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German Atlantic Wall coastal defenses. German forces enter the Crimean Peninsula in World War II.
In opening scene, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is giving a "pep talk" to senior officers assembled at the Northern part of the German "Atlantic Wall" defenses in Scandinavia, during World War 2. A German sentry is seen in front of a large coastal fortification bearing the name "Skagerrak." Camera focuses on the barrel of a huge coastal gun. Closeup of the sentry. Troops travel on a small gauge railway carrying canisters of propellant and shells to a unique heavy coastal gun installed , near Kristiansand, Norway, overlooking the Skagerak Strait. (The gun is a 28 cm SK C/34 naval gun, similar to those installed on some battleships. But this one was appropriated from an abandoned German Army super-tank project.) An alarm bell sounds in the fort and soldiers respond. Next, huge coastal gun shells are seen being moved on conveyors to the gun. A team of gun operators recite preparation steps out loud as they adjust range, bearing, and other parameters before firing the weapon. Gunners load a shell into the gun breech, followed by several propellant charges. The breech lowers inside the fort as the gun barrel is raised to desired elevation. The gun is fired. More commands are spoken aloud and another round is fired. Glimpse from outside of gun flash at night. Complete change of scene shows a map of Crimean Peninsula. Anti-aircraft guns are shown at coastal areas. A quad-barreled FlaKvierling 38 gun is seen. German forces entering the Crimea. Infantry walk in and others, ride in open trucks.One soldier mans a light gun mounted on the back of a 6-wheeled truck. German soldiers posted on roads directing incoming traffic of trucks carrying troops. Closeups of German soldiers riding in open trucks. A trio of German Army officers watches the incoming troops. Local refugees carry their belongings as they flee from battle fronts.
Operation of the International military criminal justice system in its trials of Axis war criminals following World War II
Preparations made for prosecution of war criminals following World War 2. Exterior of building of U.S. Supreme Court. 'Equal Justice Under Law' written on building. Animation shows three types of trials. The first kind is the one in which the criminals are returned to the countries they betrayed. Minister-President of Norway Vidkun Quisling being tried in Norway. The second kind is one in which the criminals who committed crimes in specific localities are on trial in those countries. Germans being tried in a country. Offenders charged with killing U.S. soldiers are tried by American Army Corps. An officer speaks about the trials. A chart depicts kinds of trials. The National Traitor Trials, the Local Minor Trials, the U.S. Military Trials and the Trials of the Major War Criminals conducted by the International Military Tribunal. View of Hitler and Nazi leadership walking up aisle in crowded building with German soldiers and officers on either side saluting. Rudolf Hess delivering a speech and shouting emphatically, followed by views of other German leaders (later Nuremberg defendents) delivering speeches. Goebbels in dress uniform. U.S. Justice Robert H Jackson, being appointed by President Truman for the U.S. as Chief of Counsel for the tribunals, and also General William J. Donovan. Tribunal legal staff in front of U.S. Army Air Forces Air Transport Service terminal at Washington National Airport, and then boarding a DC-4 aircraft. DC-4 takes off, with the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial seen in the background. Mussolini addressing a crowd from an elevated balcony. View of book Mein Kampf with image of Adolf Hitler on front cover. German SS Schutzstaffel division marching in formation on a German street. Josef Kramer under armed guard, after being captured in his role as Commandant of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. SS Commander Heinrich Himmler talking to a German officer. Dead Concentration Camp victim and living camp victims beside barb wire (Buchenwald).
Various cities in Europe being liberated from Nazi occupation (WW2)
Allied campaign against the Axis powers in 1944 during World War II. People gathered outside the Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy celebrate their liberation from occupation by Nazi Germany. Allied soldiers in trucks move past the cheering crowds. Pope Pius XII addresses the people from a balcony. Victory parade in Paris, France at the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) on August 26, 1944. French children clapping. People cheer as they carry banners. In Bucharest, Romania soldiers loaded onto trucks drive past crowds cheering after their liberation. On 3rd of September 1944 people cheer on the streets of Brussels, Belgium as Allied troops enter. A woman sits on top of a moving Jeep. In Belgrade, Yugoslavia on October 20, 1944 people celebrate their liberation. In Athens, Greece women carry a Greek flag and a flag being hoisted after their liberation.
Numerous scenes showing evolution of mechanized warfare emphasizing World War I. but including footage as late as 1934
Montage of scenes illustrating development of mechanized warfare beginning with American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) engaged in World War I. U.S. Army infantry soldiers moving out of trenches going "over the top" into "no man's land" and advancing on battlefield. U.S. troops firing Browning M1917 machine gun,1903 Springfield rifles, and Stokes mortar from trench positions. Soldiers firing mortar are wearing gas masks. AEF trucks and other vehicles ostensibly an improvement over horses, but seen having difficulty in mud. A truck pulling a large artillery gun. A German 80cm K (E) rail gun (developed in 1934) shown at the Rugenwalde Test Range in Germany. It moves along curving rails and is elevated to its maximum elevation (65 degrees). Two World War 1 rail guns firing. An American World War I Naval 14-inch rail gun firing. Allied heavy howitzers firing in World War 1 (one with gun crew in gas masks). American gunners with a French 75 field piece and caisson. French soldier advancing in no-mans-land. The Wright brothers brought warfare into the air with their Wright Flyer airplane, seen being maneuvered on the ground by U.S. Army personnel at Fort Myer, Virginia in July 1909. A De Havilland DH-4 airplane taking off in World War I. A German Fokker D.VIII in flight.Three U.S. Army Air Service Curtiss P-1B Hawk pursuit aircraft in flight, circa 1926. Aerial dog fight scene including view from behind a pilot in open cockpit biplane (from feature film, circa 1927). Brief view of Renault FT tank maneuvering in World War I. Narrative and clips shift to historical perspective of warfare, showing use of horse and chariot,starting in ancient Assyria and use of elephants in later years by Hannibal.Pictures of mounted soldiers, in the middle ages, waging war in armor, and being transported in a wagon. Shift to World War I showing British Mark IV tanks maneuvering in a field.
Soviet forces organizing to pursue retreating German forces on the Eastern front in World War II
Opening scene shows a number of bridges destroyed by retreating German forces on the Eastern front during World War 2. Momentary view of Soviet infantry wading through water in a swamp. Soviet army engineers Driving pilings from a pontoon bridge across a river. Soviet Marshal Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky, accompanied by a Major General and other staff officers, cross a bridge being reconstructed. A steam locomotive pulls a long train of flat cars carrying Soviet T-34 tanks. A soldier stands near a moving train of tank cars on a railroad. Trees overhead hide the view from above. Glimpse of several camouflage screens. View from moving train passing under camouflage in a forest. Fuel pipelines are seen in the forest. Workers pass hoses to men on tank cars who fill them. Soviet army tank trucks drive out of the area. Momentary view of Soviet trucks passing over a low bridge. T-34 tanks moving through woods. An ISU-152 self-propelled gun in the woods. Army trucks moving across a bridge. Soviet tanks and self-propelled guns maneuvering in a wooded area. Soldier tells driver of ISU-152 to stop his self-propelled gun. Armor moving through woods. More views of trucks on bridges and armor moving through wooded areas.
NATO Infantry Chief of Staff, French General Alphonse Juin, in uniform of seven-star Marshal of France
NATO officers walk through a wooded area, led Alphonse Juin, Chief of Staff, Nato Infantry. General Juin was recently promoted to rank of Marshal of France, and wears corresponding seven-star rank insignia on his uniform. A U.S. Army Piper Cub aircraft takes off from a rough airfield, on which several other aircraft are parked.
