Auslandstonwoche Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

This moving image contains the following: In Reel 1, Part 1, Estonian "independence" is celebrated by the placing of wreaths on the monuments of dead Estonian fascists. Part 2 shows King Michael I and General Antonescu attending a requiem mass in Bucharest honoring Ferdinand and Maria, the creators of modern Romania and the king decorates troops. In Part 3, German crews clear debris, created by an Allied air attack, from Brussels. The civilian dead are buried. Part 4 shows Minister of War Michow and Prince Cyril among those swearing allegiance to the new King, Simon II, in Sofia. In Part 5, crowds in Croatia swear allegiance to Ante Pavelic who thanks them and his German "liberators." Reel 2, Part 1 shows german infantry and armor moving up in Italy after the capitulation to the allies of Marshal Badoglio. German troops occupy Reggio, Padua, and Milan. It also shows street fighting in Rome's outskirts. Badoglio's troops capitulate and German troops enter Rome. In Part 2, German troops are transported by funicular railway into the Abruzzi Mountains where Mussolini is imprisoned, SS paratroops land on a mesa and attack the prison building. Mussolini boards a small plane and is flown to Hitler's headquarters at Vittorio and shows the dictator with Hitler, SS chieftain Skorenzy, and von Ribbentrop. Mussolini addresses the Italian people.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division