- Title: VM-1323
- Summary: Frontview: GERMAN WWII BATTLE SCENES. GERMAN NARRATION. GERMAN TROOPS TANKS AND ARTILLERY ON THE ATTACK IN SOVIET UNION (?) VARIETY OF WEAPONS BEING USED.
- Description:00:42:09 - GERMAN LANGUAGE FILM DESCRIPTION, TITLE: "GEBIRGSJAGER IM KAMPF UM EINE ORTSCHAFT". . 00:43:26 - LS PAN SHADOWY FIGURES GERMAN SOLDIERS SCATTERED ALONG FRONTIER IN OPEN FIELD ADVANCING TOWARDS CAMERA. VARIOUS MS SOLDIERS, OFFICERS SOME W WITH HEAVY BACK PACK MARCHING THROUGH OPEN FIELD, BACK PACKS, AND PACK MULES. 00:43:47 - MCU GERMAN OFFICER LIES ON HIS STOMACH IN GRASS, READS PLANS. CU OTHER GERMANS COMMUNICATING ON FIELD RADIOS. CU HELMETED GERMAN OFFICER GIVING ORDERS TO SOLDIER. SOLDIERS WITH BACK PACKS, CARRYING AUTOMATIC WEAPONS ON SHOULDERS APPROACH FARM, HOUSE. 00:44:08 - TWO GERMAN SOLDIERS LOADED DOWN WITH BACK PACKS CROSSING A STREAM, OTHERS RUNNING IN SINGLE LINE TOWARDS CAMERA. SOLDIERS STOOP DOWN AS THEY RUN ACROSS FARM FIELD, ENTER AREA THROUGH WOOD GATE.. OFFICER AND HIS MEN HIDE BEHIND BRUSH IN WOODED AREA. SOLDIER WITH RIFLE ON HIS STOMACH TAKES COVER BEHIND TREE IN FOREST. GERMAN SOLDIER DIGS FOX HOLE, SETS UP MACHINE GUN NEST, MACHINE GUN CREW IN WOODS FIRING MACHINE GUN. TROOPS CHARGING THROUGH WOODS CROUCHED POSITION. VARIOUS VIEWS GERMAN SOLDIERS ADVANCING THROUGH WOODS. VARIOUS VIEWS GERMAN SOLDIERS ASKING NATIVE CIVILIAN MEN QUESTIONS, DIRECTIONS. 00:45:35 - TWO GERMAN SOLDIERS SPEEDING R TO L ON MOTORCYCLE, GERMAN SOLDIERS LYING AROUND, RESTING, CONVERSING ALONG SIDE OF ROAD. TWO LYING DOWN IN FLOWER FIELD, ONE PEERS THROUGH BINOCULARS THE OTHER THROUGH PERISCOPE TYPE VIEWER. SAME BACKS TO CAMERA. GROUP KNEELING DOWN AS ONE SPEAKS OVER PHONE. 00:46:15 - LS VARIOUS VIEWS GERMAN TROOPS ADVANCING THROUGH RUSSIAN WHEAT FIELD. VARIOUS SHOTS LONG WINDING SINGLE LINES GERMAN SOLDIERS MARCHING THROUGH WAIST HIGH WHEAT (?) FIELD CARRYING BACK PACKS (RADIO EQUIPMENT ?) AND OTHERS WITH PACK MULES. 00:46:46 - VARIOUS SHOTS ARTILLERY UNITS AT THEIR CANNONS. MS GERMAN SOLDIER LYING IN HIGH GRASS BEGINS TO DIG FOX HOLE AS HE REMAINS LOW TO GROUND. MCU GERMAN SOLDIER LYING ON CHEST DIGS FOX HOLE GERMAN MACHINE GUN UNIT WITH RIFLEMEN LYING IN HIGH GRASS. 