People board a ski train in Oslo Norway, heading for ski mountains during winter in World War 2. People gather outside a train station building in Oslo. Buildings along the sides of a street. People walk holding skis on the train platform. They load skis onto the outside of railroad cars and then fill the cars with skiers. A ski train at a railroad station. The train leaves the platform bringing recreational skiers to mountains.
A boxing match in Berlin, Germany during World War 2. People gather in a large number to see the match. German officials seated to watch the match. People seated around a boxing ring. Two different boxing matches are shown, with two different German fighters taking on two other European opponents. The match in progress. Men box in the boxing ring. People applaud and cheer.
Activities of German soldiers on the Tunisian front in North Africa during World War 2. Beginning of film shows several German infantrymen moving along a trench . German soldiers are crouched down in defensive positions in a section of the trench. One soldier is seen using a periscopic binocular to view beyond an earthen berm. At a campsite, one soldier looks through binoculars. a tent is in the background. He appears to have an MG 42 machine gun at his position. Another soldier climbs the steel tower of a windmill, while its rotor is spinning, to get a better look at Allied positions. American forces are raising dust as they maneuver, in the distance. German soldiers roll back coverings from their fox holes and emerge to man their defensive positions. One appears to have a Bren gun at his at his position. German artillerymen raise their field pieces from camouflaged places. One appears to be a 10 cm Kanone 17, and the other a lighter field piece. A soldier firing his MG 42 machine gun. German infantry casually advancing through an orchard. Glimpse of German soldier making annotations in some documents. Captured American prisoners of war, under guard, entering a trench as a temporary holding place. One of them is being assisted by two others. Scene shifts to destroyed British Crusader tanks in a field. German soldiers examine one closely. A white flag is placed next to it. More views of knocked out tanks. A soldier, standing next to one, unsheathes a long bladed knife and proceeds to sharpen it.
Opening scene shows German submariners taking "victory" shower baths. Versenkungswimpel (kill pennants) wave from a U-boat, showing tonnage of each ship sunk, as it returns to St. Nazaire, in World War 2. A seagull bird flies overhead. Officers are seen on the conning tower of a submarine, containing painted images of two satyrs flailing at each other. View forward,from conning tower of a submarine, as it moves on the surface. It displays banners reading "4500." Closeup profile silhouettes of two crewmen. The sun is low in sky. A sailor using semaphore flags signals to a submarine. View of crewmen crowding its conning tower, waving. This boat displays two kill pennants, a Kriegsmarine ensign flag, and a homemade flag reading "Ferner Liesen." It also displays flags with silhouettes of the two ships it sank. Along its deck are souvenir name plates and life preservers from those ships. The returning submarines are welcomed by a military band playing on the wharf. Crewmembers lined up on deck wave back. The boat's captain salutes as he is welcomed by Admiral Karl Doenitz (Dönitz), Commandant of the German U-boat fleet. Several women present flowers to the U-boat captain, as his crew stands on its deck, behind them. The women then give some to the crew members, as well. The crew leaves the boat deck. Closeup of the Captain saluting. Crew members seen being warmly greeted on the shore. One submariner drinks from a bottle of beer. Crew members seen standing on deck of U-boat as it moves toward, and enters steel reinforced concrete pen. View of maintenance being performed on hull of a submarine, inside the pen. A torpedo being loaded by crane and chains, into a submarine. Canned goods, supplies, being loaded into the U-boat.
German U-boat leaving protective submarine pen, at St.Nazaire,France, during World War 2. Crew members are at departure duties, on deck. German Kriegsmarine ensign displayed from conning tower mast. Momentary glimpse of commercial freighter nearby in the harbor. Boat's crew stowing lines as the U-boat is underway on the surface. View of engine room with valve tappets moving and crewman tending to it. View from foredeck as waves rise at bow. The boat's deck gun visible. As the boat proceeds, it settles lower in the water which washes over the deck. Lookout with binoculars sights a small American freighter, with single funnel. The crew prepares its deck gun and fires two rounds at the ship. The seas are rough and crew are in foul weather gear. Captain of the U-boat looks through binoculars. Surprising view of the submarine from another boat, nearby. View down upon the conning tower with crew members there and waves rolling over the U-boat. The crew fires a third round at the freighter, and then a 4th, that causes the ship to explode. View below decks as crew responds to alarm and submerges. The Captain looks through the U-boat periscope. View through periscope, of another ship. He gives order to fire a torpedo, and crew is seen complying. The torpedo hits and the ship explodes. The Captain and crew cheer. View from nearby as the ship disappears under the sea. Views of the U-boat underway. Captain looking through binoculars at night. View of a burning ship and oil burning on the water, at night.
Activities of German soldiers after battle for Woronesch (aka Aussprache or Voronezh), Russia during German summer offensive of 1942, in World War 2. A map shows areas of engagement in Russia. View of the city from hilltop. Destroyed houses and buildings. Wrecked tanks in the area. Smoke rises from fires still burning. Dead soldiers lying on a street. Ruins of buildings along the sides of the street. A group of local Russian men going to work, are monitored by German soldier. A German soldier cleans his face with water from a tin. German soldiers milk a cow and share the milk. A soldier breaking eggs in a skillet, over an open fire in a field. Soldiers eating fried eggs.
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