German soldiers fire artillery on the Lake Ladoga front in Russia during World War II. Soldiers fire from behind barricades. Machine guns fired. Smoke from explosions. Destroyed Russian war materiel scattered over the terrain. Soldiers examine charred Russian heavy tanks. A General shakes hands with soldier with four tank destruction badges on his sleeve.
A map shows Finland and adjoining areas. German Army Ski troops and horses advance through snow in Finland during World War II. German soldiers on skis. Supplies and equipment loaded on horses. Horses struggling to move supplies in deep snow. German soldiers in white winter uniforms. Soldiers distributing small wrapped boxes of supplies from a basket, as a curious horse smells the contents of the basket. Soldiers with rifles push and pull an artillery piece in deep snow. They fire artillery and mortars. Soldiers in bunkers, move through a tunnel. Machine guns fired. Dead bodies lying in the snow. A wounded German soldier carried and pulled along on a stretcher.
Lectures and laboratory activities at a Berlin institute for tropical diseases. An officer takes a theory class for soldiers. He points to diagrams. Soldier use microscopes in the laboratory. A woman conducts an experiment with mosquito larvae and places them in growth chambers. A soldier examines organisms in a growth chamber and permits the mosquitos to bite him. A scientist and student prepare to experiment on a bird. Soldiers fumigate a field and stream area with insecticide sprayed from backpack tanks.
A ceremony at an airfield in Madrid, Spain. Bishops conduct a Catholic mass on a stage set in front of a hangar. Soldiers and civilians attend mass. Spanish General Francisco Franco and soldiers at attention. Priests praying in front of a Virgin Mary statue. The General and other officers at a table. General Franco decorates and congratulates Spanish soldiers. The crowd of civilians applauds. The General reviews the Spanish troops. (World War II period).
An exhibit of war art at the Kunstlerhaus in Vienna during World War II. A poster titled 'War and Art' advertising the exhibition in German. Exterior of the exhibition building with Axis flags. Sculptors of soldiers and Nazi Swastika banners at the entrance. Officers view the exhibition. Exhibits include paintings, pictures, sculptures and armors. Exhibits from countries like Slovakia, Romania, Spain and Finland. Japanese Samurai armor in case. Sculpture of a Samurai on a horse. Paintings depict war scenes, soldiers on horses and in boats. A painting of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Civilians view the exhibits.
A map shows the Eastern front. Hungarian units near Stanislavov in the Soviet Union. Soldiers rest, eat, shave, and clean themselves. Horses and chicken around the soldiers. A train passes by. An officer meets the troops. The officer salutes while seated on a tank. Carpathians: German and Hungarian troops advance. Infantries march on the road. Soldiers on horses. An officer talks to a soldier. German tanks and artillery halt a Russian thrust. Soldiers load and fire artillery. Grenadiers recapture a village. They advance into the village with tanks. Fire and smoke from burning huts. Officers consult a map. A burning truck by the road side. Soldiers on horses carriages. 5th SS Volunteer Strumbrigade Wallonien Colonel Lucien Lippert reviews and decorates troops.
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