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Evacuation of German forces from the Baltics in World War II
Film begins showing map of the Baltic sea and cities of Reval (Tallinn), Riga, Tilsit, Mariompole (Marienburg) ,Warschau (Warsaw) and Krakau. German naval warships and troop carriers are seen in a convoy evacuating German forces from the Baltics in World War 2. The German Navy ships fire their guns. View of the German Cruiser, Admiral Scheer. Troop ships and barges arrive with German soldiers at a dock in Germany. Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner (wearing Knights Cross of Iron Cross with oak leaves, crosses and diamonds) is the first to step ashore. He is Commander of Heeresgruppe Nord which is a unit being evacuated. He is greeted by a German General. They converse and shake hands. Closeups of Marshal Schoerner interacting with German soldiers. Some troops manually move an artillery piece along the dock. Views of German soldiers eating snacks and seeming quite happy. Marshal Schörner decorates some German soldiers on the spot. Later, he is seen shaking hands with two newly decorated soldiers at a ceremony in an open field. Closeup of one soldier and an iron cross award pinned on a German uniform.
Operation Margarethe, the German occupation of Hungary in World War II
As film opens, German troops invading Hungary in World War 2, are seen informally gathering as two Sturmgeschütz III (Stug III) assault guns pass them along a dirt road in Hungary. German Officer lying in grass looks through binoculars. View of a Sturmgeschütz IV (Stug IV) assault gun with side protectors moving past a towed piece of field artillery. German infantry walking across a field as two Stug IVs pass them. German officers pointing at possible targets. Crew member standing in Marder II (Sd.Kfz.131) anti-tank gun as it fires its gun in the direction of a fire burning in the distance down the street. A soldier peers through binoculars. A vehicle is seen in flames. A German soldier hunkers down next to a wall. A destroyed truck in the background. A dead Hungarian soldier lying in a ditch. A burning truck on the street next to him. German soldiers move a Hungarian soldier hiding among the dead, who turns and holds his hand up. German infantry behind Stug and walking through garden gates and fences in back yards of homes, and along muddy road. German soldier waves his hand through top access hatch. German infantry soldiers fire rifles and German armored vehicles fire their guns.
German forces retreating after the Battle of the Bulge, use demolition charges to delay pursuit by Allied forces during World War II
German soldiers walk through snow on the German Border with Switzerland during World War 2. A sign identifies the border. German troops in steel helmets and carrying weapons, trudge through snow near a village. Troops use flame throwers to set a house afire. Closeup of a German soldier in profile. German soldiers set up wiring to remotely detonate demolition charges. Soldiers run from a building. Demolition charges explode on both sides of a road causing trees to fall across the road, blocking any Allied forces that may attempt to pursue retreating German forces. Demolition charges destroy a row of buildings. An explosion in woods near a tall smoke stack. Soldiers preparing a remote detonating device. A charge explodes destroying the smoke stack. More explosions in woods and a block of houses being destroyed.
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 initiate offensive in Battle of Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) during World War II
As film begins, two German soldiers are seen riding on a tank destroyer with a toy stuffed bear fastened to its gun barrel,during German counter offensive (Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Battle of the Ardennes) in World War 2. Camera focuses on the toy bear as the tank destroyer passes. View from rear of a vehicle of road behind crowded with utility vehicles, motorcycles, and trucks transporting troops. American soldiers taken as prisoners of war (POW) march through muddy field. They march under guard along a muddy road past heavily camouflaged German military vehicles and through woods. Closeups of some prisoners. A flight of 4 single engine aircraft flies overhead. Narrator says they are American airplanes. German soldiers, in a field, fire an anti-aircraft gun at the planes. Black smoke rises from a downed airplane. Closeup of SS soldiers manning anti-aircraft gun. Explosion from a bomb bursting in woods. German soldiers wave as they are buzzed by friendly German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft. A formation of German aircraft overhead. A German officer steps from a camouflaged staff car to point at the planes. A soldier on a motorcycle looks up at the airplanes in the sky. A soldier riding on a canvas covered tank destroyer accepts a baked good from a woman on a roadside. He waves at group of well-wishers who stand with baskets of gifts for the soldiers. View from back of the tank destroyer of children waving at it. A dozen German soldiers riding on a Tiger II tank. Field Marshal Walter Model, overall Commander of 5th and 6th Panzer Armies, conversing with soldiers and officers in the field.
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.
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