GERMAN NEWSREEL - (GERMAN TROOPS) WWII Part 4

Description

Summary: Hitler Youth Movement - German youths seated at outdoor tables inspect and repair spark plugs. Ints of factory, women and young girls at work benches of small parts manufacturing concern. CU, woman sewing caps. LS, MS, transport arriving at dock; crowds cheer veteran soldiers returning for rest. Outdoor scenes in stadium: Teaching soldiers art of judo. Slow motion shots of hand-to-hand combat using judo techniques. Troops applauding. Seq: Motorized equipment moving over muddy roads. CU, infantryman loading camera. CUs, MSs, infantrymen passing camera carrying MGs and panzerfausts. (rocket launcher). Infantrymen crouching low along hedgerows, carrying rifles and panzerfausts. MSs, signal corpsmen stringing communications wire. CU, soldier on telephone in hedgerow. Excellent scenes, rocket launchers firing; fight and heavy artillery pieces firing. MSs, CUs, camouflaged tanks advancing across fields. Seq: One man torpedo boats racing across lake. Driver jumps. CU, Navy man is awarded Iron Cross. Seq: Guns fire from armored train, strikes on mountains in bg. MSs, CUs, troops climbing mountains, firing mortars, and MGs. CUs, light MG is fired. Excellent scenes, round up of guerrillas (Chetniks). CUs, faces of the guerillas. Firing of rocket guns, tanks advancing. LS, burning city. CU, soldier advances with basketful of grenades; street fighting in bg. MSs, CUs, firing of antitank guns point blank at building in city. MSs, CUs, excellent views, German soldiers using flamethrowers, rifles and MGs against buildings.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities