German invasion of Russia. Early morning in Berlin with quiet street scenes during World War II. Hands of a clock in view. A man unloads milk cans from a truck. German radio broadcasting studios. A man operates controls. View of radio tower and buildings. Men enter an office. A sign announces broadcast in progress and requests quiet and no entry. Propaganda Minister Dr Joseph Goebbels enters the room and sits on a sofa. He announces Germany has launched an offensive on the Eastern Front as Germany's actions represent declaration of war against the Soviet Union. Officers stand in the background. Several men seated in cars, listen to radio broadcast. German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbontrop makes the announcement to journalists at a crowded news conference. Newspapers carry the story. Cameramen take photographs. Animated map depicts the Eastern front extending more than 5 thousand kilometers from Finland in the North to Romania in the South. This is Operation Barbarossa. German troops invade Russia. A ship underway and a bridge in view. Heavy German guns bombard targets. Smoke rises up. Street signs such as "Eydtkau" are shown as evidence of advances. German troops dismantle border barriers. German tanks and artillery advancing Eastward, encountering resistance. They blow up a building.
A Russian factory and an oil field in Russia during World War II. Men at oil well tower on an oil field in Russia. Workers at controls. Man takes reading from an instrument at tower. Russian women workers at sewing machines in a factory. Instructor with Russian woman.
Citizens in the Soviet Union mobilize for war effort against Germany in World War 2. Joseph Stalin gives a speech on June 22, 1941. Newspaper printing press running and newspapers being printed and distributed to spread news about mobilization. Russian men from every village come forward to fight against Germany. Russian men on horseback ride to mobilize. Groups of men and women mobilizing in recruitment drives for soldier activities and war production work in factories and mines. Young teenage boys work in a coal mine so older men can fight in the war. Russians of all ages mobilized. Russian women and young boys with rifles. Russians guard their fields and cattle and watch the skies for German invasion aircraft. Russian old men keep vigil in fields.
The Russian Campaign of World War II. A German soldier beside artillery in Russia. A group of German soldiers preparing artillery. The soldiers fire the artillery. Explosions on Russian positions. Smoke rising from the explosions. Smoke rising from the shelled positions along the bank of a river. Infantry moving along the river bank. Soldiers crossing the river on boats. The soldiers carrying equipment walking beside a damaged building.
The Russian Campaign of World War II. Russian prisoners of war moving in columns escorted by German soldiers in Russia. The prisoners moving along the bank of a river. Several views of the war prisoners.
The Russian Campaign of World War II. German soldiers fire artillery in Russia. Several trees in view and smoke rising from explosions in the background. A soldier in prone position looking through binoculars. A group of German soldiers firing artillery from a trench. Several damaged buildings in the background. A soldier kneeling on the ground looking through binoculars. German soldiers sitting beside a house. A few soldiers standing beside a house as Russian shells explode in a nearby area. Smoke rising from the explosions. Soldiers carrying equipment moving on a field. A soldier carrying on his back wires wound on a reel roller. A few soldiers laying the wires. A few soldiers beside a house. Smoke rise from the explosions of Russian shells. Smoke rising from several explosions. Two soldiers sending a message by a radio. German soldiers firing artillery. A German officer and several soldiers beside the artillery. Smoke rising from shelled positions. The soldiers advancing on a field and across a road. Buildings at a distance and smoke rising from the explosions.
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