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Award ceremony for the German Army Grossdeutsland Regiment during World War II.
Film begins showing senior army officers on a parade ground reviewing the German Grossdeutsland Regiment in formation. Closeups of some Regiment members. View from rear of the Regiment at attention, facing an altar topped with a German Iron Cross beneath which a German flag with Swastika is displayed. In the background, beyond the field, is a large church-like complex. Another view of the soldiers at attention and some closeups including one of the name "Grossdeutsland" embroidered on the sleeve of one soldier. Crews are seen in Three Panzer I tanks, each armed with two 7.92 mm MG13 machine guns. One tank has the name Rommel stenciled on its side. Another view of the altar with many spectators gathered around it. Scene shifts to the Commander of the Regiment, Major Otto Ernest Remer, receiving a unit award from Reich Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. Closeup of the Unit award with some engraving on it.
German soldiers fire antiaircraft guns at British aircraft during World War II.
Allied aircraft are seen in the skies above, during World War 2. Bombs explode on the ground. German soldier in steel helmet scans skies with binoculars. A British spitfire aircraft is seen in the air and German antiaircraft guns raise white smoke as they fire at Allied aircraft. Closeup of a German gunner sighting his antiaircraft gun. German soldiers firing Quad mounted 4 cm/56 Flak 28 anti-aircraft guns (Bofors 40mm cannon). A British Spitfire aircraft passing overhead. Group of German soldiers pointing at an Allied aircraft struck by anti-aircraft fire. A plane crashes in the distance raising a huge fireball and explosion. Closeup of smoke rising from crash site.
German aircraft attack Soviet tanks on Eastern front, and German forces invade Hungary in World War II
Film begins with a map of the South Eastern part of Europe, including countries of Hungary,Croatia,Serbia, and Romania. Then a German Air Force officer is seen dispatching aircraft to attack Soviet tanks on the Eastern front. Next are views from a cockpit of German Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka dive bombers) in flight. Closeup of a Stuka airplane inflight. It is equipped with a machine guns under its wings. More views from a cockpit of smoke rising from the ground, and then of Ju 87s strafing Soviet tanks. Narrator states that more than 300 Soviet tanks were destroyed. Scene changes to German soldier in a defensive position in Hungary, during the German invasion of that country in March, 1944 (Operation Margarethe). View of explosions in the distance. Brief closeup of a German soldier. German infantry leaving their defensive positions and advancing along a hill crest where they are silhouetted against the light sky. Artillery firing from hidden position near trees. Several scenes of burning buildings. German gun crew holding their ears as they fire a heavy artillery piece. A burning tank.
German forces launch a counter offensive after the Allied 1944 invasion at Normandy during World War II
Film shows map of the Ardennes region of Germany and Belgium. In the dark of night, German artillery and rockets are seen being launched against Allied forces in a counter offensive in the Ardennes during World War 2. In daylight, clouds of dark smoke lay across the horizon partially obscuring the rising sun. A German officer signals for artillery to fire, and a heavy gun barrel is seen recoiling as it fires. Shells exploding in the distance. German gunners firing an LeFH 18 howitzer hidden under branches of foliage. Rockets launchers (Nebelwerfers) firing. Explosions in the distance. German troops in trenches. Several views of howitzers firing. American prisoners marching past Dragons Teeth antitank barriers at the Ziegfried line (Western Wall). German soldiers riding on Stug III Ausf. F tank destroyers. A half track (Sd.Kfz.251) passing a line of American prisoners walking in the opposite direction at side of muddy road with their hands over their heads. View from the rear of the U.S. soldiers escorted by German soldiers. German infantry advancing single file along the side of a road. Some carry panzerfaust anti tank weapons. Others carry MG 42 machine guns and belt ammunition. View from rear of the German infantry entering woods. Dead American soldiers lying in a group in bluff overlooking a body of water. American steel helmets scattered on the ground. More views of dead U.S. soldiers.
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. American prisoners 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.
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 tank. A tiger II tank (Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B) drives through a village. Closeup of crewmen on a tank. One rides astride the gun barrel. Another mans a machine gun. Closeup of another machine gunner atop a tank. Several more Tiger II tanks moving through the village.
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