Ostland Woche № 23665 (1943)

Newsreel №63230, 2 parts, duration: 0:16:35, black-white
Production: UFA

Reel №1

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Camp labor groups in Mintaue (Jelgava), mast flag Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) with the image of spikes and shovels.

Arrival at Camp minister Reichsarbeitsdienst Constantine Girlie (Heerlen) during his visit to the eastern countries.

It bypasses the formation of soldiers with arbaytsfyurerom Major General CA Ayzenbakom.

Girlie with Ayzenbekom Gebietskommissar Medem and go up the stairs, they welcomed the inspector general Bangerskis, they bypass the guard of soldiers.

Former soldiers of the Latvian labor service are now soldiers of the Latvian SS Legion.

Indicative gunners teachings, Girlie, Bangerskis and commander of the 15th SS Grenadier Division Pückler-Burghausen present at the exercises.

Gunners deploying cannon and shoot.

Having loaded the gun, the soldiers deftly jump over the carriage.

Barracks Latvian volunteers Labour Front in Riga, they ran out of the barracks, built in the courtyard.

Generals bypass operation.

Ayzenbek speaks to the soldiers, sitting on a bench, with a speech.

Ceremonial march of soldiers Labour Front with shovels in their hands.

Close-up Arm.

In one of the settlements where the organization Todt build the road, there are difficulties due to the high humidity in the ground.

Builders find a way out.

"Demag" German firms excavator works in a quarry, sand scoops, falls asleep in the trucks.

Local women in the excavation, they help the soldiers.

In the area by local residents and soldiers digging wells, laying explosives in them.

After the explosion, the sand falls through the holes and forms the basis for the road.

Key words

Latvia, 1943, World War 2, labor groups, state. figures, celebrities, generals, military exercises, artillery
USSR, 1943, World War 2, the construction of roads, quarries, blasting

Reel №2

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