Ostland Woche №23971 (1943)

Ceremonial formation of Latvian SS volunteer units at the stadium, residents sitting in the stands.

Inspector General of the Latvian SS Legion Rudolfs Bangerskis and officers walk past the formation, a soldier carries a banner.

A soldier carries the national flag, spectators in the stands stand.

Close-ups of the soldiers' faces.

Taking the oath near the fascist flag.

SS insignia on their helmets.

Inspector General Bangerskis speaks, then he reviews the parade of units.

A meeting of agricultural workers was held at the Agricultural Academy in the city of Dotnuva, Professor Kaspits (?) speaks.

The delegates inspect a model farm.

Near a field of ripening wheat there is a mill and peasant houses.

Horses with foals, sheep and cows graze in the meadow.

A church procession in honor of the feast of Corpus Christi is taking place in Agram (Zagreb).

The solemn procession with the Holy Gifts moves along the streets of the city.

It is headed by priests carrying a monstrance.

The road in front of them is strewn with flowers by children in white robes.

Nuns accompany the girls.

Boys in clerical robes carry banners.

Parishioners walk.

A congress of cardinals of the sacred congregation is taking place in Rome, dedicated to the consecration of a monument to Pope Pius XI. The consecration ceremony is taking place.

A concert of the orchestra of German labor detachments took place in Paris near the building of the National Academy of Music.

The orchestra was conducted by the author of many popular marches, Herms Niel.

The crowd listens to the concert.

At the end of the concert, flowers are presented to the conductor.

A boxing match for foreign workers located there took place in Vienna.

Boxers from Spain, Denmark, Belgium, and France perform on an open area.

The spectators react violently.

Demonstration competitions of the French middleweight champion Gerard Corsi, who also works in Vienna.

Filming in rapid motion.

A football match for the 4th military championship between the teams of Dresden and Saarbrucken was held at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

Players on the field.

Spectators in the stands, wounded soldiers sitting among them.

Rapid filming of the moment a goal is scored.

The Dresden team won with a score of 3:0. After the end of the match, the fans run out onto the field, carrying a football player in their arms.

At the invitation of the Fuhrer, the Turkish military mission arrives at the southern section of the front.

They inspect new types of weapons, tanks.

Demonstration of the new Tiger tank.

General von Manstein talks with Turkish officers.

Air force and ground forces maneuver with tanks in front of the guests.

During his trip to Galicia, Governor-General of Poland Frank visited the recruits of the volunteer rifle division "Galicia".

Frank arrives in Lviv, he is met by officials and city residents.

In the city square, he walks the ranks of the division.

Frank is presented with flowers, a couple in national costumes hand over a tray with a rushnyk and a cup.

Frank shakes hands with the city administration.

He walks the line of Galicia volunteers in civilian clothes.

The city's coat of arms: a lion and three crowns.

In Belgrade, a review of the Serbian Volunteer Legion is taking place, leaving to fight the Bolsheviks.

Generals walk the line.

On St.

George's Day, the volunteer units were presented with a banner.

A soldier holds the banner.

A priest conducts the ceremony of blessing the banner, handing the banner over to the legion.

In Pskov, a pro-fascist demonstration of the population takes place, organized by the occupation authorities on the occasion of the second anniversary of the "liberation".

Volunteer soldiers carry a shield with a portrait of Hitler and the inscription: "Hitler the Liberator." A banner: "Forward with Germany for the future of Russia." A view of a square with houses and a church.

Residents watch the procession of Vlasov volunteers, local policemen stand by.

A column of young people carries the slogan: "Youth is fighting for the future of Russia.

Workshop of students of the Pskov depot." Officers walk around the line of volunteers, a military orchestra plays.

A parade of volunteers in front of German officers.

An honor guard from Russian volunteer units passes by.

These soldiers are sent mainly to fight bandits.

The Lapland Front in the Murmansk region.

Artillery preparation is underway for the actions of shock troops.

German artillery shells Soviet positions.

Guns fire, shells explode.

It is 12 at night.

Thanks to the midnight sun, the day lasts 24 hours.

The advanced Soviet outpost is systematically captured by German troops.

German infantrymen leave their shelter and rush to attack.

A machine gunner fires.

German destroyers are on a raid, searching for enemy submarines.

A room on a ship in which an acoustician picks up the sounds of underwater engines with his instruments.

An enemy submarine is spotted, depth charges are dropped.

Explosions in the sea.

Traces of gasoline on the surface of the water indicate that an English submarine has been hit.

A boat is lowered from the ship, a sailor scoops up a sample of water with traces of gasoline.

Indeed, it is fuel.

The sailor scoops up water with traces of gasoline from the side with a bucket.

The raid continues.