GERMAN NEWSREEL Part 1

Description

Summary: German Youth Camp - Boys and girls harvesting wheat in fields. German Fishing Fleet - CUs, nets, boats heading out to sea. CUs, hauling in catch. CU, catch of eels. Int scenes, award two aged civilians medals. Entertainment for Wounded VETS - Interiors on stage, comedian doing drunk act. Russian Front German fighters taking off in squadron formations. AVs, Stukas dive bombing and strafing enemy positions and transportation. Ground shots, infantry and tanks advancing under artillery shelling. CUs, searching wrecked and burning houses in village for snipers. Normandy Front - CUs, Commander conferring Iron Crosses on panzer leaders. Light and heavy field artillery being fired. MS, explosions in field. CUs, firing machine guns, Allied soldiers in distance as seen thru telefoto lens. CU, forward observer in CP relaying orders to gun crews (sound). CUs, giving firing orders, gun firing. VS, Allied bombers in formation. Seq: Germans camouflaging artillery. Men running to AA guns and firing same. LS, two planes crashing in distance.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities