Young Jewish men and women dance the Hora, in Munkacs, Hungary. They form two circles, one within the other, alternating men and women. The men hold hands with one another, behind their backs, and the women do likewise with other women. They sing in unison, verses ending in la la la, and dance in counterclockwise direction, using grapevine steps.
Germany invades France, during World War II. German troops invade French town of Marquion, in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. Horse-drawn carriages loaded with French refugee families and belongings move along a road. Street signs on road number 15 point toward Sauchy-Lestrée 2 km away, and Avrincourt, 12 km away. A chalk drawn arrow points toward Arras. French families evacuate using bicycles, baby carriages, and wagons. German troops arrive on motorcycles. Numerous German Pz.I, Pz.II, Pz.III and Pz.IV tanks pass through the village. Smoke rises from a burning building.
Invasion of France by Germany during World War II. French prisoners of war use plywood on roadway of a railroad bridge to facilitate automobile and pedestrian traffic. A woman appears to be a supervisor, of sorts. She speaks to workmen and then motions for a woman with a bicycle, to follow her. French soldier and policeman wearing white armbands, appear to be monitoring the prisoners and their work. A motorcycle carrying two German soldiers drives past the work area. A man and two French women with bicycles along with some French children, pass by the work area. German tanks and trucks roll into a French town, as local citizens watch from sidewalks. German troops set up in a town square, where they clean weapons and eat lunch.
Note: This film was shown during World War 2 and edited for security reasons. Accordingly, some narrated statements are incorrect or misleading, and should be disregarded. Film opens showing a sentry posted at Yugoslav Partisan Leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito's mountain headquarters in Drvar, Western Bosnia, Yugoslavia. Marshal Tito steps from his headquarters to a lower porch where he stands with American OSS Officer, American Army Major Linn M. Farish, American Liaison to the Partisans, and British Brigadier General Fitzroy Maclean, Winston Churchill's special envoy to the Yugoslav leader. (For security reasons, they are identified as war correspondents.) Scene shifts to the town of Drvar that has experienced several periods of German occupation. Local people go about their daily activities and some pose for the camera. Women are seen salvaging silk from Allied parachutes, that they have spread out on the ground. It will be used as bandages for their Partisan army. View from above of a number of Partisan fighters gathering before the camera. One, a woman with dark hair wearing a black coat, is identified by the narrator, as a 21-year old Montenegrin who left school to join the Partisans. Closeup of that woman conversing with uniformed women soldiers. Next, a loose column of Partisan fighters is seen marching slowly through the town of Drvar. Scene shifts to a large formation of marching Yugoslav Partisan soldiers, who are training in Italy. They are seen standing if formation in a field, under Marshal Tito's command. He orders their officers forward and exchanges salutes with them. Marshal Tito then inspects the ranks. Women soldiers are seen conversing with Tito. He converses with his Chief of Staff, General Koča Popović. Closeup of a smiling woman Partisan fighter. Closeup of a soldier with a notable white moustache. Closeup of two uniformed women with Red Cross armbands. The Partisan soldiers marching across the field with shouldered arms. Film closes with closeup of Marshal Tito in front of his headquarters.
Danish training ship Danmark departs for Denmark from the United States.The Danish flag is raised on the ship's mast. Danmark underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Master-at -arms of ' Danmark ' Knud L. Hansen takes over the vessel during ceremonies. U.S. Coast Guardsmen lined up. Past events shows American cadets training aboard Danmark.
Return of German prisoners of war to Russian soldiers, by the U.S. Army in Grieben, Germany at the end of World War II. A large river barge loaded with German prisoners returning to the east bank of the Elbe river. Russian soldiers on the east bank supervise the unloading of several barges filled with German prisoners of war.
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