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Fall of Minsk and first Battle of Smolensk in Operation Barbarossa, World War II. German forces advance to the Dnieper River

German forces take Minsk and advance to the Soviet Union early in their World War 2 Operation Barbarossa. German soldiers dive for cover as a shell explodes, during their house-to-house operations. One waves unarmed surrendering Soviet soldiers forward. Several other surrendering Soviet soldiers run along a dirt roadside. Some are also seen at a German field red cross tent where German medical corpsmen are standing. Soldiers hit the dirt as more shells strike nearby. Closeups of some Soviet prisoners. German Ju 87 Dive bombers are seen high above, and then closeup as they dive. Glimpse of German pilot in cockpit. Bombs striking ground. Dive bombers pulling out. Bombs exploding. Camera focuses on bomb falling from a Ju 87, and tracks it until it explodes on the ground. A German artillery spotter watches as a gun crew fires a 10.5cm le FH 18 howitzer. The shell explodes with white smoke and debris flies into the air. Glimpse of German soldiers watching as a gunner fires a 2cm Flak 38 antiaircraft gun at zero elevation. More artillery firing. A farm building is completely destroyed by an exploding heavy artillery shell. German troops walk past burning armor. Knocked out and burning tanks and other vehicles line the sides of the road to Minsk. But it is now open and a line of German troops with horse-drawn supply wagons moves ahead. Some mounted officers proceed as well. Trucks and armor follow, including a StuG III self-propelled gun armed with a short-barreled 75-mm gun. Scenes of total destruction. German long guns firing in flat lands as they continue advance to the Dnieper River. German 17 Cm Kanone 18 guns firing toward Stalin Line fortifications. Huge explosions seen as shells explode in distance. A fire raging in distance. More German artillery firing. German infantry advancing after the artillery barrages. Obstacles at Soviet lines of defense that German infantry must breach or bypass. German infantry entering a village. One throws a hand grenade and they both drop to the ground as it explodes on a small building. German soldier firing a light machine gun. Sounds of heavy artillery and views of battle damaged buildings and fortifications. Captured Soviet prisoners walk with hands above their heads. Closeups of some. Aerial view of a destroyed fort on the Stalin line and destroyed buildings all around it.

Location: Soviet Union
Date: 1941, July
Duration: 4 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028008
Germans execute Manstein strategy circumnavigating maginot line and attacking France through the Ardennes

Captured French General Henri Giraud steps from a German JU-52 trimotor transport plane and is met by German officers during World War 2 German invasion and occupation of France. Animated map shows execution of the Manstein strategy, with massed German Panzer units circumnavigating the Maginot line and attacking through the Ardennes Forest, converging in a thrust to Abbeville on the French coast. This is carried out by German General Heinz Guderian and the 29th Panzer Corps. German forces are seen moving rapidly in trucks, motorcycles, on horseback (cavalry) and even with horse-drawn wagons. Pz.IV tanks of a Panzer division are seen on the move. Soldiers on Pz.III tank and horses move on the field. German infantry marches casually along a road and into a French town, accompanied by a marching band. Houses along the street. Soldiers on Sdkfz.263 8-wheeled armored car of 2.Pz.Div in a field. Other soldiers move on tanks. Germans shell installations at a French port city during Battle of France. German officers ride into a captured French port city.

Location: France
Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028017
Navy film about proper handling of jet airplanes on U.S. aircraft carriers

Blue shirts moving Marine F2H Banshee aircraft with folded wings, on flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier. They roll one by pushing on the leading edge, without rocking the aircraft. Diagram shows tendency of jets to rock fore and aft. They use a tug to move a jet forward only. Blue shirts rolling one back to allow forward towing. An F2H being taxied with wings folded. Blue shirts position one pointing aft overboard to minimize blast from engine during start. Wheels being chocked.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028028
Training film explains techniques for catapulting jet aircraft from U.S. Navy aircraft carriers.

Film illustrating proper technique for catapulting jet aircraft from U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. Yellow shirt officer signals for catapult launch of a U.S. Navy F2H Banshee airplane, aboard an aircraft carrier. The aircraft is catapulted. Film recounts sequence of actions leading up to catapulting of a jet airplane from a carrier. A yellow shirt catapult officer guides the pilot as green shirt catapult gear crewmen adjust the bridle. Others secure the hold-back cable. View of hold-back cable and its slip catch with metal ring that breaks when the catapult is fired. A cover is installed to prevent parts of the ring from being flying loose and injuring someone or being ingested by a jet engine. View of an F2H being catapulted. Pilot given brakes off signal and catapult bridle is tensioned. Catapult officer coordinates with deck-edge crewman who monitoring catapult situation lights controlled by crew in catapult ready room below deck. When they signal "final ready," pilot applies full power and signals when at 100%. After final check, catapult officer on deck gives signal and the plane is launched. Views of jet aircraft being catapulted in pairs. Film illustrates procedures for handling "duds," when pilot signals a problem on the catapult. Pilot and deck officers hand signals are shown. Deck crewmen swarm over the aircraft and rapidly push it off and away from the catapult. Focus shifts safety regarding use of deck elevator. Views of more jets being catapulted at 35 second intervals.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1951
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028031
U.S. Marines treat wounded after amphibious assault on Saipan in World War II

U.S. marine with bandaged head wound lying on a stretcher in sand on Saipan after amphibious assault by infantry of 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions in World War 2. Medic administering blood plasma. Marines transferring dead to a landing craft.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, July
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028042
U.S. Marines establishing beachhead during amphibious assault on Saipan in World War II

U.S. Marines of the 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions on the beachhead during amphibious assault on Saipan, during World War 2. The beach is jammed with Marines and equipment. Smoke rising in background from bombardment by U.S. Navy warships.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028043
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