Ostland Woche №24411 (1942)

Newsreel №63272, 2 parts, Duration: 0:16:05 B/W
Studio UFA

Reel №1

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Panorama of Tallinn.

A man hangs a flag with a swastika on the wall of his house, the streets are decorated with fascist banners.

A rally in memory of Estonians killed by the Bolsheviks is taking place in the square, the Director General of Internal Affairs of Estonia Dr.

Hjalmar Mäe and the General Commissioner of Estonia Karl Litzmann are speaking.

Women in national costumes are standing.

Detachments of soldiers and sailors are lined up at the military cemetery.

Laying flowers on the graves of fallen soldiers.

Girls in national costumes lay flowers on the graves.

Recruitment of Latvian volunteers into the ranks of the German Wehrmacht.

The commander issues documents to the soldiers.

Preparation of agricultural implements and machinery for sowing.

Peasants repair machines.

Craftsmen make rakes, a soldier inspects them.

Metal parts for agricultural machinery are made in the forge.

A warehouse of finished machines.

Rural work is underway, hay is being harvested.

Wheels for carts are made in the workshop.

The finished wheels are installed on the cart.

Assembling a cart from planks.

In the forge, metal rims and axles are made.

Marshal Petain visits the camp of French labor detachments, passes by tents.

Workers cut down trees, work on the construction of a railway.

A line-up in the camp, detachments march in front of the marshal.

An exhibition of agricultural achievements in Denmark.

Pedigree horses are brought out onto the stadium field.

Spectators in the stands.

Detachments with flags enter the field.

Queen Alexandrina arrives, she inspects the models.

Enclosures with cattle and poultry: cows, sheep, chickens in cages.

Children pet rabbits.

Young people practicing gliding.

Young people watch the flight of a glider, which circles in the air.

View of the ground from the glider.

Landing.

A sports festival in Kaunas on the river.

Spectators on the bank watch the swimmers.

Diving.

A man balances on a pole, falls into the water, rolls over a barrel.

Water Polo competition.

A humorous canoeing competition where teams try to knock their opponents into the water.

Keywords

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Reel №2

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Military operations between the Don and Kuban.

The movement of German tanks and infantry across the steppe.

Soldiers are walking along a dusty road, cyclists are riding, trucks with soldiers.

A panorama of the city of Armavir.

German artillery is firing at the city.

Crossing the Kuban on inflatable boats near Armavir.

Fighting in the city, leading Soviet prisoners.

Tanks are advancing, they are at the railway station.

Fires are all around.

Motorized artillery is moving toward Voroshilovsk (Stavropol).

A convoy is driving down the street past a boy, a church is visible.

German soldiers on the streets of Voroshilovsk (Stavropol).

A soldier is watching the movement of vehicles.

Crossing a small tributary of the Kuban, soldiers are walking along a small bridge.

Camels are grazing, eating leaves from trees.

A German soldier is trying to climb onto a requisitioned camel.

A German sits, next to him is a chewing camel's muzzle.

Soldiers on camels cross a cornfield.

German troops on the march along the road to Krasnodar, tanks, armored vehicles, cyclists, infantry are driving.

Entering Krasnodar, street fighting.

Artillerymen turn a cannon on the street, shoot.

A view of broken Soviet guns, ruins of the city.

German troops advance further.

A tank slides down the stairs.

A burning railway station.

Keywords

USSR, 1942, World War 2, tanks, infantry, bicycle infantry, artillery, crossing, river, prisoners, fires, pets, broken guns

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