Soviet airplanes in flight over German positions on the eastern front during World War 2. German soldiers fire machine guns at aircraft. Smoke from bombardment. Bombing in the fields. German soldiers run for cover. A clash between Soviet and German tanks and a Soviet tank is destroyed by German tanks. Soviet tanks and German tanks during battle. Soldiers fire antiaircraft guns and artillery including closeup views firing a light field howitzer. A destroyed U.S. tank (from lend-lease program). Closeup of gaping hole in tank. Destroyed Soviet tanks. A demolished Soviet train in flames. (World War II period).
An exhibition of artwork and sculptures at a gallery or museum in Zurich, during World War 2. Sculpture of the Virgin Mary. Medieval sculpture of a man. Visitors view artwork including paintings inside the exhibition hall. Swiss paintings, lithographs from the Medieval and Renaissance periods on display. A couple views portraits from the 19th-20th century. People view the exhibition. Modernist nude sculptures on display.
Film opens with glimpse from a boat approaching Mount Athos, Greece, during World War 2. The Monastery of Saint Panteleimon ( known as the Russian Monastery) in Athos seen from the boat, with a German soldier wearing pith helmet in the foreground. Some buildings in the craggy slopes of the mountain. The Monastery complex seen in successively closer views from the boat approaching the shore. A closeup of the Monastery from nearby on the island. Camera pans part of the structure. Next, an Archbishop and other clergy are seen conducting some German army officers and members of their party on a tour of the Monastery. Closeup of the Archbishop and other clergy. Closeup of a German officer with a Clergy member. Closeup of another clergy member. A German officer descends stairs accompanied by six or more Clergy. The German visitors are escorted in a courtyard shaded by palm trees. The senior German Army officer points and asks questions of the Archbishop, who is seated on the edge of a line of roof tiles. What appears to be a fountain (without water) in a courtyard. Camera pans upward showing the main Monastery building. Scene shifts to sailing vessel tied up at the shore. Next, the German visitors are seen waving from a boat to The Archbishop and members of clergy standing on the shore as their boat pulls away from Mount Athos.
Romanian Marshal Ion Antonescu, accompanied by other officers, arrives at a garden party, during World War 2. He is greeted by other Romanian officers in white uniforms, and a woman hostess. View shifts to a series of balconies, filled with spectators, overlooking a lower balcony and patio, shaded by umbrellas. There, Marshal Antonescu is seated along with a number of men and women. The camera then focuses upon a swimming pool, where men dive into the water and compete in a swimming race. Numerous spectators stand around the pool to watch.
A map shows countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. German army and Italian army motorized units occupy Southern France during World War 2. German and Italian soldiers, tanks, and artillery move along on a road. Many German Quad 20mm anti aircraft guns (Flakvierling 38) in the Port of Marseilles, including some by the Marseille Basilica, high above the port . Ocean liners in the port. German soldiers sit around a truck. Sailors prepare equipment and guns. French officers explain the port facilities to German officers. Civilians in the city. Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians on the streets. Sign for the town of Cerbere. Motorized columns including German tanks proceed to the border with Spain. German and Spanish troops fraternize. Soldiers greet each other and interact. Fortifications are constructed on the South France coast. Axis soldiers camouflage artillery on the beach.
French youth labor on the railroad between Oran and Dakar in the Sahara Desert of North Africa, during World War 2. A man operates machinery to assist with laying railroad lines. Young men workers lift steel rails. They place the steel rails upon the sleepers. A streamlined train moves on the tracks through a hilly terrain. The train arrives at a desert outpost. Vichy French officials, including Admiral Francois Darlan exit the railroad train. They review an Arab honor guard on horseback. Darlan appears to use a Nazi German salute when greeting the Arab officials. The officials are greeted and welcomed. Arab soldiers on horses and camels. The visiting officials view Arab horse cavalry maneuvers and dances. View from a moving car as Arab cavalry run by on horses at full gallop during demonstration.
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