Newsreel of the first period of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1942)

View of a part of a field through binoculars.

Field Marshal Manstein at a forward observation post watches the progress of the battle through binoculars in the summer of 1942 in Crimea.

Manstein walks along a trench during a visit to forward positions.

Manstein talks to a slightly wounded soldier.

Manstein talks to soldiers.

Himmler descends the steps of an airplane.

Himmler shakes hands with soldiers who distinguished themselves in the battles for Crimea.

A Wehrmacht unit enters a burning village in the summer of 1941. View of burning ruins.

German soldiers before the attack.

View of part of a destroyed railway bridge in Poland.

View of a populated area during shelling.

German officers at an observation post.

Views of the ruins of the Brest Fortress.

Burnt brickwork.

Panorama of part of the wall of the Brest Fortress, riddled with shrapnel.

A pierced helmet of a Soviet soldier lies in the grass.

German soldiers standing on the side of the road greet Hitler's car as it approaches the Brest Fortress in August 1941. View of the destroyed Terespol Gate.

Hitler, Mussolini and the accompanying soldiers inspect a destroyed Soviet T-38 light tank, an officer with a pointer gives explanations.

Hitler, Mussolini and the accompanying soldiers during an inspection of the Brest Fortress.

Panorama of part of the fortress's ring barracks from the side of the bridge over the Bug.

Farewell inscription on the fortress wall, made by an unknown defender of the Brest Fortress on July 20, 1941. Inscriptions on the wall made by the defenders of the Brest Fortress.