WWII - 1941, Germany: Newsreel re German Fighting In Latvia; Byelorussia; R1 Pt. 2

WWII - 1941, Germany: Newsreel re German Fighting In Latvia; Byelorussia; R1 Pt. 1 Cont’d. Wehrmacht marching through Latvia - cheering population throw flowers. Small tanks past, troops across fields. 14:50:24 Before Dunaburg Daugavpils motorcycle troop & infantry, heavy guns fired. Tanks moving. German officer shouts orders - barn & enemy tank burning. 14:51:58 Soviet troops surrender. Troops & horse convoy continues. Destroyed Russian tanks. 14:53:00 ‘Pioneers’ building pontoon bridge over River Bug; sleeping soldiers in jeep or truck. Trucks & tanks across bridge. Horses led across. Battle over industrial site (looks like village). 14:54:37 POWs w/ hands up. Map shows troops headed for Grodno Hrodna, Byelorussia. Tanks through destroyed village after Russian retreat, fields & houses burning & burned. Troops on horseback through smoke. POWs run across pontoon bridge - good shot line of disheveled Soviet prisoners trudge past line of smartly uniformed German troops moving to front. Burning village scenes. Soldiers w/ shovels, motorcycles & vehicles advance towards Grodno. 14:58:05 General points to Russian bunkers in distance. Germans firing heavy artillery & moving in on bunkers; surviving Russian troops captured & searched. Cont’d... WW2; Eastern Front. Russia / USSR. Operation Barbarossa; 1941; NOTE: Partial or entire card sold at per reel rate. NOTE: In our experience German Nazi era 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.