German troops

Identifier
irn1000107
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.252.1
  • RG-60.0637
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Portuguese
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

German troops evacuate Finland. Refugees bound for Sweden on a road. Refugees with belongings at railroad station. German men and equipment in retreat on the Western front; they are loaded aboard ship and move out. Wounded loaded into ambulances. Engineers repair bridge. Destruction in Belgrade. Rocket barrage fired on the Russian front. German antitank and machine guns fired. Russian T-34 tanks advance. Bazookas destroy some. German tanks counterattack. Good combat footage, may have cut in some Russian footage.

Note(s)

  • NARA transferred wrong reel. The USHMM requested Reel 2 - see Film ID 306, Stories 658 and 659

Subjects

  • ATTACKS
  • MACHINE GUNS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • TRAIN STATIONS
  • FINLAND
  • SMOKE
  • TANKS
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • REFUGEES

Places

  • , Finland
  • , Soviet Union
  • Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.