A pair of German soldiers ride on top of a tank destroyer with a stuffed teddy bear fastened to its gun barrel, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. One of the soldiers is laying on his side. The camera focuses on the teddy bear doll as the tank destroyer passes. Utility vehicles, motorcycles, and trucks transporting troops on a road as seen from the rear of a vehicle. Allied prisoners of war (POW) march under guard along a muddy road past German vehicles. Some of the prisoners help or carry injured comrades. Closeup of captured American prisoners of war. Two prisoners of war smoke cigarettes while carrying an injured man. U.S. Army soldier prisoner of war skip over soft, muddy area through the woods. Four American single engine aircraft fly overhead. German soldiers fire anti-aircraft gun at enemy aircraft. An airplane is downed. Black smoke rises over downed plane. Close up of SS (Schutzstaffel) troops manning an anti-aircraft gun. German soldiers happily wave at friendly German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft buzzing at them. A formation of German aircraft overhead. A German officer from a camouflaged staff car points to aircraft above them. A German soldier on a motorcycle looking up in the sky. Civilian woman gives out bread to a soldier riding on a canvas covered tank destroyer. The soldier is smiling after he received bread. A group of civilians welcome German troops in tanks. Children waving at the German soldiers. Large group of German troops riding on top of a Panzer V tank (also called a "Panther") wave back at well-wishers. Field Marshal Walter Model, Commander of 5th and 6th Panzer Armies, conversing with soldiers and officers in the Ardennes. Marshal Model watch soldiers remove a fence. Model talking to a Nazi SS soldier.
A large group of captured United States Army soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge, or the Battle of the Ardennes, in World War 2. As the prisoners march under watch by German soldiers, the camera focuses on captured African American soldiers who are prisoners of war. A smiling German soldier. The prisoners of war march through the forest. Weary faces of Black soldiers are juxtaposed with their smiling, laughing German SS guards. A German Panzer IV tank passes a muddy hillside road where many U.S. Army prisoners of war are seated on the ground in the background. A soldier rides a horse drawn wagon in front of another tank where a group of soldiers are seen standing on top. The captured Allied prisoners of war are herded toward the road below to their compound. A German soldier eats a chocolate candy bar. He nods his head enjoying his candy bar. German soldiers trying out captured American beer and cigarettes. A German soldier drinking a bottle of American beer. Some German SS soldiers wearing camouflaged uniforms, one of them carries a light M34 machine gun with a circular magazine on his shoulder. A dozen German soldiers are seen sitting atop a moving tank. A tank drives through a village. Crewmen on top of a moving Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun. One of the crewmen rides astride the gun barrel, while another mans the machine gun. Next is a a series of several German Panzer V ("Panther") tanks moving through the village. Clip contains many closeup views of faces of German soldiers and closeup views of faces of U.S. Army soldiers, including African American prisoners of war.
German and Italian prisoners of war (POW), captured by the First Special Service Force (FSSF, or sometimes referred to as SSF or "The Devil's Brigade") (elite joint American-Canadian commando unit) during their attack at Cisterna, Italy, in World War II, are seen gathered in a compound with a bomb-damaged building in the background. An American guard holding a rifle escorts more prisoners along a highway towards the compound. Prisoners in both shots appear fatigued, some showing visible injuries with leg, arm, and head bandages. In a final scene, two seated prisoners rest; one has an injured leg and smokes a cigarette.
American soldiers of the First Special Service Force (FSSF, or sometimes referred to as SSF or "The Devil's Brigade") (elite joint American-Canadian commando unit) walk in single file along a road and through high grasses, passing barbed wire or razor wire entanglements. The U.S. Army soldiers are carrying backpacks, gear, and rifles.
An M4 Sherman tank drives past the camera, a U.S. Army soldier visible in the hatch, with a ruined building in the background. In an open field, plumes of smoke rise from distant explosions. In the final shot, a military jeep transports a soldier wounded in battle. A medic holds an IV bag above the wounded soldier, whose face is visible.
Camera man slate indicates location is near Mussolini Canal. Past a tree line and ruined building, distant explosions cause smoke to rise. In the next shot, a steady line of German prisoners of war (POW) march toward the camera, many with hands behind their backs, captured by the First Special Service Force (FSSF, or sometimes referred to as SSF or "The Devil's Brigade") (elite joint American-Canadian commando unit) during their attack in Italy, World War II. FSSF soldiers march alongside the prisoners, holding rifles ready. A smaller group of prisoners, all with their hands on their heads, march past armed FSSF soldiers and a tank. In the next scene, FSSF soldiers march away from the camera, passing a knocked-out U.S. Army M4 Sherman tank. Later, a group of soldiers inspects three knocked-out Panzer IV tanks on the side of the road. Some soldiers are seen using shovels at the edge of the road. The final shot zooms in on a destroyed German Panzer IV tank.
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