00:47:11 - GERMAN UNIT, BACKS TO CAMERA, FOLLOW HORSE DRAWN SUPPLY WAGONS DRIVEN BY GERMAN SOLDIERS THROUGH FLOWER FIELD IN HEAVY WOODED AREA. GERMAN ARTILLERY UNIT GET THEIR HEAVY WEAPON IN POSITION BEHIND LARGE BUSH IN WOODS.. VARIOUS VIEWS ARTILLERY UNITS FIRING CANNONS. (MEN HOLD THEIR EARS). CU MAN PEERING THROUGH "Y" PERISCOPE TO PIN-POINT TARGET. TILT UP PERISCOPE. LS EXPLOSIONS IN DISTANT FIELD. MONTAGE MORE OF FIRING ARTILLERY. GERMAN SOLDIER WIPES SHELLS CLEAN WITH CLOTH. OFFICER WITH HEAD PHONES GIVES FIRING ORDERS OVER HAND HELD MIC. ANOTHER GESTURES WITH HAND, YELLS "FIRE". SUPPLIES UNLOADED OFF MULES AS BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES. 00:48:42 - HORSE DRAWN ARTILLERY PIECES FOLLOWED BY SOLDIERS MOVES THROUGH FIELD. SOLDIERS UNLOAD WAGONS AS CANNONS ARE SET UP IN HEAVY GRASSY FIELDS, CANNONS ARE HIDDEN BEHIND HAY STACKS.. VARIOUS SHOTS ARTILLERY UNITS FIRING FROM POSITIONS IN OPEN FIELD. LS PAN HUGE EXPLOSIONS FROM SHELL FIRE. CU SOLDIERS PEERING THROUGH BINOCULARS TO SEE RESULTS OF BOMBARDMENT. 00:49:24 - MEN SETTING UP HUGE CANNON, SPREAD OUT LARGE STABILIZERS. CU GUNNER PEERS THROUGH RANGE FINDER ON CANNON. SOLDIERS REMOVE SHELLS FROM WRAPPINGS. LAY THEM ON GROUND.. CU CANNON MUSSEL PROTRUDES FROM BUSHES. GERMAN OFFICER TURNS HEAD AWAY AS HE FIRES LARGE CANNON. OTHERS CROUCH FROM RE-COIL. 00:49:50 - OFFICERS ENTER BARN, CHECK RESULTS OF BOMBARDMENT FROM UPPER FLOOR OF BARN WINDOW WITH BINOCULARS. MS SOLDIER PLACES SHELL IN LARGE CANNON, ANOTHER DRIVES IT IN PLACE WITH LONG PLUNGER, LS OFFICER, BACK TO CAMERA, CALLS OUT ORDERS TO ARTILLERY UNIT IN DISTANCE, THROUGH MEGAPHONE. MONTAGE MORE ARTILLERY FIRINGS IN CORN FIELD. 00:51:14 - VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN SOLDIERS ADVANCING THROUGH FIELDS, FRUIT GROVES. 00:51:51 - TANK SPEEDS TOWARDS BUSH SMALL TREES ROLLS OVER THEM WITH TREES STAYING ATTACHED TO FRONT OF SPEEDING VEHICLE, TOWARDS CAMERA AND L TO R. GERMAN SOLDIERS BEHIND BUSHES, BACKS TO CAMERA WATCH TANKS SPEED BY IN DISTANCE. MS GERMAN CONVERTIBLE STAFF CAR PULLING SMALL CANNON THROUGH FOREST. 