howitzer from the Go-242. A group of fully armed German soldiers jumps out of an already landed Go-242. The soldiers run and lie in prone positions in the snow. The camera follows them as they continue to run.
The Dnipro River in Smolensk, Soviet Union during World War II. Several buildings and facilities seen from the Dnipro River. A secluded Soviet government facility near a forest trail leading to Katyn Forest. Nazi German officials in Katyn Forest after the discovery of the Katyn massacre mass grave. Men exhume thousands of corpses in Katyn Forest near Smolensk. Corpses of Polish military officers and intelligentsia prisoners of war in mass grave. Partially exhumed corpses are seen stacked on top of each other.
Bodies of Polish victims of the 1940 Katyn massacre during World War II. A corpse found from the 1943 exhumation of the mass grave. More remains of Katyn massacre victims. Exhumed corpses lie on the ground. A man shows the corpse of a Polish military officer. Men digging and carrying a corpse on stretcher. A man uncovers a corpse. The man inspects the corpse’s wallet for identification. Polish banknotes and identification papers on wooden table. Pictures of family members and identification cards belonging to Katyn massacre victims. Thousands of corpses exhumed in Katyn Forest. The Red Cross flag is also seen.
The body of Polish Brigadier General Mieczysław Smorawiński is exhumed and identified by Red Cross workers at Katyn during World War II. Men carrying the remains of Smorawiński. Red Cross workers perform an autopsy on Smorawiński’s remains. Forensic experts inspect the neck and head of Katyn massacre victim. Red Cross workers, field chaplains, and European Red Cross committee (Katyn Commission) members are present as the autopsies are performed onsite. Partially exhumed corpses in the Katyn massacre mass grave. A Nazi German official shows exhumed corpses to reporters. Officials inspect the corpses found in mass grave. Nazi German officer showing damage on a victim’s neck to representatives. Katyn Commission officials and reporters inspect Polish identification cards and personal effects found in victims. They take notes of the items. Reporters are shown the pit of the mass grave. Workers unearth a corpse in the mass grave. German soldiers are also present at the Katyn massacre mass crave. Decomposed remains of a Katyn massacre victim. A 72-year-old farmer giving testimony and information about the 1940 Katyn massacre to a field chaplain, investigators, and reporters. Investigators and workers view the exhumed victims on the ground. German field chaplain performs the last rites for the Katyn massacre victims.
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