Finland
Creator(s)
- George R. Wheeler
- Deutsche Wochenschau (Producer)
Scope and Content
Map of border between the USSR and Finland. German troops on the border in the area of Salla, Finland, marching, shooting howitzers. Map showing southern wing of the front. Romanian troops march along a road. The narrator states that Bessarabia [which the USSR had demanded and received from Romania in June 1940] was now free. German and Romanian officers in the field consult a map. Romanian soldiers marching over a bridge. Romanian King Michael and General Ion Antonescu are shown in the field with Romanian troops. German troops crossing a river in small boats, under enemy fire, marching along a road, shooting artillery. Germans investigating a farm village, looking in a window. They encounter and search a couple of civilians, including one who emerges from his home with his hands raised, looking very bedraggled. Soviet POWs marching across a field; some are wounded and are being carried by their comrades.
Note(s)
Original film canisters located in Museum offsite storage. Source archive numbers and production date as found in: Bucher, Peter. "Wochenschauen und Dokumentarfilme 1895-1950 im Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv" Koblenz: Bundesarchiv, 1984.
Other credits: Filmscript: Walter Lueddecke; Spielleitung: C. Hartmann; Music: Fritz Wenneis
People
- Michael I, King of Romania, 1921-
Subjects
- COLLABORATORS (ROMANIAN)
- MILITARY RECONNAISSANCE
- RIVERS
- FRENTZ, WALTER
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (ROMANIAN)
- SEARCHES
- MARCHING
- POWS (SOVIET)
- BORDERS/CROSSINGS
- ANTONESCU, ION
- MAPS
- FINLAND
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
- ROMANIA
- BRIDGES
- BOATS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
Places
- Salla, Finland
- , Romania
- , Bessarabia
Genre
- Film
- Newsreels.