XD7981 German WWII newsreel Die Deutsche Wochenschau Franco Spain Assault on Kiev Operation Barbarossa

Reel was marked 567 / 498 Part 1. This is roughly 25 minutes of the Die Deutsche Wochenschau № 567 (1941). Shows extensive combat footage in Eastern Front in Russia as well as in Finland vicinity, Stuka attacks on shipping and air to ground as well as air-to-air attacks against Soviets.

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1. Formation of anti-Soviet military legions in Denmark and Norway.

Scenes at the recruiting office, registration of new recruits, drill exercises.

Dutch legions marching through the streets of Amsterdam before sending them to the Eastern Front.

2. Franco’s Spain.

Anti-Soviet demonstrations in the streets.

3. Spanish troop train heading to the Eastern Front, travel stops at a train station in Bordeaux.

Vichy welcomed the soldiers “Blue Division”.

4. Italy.

Benito Mussolini examines motorized division before sending it to the Soviet-German front.

5. Romania.

Anti-Soviet rally in front of the German Embassy in Bucharest.

Romanian troops, leaving the eastern front, marching through the streets of Bucharest.

6. Slovakia.

Hits in Pressburg ^ Slovak troops, leaving the Eastern Front.

The head of the fascist government Jozef Tiso on the podium.

7. Horthy Hungary.

Hungarian army units, to be sent to the Eastern Front, marching through the streets of the city.

8. The northern section of the front (near Zall).

The movement of German vehicles on forest roads impassable.

Nazi soldiers on the construction of military roads.

Finnish colonel takes part in a meeting of the German officers.

Soviet Air Force raid on the German positions, bombs exploding.

German anti-aircraft guns in action.

Downed Soviet bomber.

In the battle included the German fighters, fight them with Soviet aircraft.

Flow tracers directed towards attacking Soviet bombers.

Soviet plane crashes and explodes on the ground.

Heavy German tanks advancing on the city Zall.

This is followed by infantry.

On one of the German airfields: discussion of the forthcoming operation a group of pilots with the White Finns.

Start herds of wild deer that prevent dispersal of aircraft on the launch pad.

Connect German bombers in the air.

Dropping bombs on the location of Soviet troops.

Explosions, burning forests (filmed from the air).

At the airport the German fighters: preparation of one of the machines to start, start the engine, the final preparations for the pilot sitting in the cockpit.

Start.

German aircraft attack on Soviet ships in the White Sea.

Fired at the ship sinks.

9. The southern section of the Soviet-German front.

The meeting with the Romanian officers before the attack.

Romanian infantry in the campaign.

The movement of German motorized units uncomfortable, pitted ditches, roads.

German engineers and local people restore the destroyed bridge over the River Prut.

Traffic on the bridge of the German cyclists.

German troops (infantry and baggage) pass through the village.

Move along the country roads.

In one of the villages Ukrainian nationalists posted a poster welcoming the Nazis.

Residents greeted the Germans with bread and salt.

Destroyed in the fighting city.

German soldiers destroyed the Soviet flag, break plaster bust of Stalin.

10. The German offensive on Kiev.

Accumulation of Soviet military equipment, broken German aircraft.

Derailed train Soviet.

The movement of German convoys, transports, cavalry, reconnaissance armored vehicles on dusty roads.

Light infantry weapons (guns and machine guns) firing at the village.

Burning Village (filmed from a distance).

Soviet POWs with their hands up.

Among the prisoners are many Asian people, a female fighter.

Burning a Soviet tank, burning houses.

German soldiers walk across the field of rye, tear poppies collected bouquets they lay buried in the grave of his friend.

11. The German offensive on the city of Bialystok and Minsk.

The movement of tanks, cyclists.

Tanks cross the creek.

Infantry and convoys on the march.

Motorcyclists hardly move on unimproved dirt roads.

Destroyed bridge over the river.

Sappers constructing pontoons.

Cars with trailer artillery on the pontoon bridge stepping up the river.

Lunch at the soldiers in the camp canteen.

Rest in camp.

Soldiers potroshaschie chickens.

Hiking hairdresser.

Washing cars.

Bathing horses.

Games of the soldiers.

Impromptu orchestra.

German infantry on the march.

Columns of soldiers passing through the village, the smiling faces of the soldiers.

Aflame Minsk, ruins of buildings.

German troops entered the burning city.

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