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German forces retreating after the Battle of the Bulge, use demolition charges to delay pursuit by Allied forces during World War II
German soldiers walk through snow on the German Border with Switzerland during World War 2. A sign identifies the border. German troops in steel helmets and carrying weapons, trudge through snow near a village. Troops use flame throwers to set a house afire. Closeup of a German soldier in profile. German soldiers set up wiring to remotely detonate demolition charges. Soldiers run from a building. Demolition charges explode on both sides of a road causing trees to fall across the road, blocking any Allied forces that may attempt to pursue retreating German forces. Demolition charges destroy a row of buildings. An explosion in woods near a tall smoke stack. Soldiers preparing a remote detonating device. A charge explodes destroying the smoke stack. More explosions in woods and a block of houses being destroyed.
German forces counterattack Allied forces in battle of Ardennes during World War II.
At start of film, a German 10.5cm self propelled tank destroyer is seen covered with foliage moving in a field during German counterattack (Battle of the Ardennes, also known as the Battle of the Bulge) in World War 2. Closeup of a soldier standing in a Panzer III tank. White smoke rising across the entire background in a scene. A tank destroyer entering a village. Infantry running nearby. German infantry hunkering down in a field near a house. Soldiers crawling on hands and knees as they engage in fighting from house to house. Suddenly they rise up and run toward the front of the house, behind a passing German tank. German soldiers firing rifles from inside a round open turret in an armored vehicle equipped several installed machine guns. German soldiers lying low in a field as a tank burns behind them. A soldier fires a panzerfaust anti tank weapon. A huge explosion raises dense white and black smoke. German infantry run from a trench as another large explosion occurs. A German tank destroyer moves slowly past buildings, followed by a half track armored personnel carrier covered with foliage camouflage. Infantry walking behind armored vehicles. Soldiers running past rubble in house to house fighting. They jump through a destroyed brick wall. American soldiers being taken as prisoners as they step from a building and walk with their hands over their heads. A group of American soldiers surrendering with a white flag. U.S. Army soldier prisoners of war in formation on a cobblestone street. A destroyed tank upside down. A knocked out American tank with "America First" stenciled on its side. German soldiers look at hole in its side. One puts his hand in it. Soldiers surronding a captured U.S. jeep. One, with a bloodied face, uses a field phone. SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Josef "Sepp" Dietrich, the 4 Star Commander of the German 6th Panzer Army is seen stepping from his staff car. He watches as German infantry walk past him. Closeup of Josef Dietrich. Line of infantry continuing to move as they pass him. Infantry moving along wifh armored vehicles and trucks. A soldier looks up at the sky as a German V-1 Buzz Bomb passes overhead. An American rifle stuck in the ground at a field next to a Browning M1917 machine gun. German soldiers look over the field where dead American soldiers lie amidst destroyed equipment and weapons. A burning U.S. tank. Several captured U.S. M3 Stuart tanks lined up in a field.
German forces initiate offensive in Battle of Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) during World War II
As film begins, two German soldiers are seen riding on a tank destroyer with a toy stuffed bear fastened to its gun barrel,during German counter offensive (Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Battle of the Ardennes) in World War 2. Camera focuses on the toy bear as the tank destroyer passes. View from rear of a vehicle of road behind crowded with utility vehicles, motorcycles, and trucks transporting troops. American soldiers taken as prisoners of war (POW) march through muddy field. They march under guard along a muddy road past heavily camouflaged German military vehicles and through woods. Closeups of some prisoners. A flight of 4 single engine aircraft flies overhead. Narrator says they are American airplanes. German soldiers, in a field, fire an anti-aircraft gun at the planes. Black smoke rises from a downed airplane. Closeup of SS soldiers manning anti-aircraft gun. Explosion from a bomb bursting in woods. German soldiers wave as they are buzzed by friendly German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft. A formation of German aircraft overhead. A German officer steps from a camouflaged staff car to point at the planes. A soldier on a motorcycle looks up at the airplanes in the sky. A soldier riding on a canvas covered tank destroyer accepts a baked good from a woman on a roadside. He waves at group of well-wishers who stand with baskets of gifts for the soldiers. View from back of the tank destroyer of children waving at it. A dozen German soldiers riding on a Tiger II tank. Field Marshal Walter Model, overall Commander of 5th and 6th Panzer Armies, conversing with soldiers and officers in the field.
American prisoners of war captured by Germans during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II
Opening scene shows large numbers of U.S. Army soldiers taken prisoners in the final German counter offensive of World War 2, known as the Battle of the Ardennes or Battle of the Bulge. German photographer concentrates on African American soldiers in the group, with closeups of many, juxtaposing them with closeups of German soldiers. A German Panzer IV tank passes a hillside where many American prisoners are seated on the ground. A horse-drawn wagon and a Panzer III tank pass the hillside, and then the American prisoners are herded, under guard toward the road below. Scene shifts to German soldiers sharing captured American foods and cigarettes. Several German soldiers in camouflage uniforms. One carries an M34 machine gun with a circular magazine. A dozen German soldiers are seen crowded atop a Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun. Closeup of crewmen on a tank. Another mans a machine gun. Closeup of another machine gunner atop a tank. Several German Panzer V ("Panther") tanks drive through a village.
Women line up at post office, woman writes a letter using V-Mail, the primary method of correspondence to soldiers stationed abroad, during WW2
"strictly G.I." title card. Women line up at post office to send mail. Poster advertising “V-Mail”, the primary method of correspondence with soldiers stationed abroad during World War Two. Poster reads "Reach Your Boy Overseas." Man at teller window gives woman a standardized V-Mail envelope. Hands sorting through pile of blank V mail forms. Hands of a woman writing a letter from Betty Smith to CPL. Larry Ross on V-Mail using fountain pen. Hand with pencil addressing V-Mail. Woman's hands folding V-Mail envelope.
United States soldiers process V-Mail, deliver V-Mail to soldiers based overseas during WW2
United States soldiers receive bags of V-mail letters, the primary method of correspondence with soldiers stationed abroad during World War 2. Soldiers unloads bags of V-Mail letters onto sorting table. V-Mail letters placed in cutting machine to be sliced open. Man hands over V-Mail to staff in separation table for processing and targeting operation. Staff folds away a rejected V-Mail. Staff inspects V-Mail, only to fold it away as reject. Accepted V-Mails stamped with numbers according to destination. Staff carry bundle of V-Mail to take to recording operation. Man puts down bundles of V-Mail for recording staff. Woman operators use Recordak machines to photograph every V-Mail letter. Recordak machine photographs V-Mail letters. Female operator puts a paper saying “END” into Recordak machine. Female operator pulls camera reel from Recordak machine. A motion picture film developer inspecting a machine that develops and dries the 16mm film. Pile of 16mm film reels being put into boxes. Men working in front of huge pile of V-mail letter bags. A long-range flying boat, a Boeing 314 Clipper, taking off from water. Delivery soldier salutes to United States Army Captain Roy Lewis before handing over a bag containing V-Mail 16mm film reels. Army Captain pours boxes containing V-Mail film reels onto his desk. Captain opens box and pulls out a film reel. Employee in printing room uses an enlarging machine to print V-Mail. Machine prints V-Mail. Female employee spins rolls of newly printed V-Mail on rewind table. Female employee slices a roll of V-Mail into letters. Male employee uses machine to fold V-mail letters. Employee uses machine to pack V-Mail into envelopes. Machine seals envelopes. Male employee retrieves a stack of V-Mail ready for delivery. Military postman distributes V-Mail to waiting soldiers. Soldier's hand holds a V-Mail letter.
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