A Russian film titled 'Srazhenie Za Gomel' about the Russian campaign along the Belorussian front that liberated Gomel Belarus from German occupation during World War 2. Views of landscape of Belarus including trees, lake and forest. Cut down tree logs piled in field. Map shows position of Gomel. Artillery fired in the forest. Bombs explode. Soviet Army officer looks through binoculars. Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky's soldiers sit in trenches and fire. They bombard a high watch tower and it topples to the ground. They run in a field. Dead German soldiers. Sign board with city name. Soldiers enter town. Belarussian citizens, buildings and bridges in town. A document in Russian. Soldiers talk to civilians. Officers and soldiers shake hand. Bombs explode in town. Ruins of buildings. The town of Gomel.
From a Russian film titled Srazhenie Za Gomel about the Battle of Gomel in World War 2. Position of Gomel on a map. Animated arrow shows movement of Soviet Marshal Konstantin Rokossovskiy's forces. Soldiers advance in a river. They use a small wooden raft to cross the river. Bomb explodes in a field. Russian soldiers fire machine gun. Soldiers cross river on a bridge. Soldiers run in hilly area. Artillery fired. Soldiers row boat. Artillery fired on the shore. Soviet T-34 medium tank crosses wooden bridge.
A Russian Film about the Battle of Gomel in World War 2. Film titled Srazhenie Za Gomel in Russian. Partisans led by 'Katya' join Russian troops. Russian soldiers proceed to Norrossika under enemy fire. Soldiers move forward in woods and fire submachine guns. Artillery fired. Commander in trench. Soldiers move in trenches. artillery are fired. Soldiers look through binoculars, and run in field. Bombs explode near them. Gun mounted tanks move forward in field.
Japanese forces entering Thailand, December,1941, in World War 2. Views of trucks filled with Japanese troops making their way through the countryside and into the capital, Bangkok. Japanese flags are visible many places. Japanese troops take up positions throughout the city. A Japanese soldier distributes leaflets to a crowd of local people. Among landmarks seen in the capital, Bangkok, are the Democracy monument and the American Consulate. (Note: Thailand declared war on the United States,January 25, 1942. After brief incarceration, the U.S.Ambassador, Willys R. Peck, left Thailand on June 29, 1942.)
Wreckage and debris in Munda, New Georgia Island, during World War 2. Workers clear field at Munda Point. Air Force construction team clear area using power shovel and road graders. Supply and ammunition base of the island. TBF planes taxi on runway. C-47 crew unload bomb carriers. Loaded bomb carriers move out towards flight line. Control Tower operators look at a P-39. It taxis and takes off. B-25 (Mitchell Bomber) makes forced belly landing.
Civilians empty a village due to eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy during World War 2. An Italian woman holds a child. A little girl sits on the ground. Trucks drive in a village. Italian woman carries a box of belongings on top of her head. Civilians carry their belongings, such as luggage and a gramophone, and move towards a United States Army truck for removal from the area. An Italian woman smiles uneasily while carrying her belonging on top of her head. Hot lava pushing through the streets of the village destroys everything in its path. A wall of a building cracks and tumbles
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