Mazury - landscape of East Prussia (1944)

Documentary №67138, 2 parts, black-white
Availability:Film hasn't been digitized
Director:Hans Bryoker (Hans Brocker)
Camera operators:Karl Shryoder (Karl Schroder)

Reel №1

Germany.

Evening landscape of lake.

Gothic tower fortress bridges.

The centuries-old history of the border region of Masuria in Eastern Prussia, which is the price of blood "the best German fighters" for 700 years protected the country and embodied the "blood and destiny of Germany."

Close up showing the crosses on the graves.

Tannenberg Memorial (Tannenberg-Denkmal): statues of soldiers in helmets with swords.

Colonnade memorial in Olsztyn (Abstimmungsdenkmal) with the inscription: "Poles!

We will stay the Germans! ".

Again Mazury lake scenery.

Eared wheat.

Farmers mow wheat, women gather it into sheaves.

Mounted rake with horse-drawn rake and take away the harvest.

Evening.

Peasants with scythes and rakes return home, passing through the hills in the rays of the setting sun.

Evening lake, peace and quiet.

Mist rises over the water.

The fisherman floats on the lake by boat.

Key words

Germany, 1940, Mazury, East Prussia, Olsztyn, Tannenberg, geography, architecture, history, tradition, monument, patriotism, nature, work, fishing, weaving, hunting, children

Reel №2

Fishermen spread out the network in the reeds, and then pull out network, filled with fish.

Women in traditional costumes weave for the machines.

Close-up carpets with traditional German ornaments made on the machine: the traditional craft of the region.

Again lake landscape, swans, ducks and other waterfowl.

The Hunting Party in the boats fired at a flock of ducks.

Close up showing boats full of game.

Men in traditional headdresses go through the village, go to the pub.

On the roof of the house - a nest of storks.

gliders flying in the sky.

The boys are playing on the field, one of them is with the accordion.

Boys marching in rows, suitable for gliders with a swastika, sit in the cockpit, flying over the lake.

On the sailboat waving them another group of guys.

Lonely boat at the pier.

Lakers Creek with rafts, evening sky.

It sounds solemn music.

Key words

Germany, 1940, Mazury, East Prussia, Olsztyn, Tannenberg, geography, architecture, history, tradition, monument, patriotism, nature, work, fishing, weaving, hunting, children

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