GERMAN NEWSREEL Part 2

Description

Summary: CU, German newspaper headlines. CUs, civilians reading proclamations. CUs, closing theatres, women registering for employment, factory scenes women at work. Unloading bottled and keg beer at warehouse. CUs, hooking trucks onto trolley cars to conserve gas. LS, traffic in city. Men, women and children building fortifications. Poland (Russo-German Campaign) Camouflaged panzers advancing, firing in the field. LS, burning town. LS, German patrol boats firing on Russian land fortifications. CU, infantry firing small weapons in field, firing artillery, explosions in field. CU, tank loaded with infantry passing camera. CU, firing light machine gun on tank. LS, CUs, burning Russian tanks, smouldering city in bg. CU, officer awarding medals to men in the field. Normandy - LS, Allied plane in air. MS, plane caught in searchlight beams. Night and day scenes manning and firing German AA guns. CU, rocket bomb in air heading toward England. VS, wrecked homes in England. Air raid, Allied bombers in formation above. CUs, Germans running for cover, firing AA guns, one plane hit and falling to earth. B-17 shot down and exploding. CU, ruins. Panzers on the move. CU, loading and firing light antitank gun, infantry advancing under fire, firing machine guns and rifles. CUs, firing multiple gun.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities