German invasion of Poland and USSR

Identifier
irn1004209
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.311.1
  • RG-60.4714
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1941, 1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

Title: The German Invasion of Russia Autumn of 1941. American narration describes the German invasion of the USSR. Fires and other devastation in USSR; Soviet POWs. Germans attack Poland in 1939. Clips of battle footage (from German newsreels) while the narrator enumerates the countries invaded by the Nazis. German bombers attack USSR. A German soldier tears down a banner containing a portrait of Stalin. A German soldier raises a barrier at the border. German soldiers enter the USSR on bicycle, foot and on tanks. Bombs dropped on Soviet territory. Nice shot of a long line of German tanks disappearing into the distance. The tank in the rear has a swastika painted on it. Camouflaged infantry. German animated map showing the invasion route. Long-range artillery and bombing of an unnamed Russian city. Sense of overwhelming force. More battle footage.

Note(s)

  • The Film Bulletin series was issued by the War Department.

Subjects

  • POWS (SOVIET)
  • TANKS
  • BANNERS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • BOMBINGS
  • MAPS
  • BORDERS/CROSSINGS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • INVASIONS
  • BICYCLES
  • INVASION OF THE SOVIET UNION
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
  • POWS
  • BATTLES

Places

  • , Poland
  • , Soviet Union

Genre

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