German Campaign in Russia
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Scope and Content
Nazi troops build bridges, haul supplies with horses. Locals wave as Germans march by, tanks advance, LS infantry advances across grassy field. Vehicles wait to move forward, soldiers observe, then fire on houses. 01:03:20 Two Russians surrender, group of captured POWs. Shots of destroyed Russian equipment. German army moves forward crosses river. Artillery fires at houses in distance. 01:06:06 Enter Grodno with infantry, tanks, and artillery, houses on fire as troops move through. Soviet POWs cross bridge, go one way along road as German troops march past going the other. LS of German convoy. Artillery fires, German infantry moves across field. MCU as squad attacks Soviet position, lots of smoke. Soviets surrender come out of bunker surrounded by Germans. Soviet soldier frisked.
Note(s)
A wild VHS tape has all eight reels.
Subjects
- ATTACKS
- ARTILLERY
- MILITARY ADVANCES
- PRISONERS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- SOVIET UNION
- POWS (SOVIET)
Places
- , Belarus
- , Soviet Union
Genre
- Film
- Newsreels.