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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.

Date: 1942
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078931
Beautiful views of German skiers in Alps during World War 2.

Small group of German Skiers (ski troops) dressed in white parkas is seen slowly traversing a snow covered alpine mountain pass. German soldiers on skis pause and the camera shows scenes of snow, mountains, mist and clouds. View from high vantage point of the skiers descending at high speed down a snowy slope. Closeup of skiers making a turn as they speed past the camera.

Date: 1942
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078941
German battleship sinks a British steamer, takes prisoners during WW2

A German battleship sinks a British steamer in the South Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. German battleship commander and sailors use binoculars to view ocean. Sailors pulling down flags. Ship commander on a boat being lowered to the ocean. Kriegsmarine battleship firing at the British steamer. Sailors pulling rope. German Kriegsmarine on a boat. British ship listing as it sinks. German navy men return to ship with booty. Sailors load cargo from the British ship. German battleship captain observes the sinking of British ship with binoculars. More sailors return with captured cargo. German battleship fires at British ship until it sinks. Prisoners-of-war captured from the British steamer, consisting of Australian, Asian and African sailors.

Date: 1942, January
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675079108
Quiet scenes, during World War II, of German troops moving by barge and of a small boy showing how he can mount and ride like a cavalryman.

At start of film, German infantry and supplies are seen moving in large barges, along a river in Germany, during World War 2. Closeups of the troops looking tired and bored. Many of them are sleeping on the barges. Closeups of several asleep. Scene changes showing troops on the camera barge waving at another passing barge carrying some soldiers and many containers of war materiel and supplies. Connected to it's stern is a small barge carrying several horses and two soldiers. View of troops disembarking from a barge and stepping onto a dock, each carrying their personal small arms and equipment. Complete change of scene shows a small boy grooming a horse. A log cabin, trees, and a body of water are in the near background. A youthful cavalryman approaches the boy and gives him a dispatch to be carried. They exchange old-fashioned hand salutes. Next, the boy carries a large saddle and places it on the horse. Then, climbing over the cavalryman (who is on his knees) the boy mounts the horse. The cavalryman hands him the dispatch and they exchange salutes, again. Closeup of the little boy astride the horse, holding the reins and the papers to be delivered. View of the boy riding rapidly without the dispatches. He stops and slides down off the horses back. He is next seen being hugged by two women and a soldier in uniform. They appear to be a happy family. Closeup of the smiling boy with the two women.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078948
German Artillerymen train at established facility in German forest during World War II

Film begins showing two German soldiers in an established log lined firing position at an artillery training facility in Germany during World War 2. One is using a periscopic telescope. Closeup of a soldier hurrying along a log-lined trench toward a communication center. He picks up a field telephone that is next seen ringing and picked up at another communication center manned by several German officers. One takes the phone call. Scene shifts to an artillery crew at a log-lined gun emplacement where they attend to a 10.5cm artillery piece. Closeup of soldier signalling for guns to fire. Shells exploding in the distance. Crew at another gun emplacement hold their ears as their gun fires. Many more views of guns firing and smoke filling the air.

Date: 1942
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078949
Various scenes of United States Marine invasion of Guadalcanal, captured Japanese soldiers under watch during WW2

Title sequence “U.S. Marine Corps”. United States Marine Corps General Alexander Archer Vandegrift speaks about his experience in the Guadalcanal Campaign from his office during World War 2. A battleship fires off Guadalcanal. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber flying over Guadalcanal. United States marines climb down ship to board landing craft. Boat filled with United States marines sets sail. Landing craft off Guadalcanal. Landing craft with United States marines land on beach. United States marines set foot and advance on Guadalcanal beach. United States marines unload supplies from LSTs. Marines load boxes in bed of Japanese truck. United States marines raise the United States flag on flagpole. United States marines salute to flag. Sign in Japanese reads “Sick Room Entrance”. Captured Japanese soldiers being made to march out of camp. Captured Japanese soldiers sit behind barbed wires under watch by United States marines. Captured Japanese soldiers only wearing white fundoshi, traditional Japanese underwear for adult males. Shirtless Japanese prisoners sitting under guard by American marines. General Alexander Archer Vandegrift narrates his Guadalcanal experience from his office. Close up of crampon attached to shoe for climbing trees. Soldier leaps toward a coconut palm tree and climbs up using crampons while Vandegrift narrates, explaining that the "American fighting man pits his superior intelligence" against the Japanese. United States fleet admiral William Halsey Jr. presents medals to United States marines. Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. and General Alexander Patch. Sign for “Hospital Station C-1-Med” on palm tree. View of Hospital Station tent in Guadalcanal. View of gathered United States marines from behind.

Date: 1942, August 7
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078495