1942-43: U.S. transport planes parked on an airstrip during the New Guinea Campaign in Papua New Guinea. Paratroopers board the planes and they take off. Supplies are parachuted from U.S. transport planes to Australian troops in the jungles. Australian troops advance amidst heavy fire in the jungles. Machine gun nests. Machine gunners and riflemen load and fire at the enemy. Natives carry wounded soldiers on stretchers. A soldier helps another wounded comrade across a stream. (World War II period).
German and Hungarian troops fortify hills in the Carpathians during World War 2. Map shows areas of conflict along the range. German soldiers and Hungarian soldiers on a hill near an artillery piece. Soldiers digging. They put up barbed wire along the camp boundary. Tents in the camp area. German soldiers bathe beside Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier (Sd.Kfz. 4/1) that they have parked partially submerged in water. German soldiers driving in a Volkswagen Schwimmwagen enter water. German soldier uses pole to push read propeller into position and vehicle is propelled in water. View of a line of Volkswagen Schwimmwagen amphibious vehicles driving in a stream and crossing it to the other side. Soldiers cross a bridge. Hungarian 40M TurĂ¡n I medium tank driving on a dirt road. Close up profile view of a German soldier as he looks through binoculars while in a foxhole position. Smoke due to bombardment as German artillery fires on Soviet positions on battlefield. More views of closeup of dirty face of German soldier wearing combat helmet. Russian troops and tanks advance towards the Germans and Hungarians. German soldiers fire on a Soviet T34 tank. Hungarian soldier crouched in a foxhole and surveying battle. German soldiers riding along German lines in a Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track armored personnel carrier. Marder III Ausf. H tank destroyer with Pak 40 anti-tank gun firing on Soviet tanks. German and Hungarian officers seen monitoring and directing battle. Soldiers advances through a burning village.
An exhibition of artwork and sculptures at a gallery or museum in Zurich, during World War 2. Sculpture of the Virgin Mary. Medieval sculpture of a man. Visitors view artwork including paintings inside the exhibition hall. Swiss paintings, lithographs from the Medieval and Renaissance periods on display. A couple views portraits from the 19th-20th century. People view the exhibition. Modernist nude sculptures on display.
A town nestled among hills in Spain. A woman under a tree. Teenage girls descend the steps at a Spanish educational institution or boarding school, during World War 2. Girls salute during the morning assembly. Flags are hoisted. Young women stand around the flag post. Girls seated in groups at tables for breakfast. They sit outside and sew. Outdoor activities in the playground. A group of girls on a path in the forest. They kneel before a Christian religious cross. (World War 2 period.)
Film opens with glimpse from a boat approaching Mount Athos, Greece, during World War 2. The Monastery of Saint Panteleimon ( known as the Russian Monastery) in Athos seen from the boat, with a German soldier wearing pith helmet in the foreground. Some buildings in the craggy slopes of the mountain. The Monastery complex seen in successively closer views from the boat approaching the shore. A closeup of the Monastery from nearby on the island. Camera pans part of the structure. Next, an Archbishop and other clergy are seen conducting some German army officers and members of their party on a tour of the Monastery. Closeup of the Archbishop and other clergy. Closeup of a German officer with a Clergy member. Closeup of another clergy member. A German officer descends stairs accompanied by six or more Clergy. The German visitors are escorted in a courtyard shaded by palm trees. The senior German Army officer points and asks questions of the Archbishop, who is seated on the edge of a line of roof tiles. What appears to be a fountain (without water) in a courtyard. Camera pans upward showing the main Monastery building. Scene shifts to sailing vessel tied up at the shore. Next, the German visitors are seen waving from a boat to The Archbishop and members of clergy standing on the shore as their boat pulls away from Mount Athos.
Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church assemble in Warsaw. Bishops enter the venue. They are greeted and welcomed by Nazi German politician Ludwig Fischer and other officers. The Bishops read from a plaque. Lit candles in the room. The Bishops present the plaque to Ludwig Fischer, and he accepts.
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