German newsreel with Portuguese narration and periodic English overlay translation. Beginning of the battle for Europe, in World War 2. German Panzer IV tanks moving across a field in Normandy and firing against invading Allied Forces. German infantry following, some carrying Panzerschreck (bazooka) antitank weapons. Views of fires burning and knocked out tanks and armored vehicles. A German soldier guards two American tank crew members who are carrying a wounded, fellow U.S. Army soldier. German armor ascending a hill overlooking battlefield. Heavy fighting in coastal towns and the Bayeux area. German troops firing heavy machine guns. German soldier throwing a hand grenade. More destroyed armor. German soldier ordering battery of rocket launchers to fire. Explosions, fire and destruction.
The German campaign in Russia, Soviet Union, during World War II. Mortars, artillery and machine guns being fired by the Germans. Under heavy fire cover armored German troops carry counter attack. Tiger tanks of SS.Pz.Reg.2 'Das Reich' and s.Pz.Abt.503 firing. Heavy firing takes place as smoke rises.
Nazi Propaganda Minister Dr. Joseph Goebbels in Germany during World War 2. Dr. Goebbels arrives in a car to meet General Otto Walter Model on the Western Front. They shake hands and salute each other out side a headquarter building. Goebbels departs in a car camouflaged with pine branches. In separate event, signs are shown posted in an armaments factory. They encourage workers to strive for victory. Goebbels addresses a large crowd of armaments workers and some uniformed attendees. Joseph Goebbels addresses the audience. Troopers behind the platform hold banners representing Cologne, Rhein, and other places. The workers listen to the address and applaud at time enthusiastically. Goebbels gives encouragement to the workers,speaking of war progress and allies, like Romania. He thanks them for their efforts. The session ends with all singing a patriotic song.
Allied Supreme Commander for South West Pacific Area, General Douglas MacArthur en route to Milne Bay, New Guinea during World War 2. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid and Rear Admiral Van Hook at Archerfield in Brisbane, Australia. They await the arrival of General MacArthur. A car arrives at the airfield and General MacArthur gets out of the car. The General being greeted by the Admirals. General MacArthur and the Admirals aboard MacArthur's personal B-17 Flying Fortress "Bataan" as they confer. Three officers aboard USS Phoenix underway in the Pacific Ocean. A convoy of Allied ship underway in far background with a sailor at a blinker in the foreground.
United States troops and equipment advance in Gaeta, Italy during World War 2. Aerial views of the damage caused to buildings in Gaeta from bombings. Damaged buildings in the city. Debris in the streets. Troops, half tracks and artillery roll through the ruins.
Allied landings at Anzio, Italy during World War 2. A DUKW ( amphibious tank ) unloads from an LST ( Landing Ship Tank). The DUKW underway at sea and moves towards land. U.S. Army 3rd Division soldiers in a Higgins boat head for a beach. Vehicles and other equipment being unloaded from the LST on a portable dock at Red Beach, south of Anzio. Soldiers of 74h Signal Battalion eat C rations. Equipment comes ashore. The LST in the background.
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