Ostland Woche №22925 (1943)

The Riga Cathedral, with a crowd of soldiers and civilians standing next to it with wreaths and flowers.

The funeral of the victims, whom, according to the announcer, "the Bolsheviks killed in the Cathedral Square, wanting to prevent a public demonstration protesting against the Moscow Conference." Priests come out of the cathedral, men carry out coffins, lay them on hearses.

The funeral procession moves along the streets of Riga, residents watch it.

Soldiers carry national and fascist flags, pass by the monument.

Funeral in the cemetery, people throw flowers into the graves, lay wreaths.

The German delegation lays a wreath.

The building of the University of Madrid, rebuilt by order of Franco in connection with the restoration of the country.

Students with flags stand on the field of the university stadium.

Priests conduct the rite of consecration of the university.

People in the stands watch the procession of columns of young people.

Franco walks behind soldiers carrying a huge wreath, which is laid at the monument to the fallen students.

The parade begins, planes fly in the air, columns of soldiers, horse artillery, cavalry, young Falangists.

Franco raises his hand in a fascist salute.

Harvesting from the fields.

Men sharpen scythes, preparing for mowing.

Women and girls help them, tying sheaves of wheat.

Work at the thresher, to which sheaves are brought.

Grain is poured into a winnowing machine.

Men and women work.

Finished grain is poured into a box.

Close-up of a palm with grain.

Bicycle race in Antwerp between Belgian and French athletes.

Racers pass by a mill, rush along a wet road in the city.

At one of the stages of the race, athletes are given bags on the go.

Finish, the winner of the race is Belgian Lenne.

A football match for the Reich Minister of Sports von Tschammer und Osten Cup was held in Stuttgart.

Among the spectators there were many leavers from the front and wounded soldiers.

Fragments of the game between the teams of the Hamburg Air Force School and the Vienna garrison.

At the end of the game, the fans run out onto the field and hug the players.

Autumn maneuvers of the Romanian army.

A bugler sounds.

The General Staff watches the maneuvers, German officers are present.

An infantry attack begins on the field, a machine gunner fires, light tanks drive by.

The officers watch the maneuvers.

Airplanes appear, explosions are heard on the field.

Communication is carried out by telephone and radio.

Soldiers prepare a gun for battle, fire.

In Athens, a parade of motorized units of the German Wehrmacht took place in front of the university building.

Tanks, motorcycles, trucks with soldiers are driving.

On the platform, a general reviews the parade, residents watch the movement of troops.

A military orchestra plays.

In Tirana, after Germany guaranteed the independence of Albania, the National Assembly gathered in the former royal palace.

Delegates head to the building.

Elections for the first free government of Albania are taking place in the hall.

A delegate fingered his rosary, another concentratedly picked his nose.

The members of the elected government take their seats and are applauded.

Field Marshal Albert Kesselring arrives in Italy, where he inspects German units.

He walks along the line of soldiers, greets the German soldiers, as well as that part of the Italian troops that, after the events of July 1943 (the fall of Mussolini), remained loyal to the Duce.

Kesselring holds an awards ceremony.

Mussolini enters the hall of the government house, Marshal Rodolfo Graziani talks with the military in the foyer.

Mussolini looks over papers at the table.

Italian Minister of War Marshal Graziani holds the first meeting of the fascist republican government, he signs papers.

Marshal Graziani arrives at the headquarters of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, after talking with him, says goodbye on the porch.

Rommel inspects the construction of fortifications in northern Italy.

An anti-tank wall is being built.

Rommel inspects a firing point, the guns are aimed at the sea.

Rommel walks around the positions.

Rommel close-up against the background of the sea.

Southern Italian front.

German troops delay the Allied offensive in Rome in new defensive positions.

Soldiers unwind barbed wire, stretch it over posts.

A soldier clings to the wire, looks at a hole in his trouser leg.

Soldiers clear the field of fire, blow up trees with dynamite.

View from the hill.

German artillery on the shore.

Headquarters, telephone communications.

The gun fires.

Allied tanks burn in the twilight.

In the airspace of the Gomel region, a German squadron bombs the Soviet rear.

Bombs fly, explosions are visible on the ground.

Barracks on the outskirts of the city, railway buildings and bridges are blown up.