Auslandstonwoche Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

This moving image contains the following: Reel 1, part 1 shows a German architectural exhibit. In part 2, the Swedish royal family and the ministers of Finland and Germany attend services at the St. Gertrude-gemeinde church in Stockholm. Part 3 Shows peasant women laboring in the fields in German-occupied Russia. In part 4, sugar beets are gathered in Belgium. Part 5 shows Hungarian youths being recruited into the German Army and leaving a village in horse-drawn carts. Part 6 shows ice skating and trapeze exhibitions in Berlin. Reel 2, part 1 shows a motorcycle race in Bucharest. In part 2, German and Italian motorized units occupy S. France. It also shows antiaircraft batteries in Marseilles, France, officers explain the port facilities to Germans. Motorized columns proceed to the Spanish border and German and Spanish troops fraternize. Fortifications are constructed on the South France coast. Part 3 shows Stukas dive bombing a copper refinery near Stalingrad. Artillery, mortar, and machine gun fire force the Russian to abandon shattered positions. In part 4, Germany and Romanian ships lay mines in the Black Sea. In part 5, a Russian attack on Mt. Elbrus in the Caucasus is beaten off.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division