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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221090-06
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1941
Country: Germany,Russia,USSR
Location: Russia,smolensk Oblast
TC Begins: 10:11:31
TC Ends: 10:13:40
Duration: 00:02:09
WWII - 1941, Germany: German Newsreel: Germans in Smolensk, Russia Map of Western Russia. LS bomb-damaged Smolensk, trucks passing in FG. Tracking shot past gutted buildings. Soldiers looking at notice board w/ sign: Feierstunde des Frontsoldaten Smolensk 14.8.41; watched by woman w/ baby. Town square. Bomb-damaged cathedral “destroyed by pagan Russians”. Display in Russian w/ portraits of Lenin. Soviet prisoners forced to clean out churches - removing hay stored inside; more ornate churches visible in BG - served as a platform for paratroopers. Nazi officers greet local people who smile & wave - “finally liberated from Bolshevistic tyranny”. Nazi soldier getting married bride absent w/ two comrades as best men - officer conducts ceremony from small outdoor platform - soldier congratulated & given choice of gifts - comrades gather round, one w/ puppy. Troops march laden down w/ equipment. WW2; Eastern Front; USSR; Operation Barbarossa; WW2; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: In our experience German Nazi material is considered in the public domain throughout the world. If users feel any further clearances are necessary they are to be their own responsibility.