German troops in the Eastern Front during the winter of 1941-1942 (World War II). A German soldier keeps watch in the Eastern Front (“Ostfront” in German). Two German soldiers walk in the snow. Troops walk with horses under extremely cold conditions, with temperature as low as -45°C. Soldiers cover their mouths with cloths to protect their faces from extreme temperatures. Soldiers build houses of made of ice blocks and a bridge. Railway embankment construction and ice blocks. German soldiers lift blocks of ice from a lake. Men building a railway embankment. Soldiers on tanks. Soldiers repair a tank track. Soldiers escort wagons. Snow covered tanks and field. German soldiers assume prone position in the snow. German tank fires. Germans attack Russian positions. Soldiers firing with rifles. Germans move forward on the front. German soldiers in white winter camouflage suits rush towards a barbed wire fence. A soldier cuts a barbed wire entanglement on the field. Firing and bombardment in the field. German soldiers clear a village. Soldiers with machine guns facing the window inside a house. Soldiers stand on top of moving tanks. German soldiers use a machine gun in the snow. Soldiers take the prisoners from the snow. Panzer tanks penetrate Soviet positions. An injured Soviet prisoner with head bandage. German troops lead away captured Soviet prisoners.
Adolf Hitler visits German military officers, at a military hispital in Rastenburg, during World War 2. They were injured in the July 20th assassination attempt against Hitler. He visitis and speaks with: Major General Walter Scherff; Navy Captain Heinz Assmann; Rear Admiral Karl-Jesco von Puttkamer; and General Walther Buhle. As he leaves the building, women nurses outside, give Nazi salutes, and cheer him. Change of scene shows Hitler, at the Wolf's Lair compound, near Rastenburg, East Prussia (now Poland). Among those he greets are: Walther Funk, Reich Minister for Economic Affairs; Reich Minister Albert Speer; and Reich Minister Hans Heinrich Lammers, President of the Reich Cabinet. Next scene shows Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Nazi Gestapo, speaking with General (Generaloberst) Ferdinand Schörner. Hitler strolls with Hermann Goering, and is then seen, from behind, as he greets Reich Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels and General (Generaloberst) Heinz Wilhelm Guderian, Chief of Staff of the Army. The Nazi top leaders stand and converse. Goebbels speaks with Martin Bormann and General Alfred Jodl,who was also injured during the July 20, 1944 bomb plot against Hitler. (Jodl's head is bandaged.)
Death of German President Paul von Hindenburg. Remains of Paul von Hindenburg on bed. Soldiers and German officials stand in formation at the Tannenberg Memorial, in Hohenstein, East Prussia (11-015 Olsztynek, Poland). Troops and officials give tribute to the President during his State funeral.
Adolf Hitler shakes hand with Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, at the forest Headquarters ( Wolf's Lair) in East Prussia, near Rastenburg. Trees in the background. Hitler greets other German officers. Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler also greet other officers. Adolf Hitler greets Romanian leader, Ion Antonescu. Admiral Erich Raeder converses with Hitler as they walk, followed by other high ranking military officers and officials. A group of school children sing for the dignitaries. One girl plays an accordian. Cameramen take photographs. Several children meet Adolf Hitler. He accepts bouquets of flowers from them, and chats with them.
At start of film, a German Stug III tank destroyer with single crew member is seen in a snowy landscape on the Eastern Front during the winter of 1942 in World War 2. Another Stug III, with large protective side plates installed, is seen sitting in the snow next to a barn.A third one is seen parked in snow with no soldiers present. The scene changes to German infantry in white cold weather parkas, at a battle front. One soldier looks through binoculars. A soldier operates a radio, at a field communications center. Officers review maps and instructions. Infantry begin marching forward through the snow. Some load supplies on a half-track prime mover. Tiger I tanks of s.Pz.Abt.503 (503rd Heavy Tank Battalion) accompany infantry spread widely across flat snow-covered field. A locomotive and train passes nearby. Several dead Soviet soldiers are seen in the snow. Infantrymen capture two soviet soldiers and take them prisoner. A German soldier digs up a heavy box-shaped land mine. A rough posted sign warns of mines. Troops fire field artillery. Several views of destroyed Soviet armor and artillery pieces.
Adolf Hitler visits German Army officers, who were injured, in the July 20th assassination attempt against him. They are being treated at a military hospital, in Rastenburg, during World War 2. Among the victims he visits are: Major General Walter Scherff; Navy Captain Heinz Assmann; Rear Admiral Karl-Jesco von Puttkamer; and General Walther Buhle. Hitler is seen with a small bandage in his right ear due to a ruptured ear drum from the explosion. He takes time and speaks with each of the wounded officers. As he leaves, women nurses, assembled outside, render Nazi salutes, and cheer him. Change of scene shows Hitler, at the Wolf's Lair compound, near Rastenburg, East Prussia (now Poland). He greets Walther Funk, Reich Minister for Economic Affairs; a local Gauleiter; Reich Minister Albert Speer; a Dr. Sauer; and Reich Minister Hans Heinrich Lammers, President of the Reich Cabinet. Next scene shows Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Nazi Gestapo, speaking with General (Generaloberst) Ferdinand Schörner. Hitler strolls with Hermann Goering, and is then seen, from behind, as he greets Reich Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels and General (Generaloberst) Heinz Wilhelm Guderian, Chief of Staff of the Army. Beside him is Hermann Fegelein. The Nazi top leaders stand and converse. Goebbels speaks with Martin Bormann and General Alfred Jodl, whose head is bandaged. (He was injured during the July 20, 1944 assassination plot against Hitler.)
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