00:52:16 - TREES ACROSS ROAD BLOCKING PATH THROUGH WOODS. POV GERMAN VEHICLE IN F/G. TWO GERMAN SOLDIERS PULLING ARTILLERY PIECE BY HAND, TOWARDS CAMERA, TANK SPEEDING THROUGH WOODS, GROUP OF GERMAN SOLDIERS PUT THEIR BACKS IN PULLING LARGE ARTILLERY PIECE ON WHEELS. CU TANK ROLLS TOWARDS CAMERA. GERMANS PUSHING SMALL ARTILLERY PIECE INTO POSITION TOWARDS (CU TO) CAMERA. ARTILLERY FIRING AT TANKS IN FIELD. CU SOLDIER PLACES SHELL IN CANNON BREECH WHILE IT IS STILL SMOKING FROM LAST SHOT. LS TWO BURNING TANKS IN DISTANCE. CANNONS FIRING POINT BLANK AT THEM HITTING ONE. 00:53:40 - GERMAN SOLDIERS EXAMINE DESTROYED ENEMY TANK. SOLDIERS SEARCHES ENEMY PRISONERS WITH HANDS UP.(RUSSIAN ?) PAN DESTROYED ENEMY TANKS. MS PAN GERMAN SOLDIERS ADVANCING THROUGH WAIST HIGH WHEAT FIELDS. 00:54:22 - MS WIRE UNROLLS FROM SPOOL HE CARRIES ON HIS BACK AS GERMAN SOLDIER WALKS THROUGH FIELDS.. GERMAN SOLDIERS ATTACHING COMMUNICATION WIRE TO POLE. PAN GERMAN TANKS POISED TO ADVANCE THROUGH FIELD. CU GERMAN OFFICERS CHECK MAP. MS GERMAN TANK STARTS TO ROLL OUT. CANNONS HODDEN IN BRUSH COMMENCE FIRING. 00:55:48 - RUSSIAN SOLDIER APPROACHES GERMAN TANK MEN WITH HANDS UP. MORE OF TANKS FIRING GUNS, EXPLOSIONS IN FIELDS. 00:56:21 - GERMAN TANK SPEEDING TOWARDS CAMERA, AND THROUGH FIELD. TANKS FIRING, DISTANT EXPLOSIONS, TANKS SPEEDING IN FIELD. TANKS IRING BARRAGE. SHELL HITS TARGET IN FIELD, HUGE EXPLOSION RESULTS 00:57:11 - GERMAN SOLDIER RUNNING FORWARD WITH FLANE THROWER. JUMPS INTO FOX HOLE UNDER FIRE.. GERMAN STANDING UP IN FOX HOLES, THROW HAND GRENADES DUCK BACK DOWN. MS GRENADES EXPLODING. MCU GERMAN FIRES FLAME THROWER FROM FOX HOLE, PAN FLAMES, GERMAN SOLDIERS CHARGING THROUGH BARBED WIRE, HITTING THE DIRT AS EXPLOSIONS GO OFF AROUND THEM. MORE OF FLAME THROWERS. 00:58:16 - COLUMN OF ENEMY PRISONERS RUN WITH HANDS UP TOWARDS GERMAN LINES. GROUP GERMANS SETTING UP TELESCOPE 00:59:21 - GERMAN DIVE BOMBERS TAKING OFF FROM FIELD. AERIAL VIEW COLUMN ENEMY VEHICLES ON ROAD POV GERMAN PLANE. GERMAN DIVE BOMBERS IN FLIGHT GO INTO ACTION, AERIAL BOMBS FALLING TOWARDS TARGET. MS GROUND VIEW HUGE BOMB EXPLOSIONS. PAM FLAMING VEHICLES. GERMAN TROOPS ADVANCING IN FIELD. AFTER AIR ATTACK, 00:59:56 - GERMAN VEHICLE WITH ARTILLERY PIECE, RIDES TO POSITION IN FIELD, SOLDIERS JUMP OUT SET UP ARTILLERY PIECE ON FIELD. GERMAN OFFICER IN FIELD SPOTS RUSSIAN PLANES IN AIR WITH HIS BINOCULARS, SQUADRON RUSSIAN BOMBERS IN FLIGHT,MCU RUSSIAN BOMBER SWOOPS LOW. GERMAN FIRING AT BOMBER, SCORES HIT. LS BOMBER CRASHING IN FIELD. ON FIRE. PILOT IS HELPED TO FEET BY GERMANS [AM TO PLANE IN FLAMES IN FIELD. 01:00:38 - VARIOUS VIEWS ARMORED VEHICLES ON FIRE, GERMAN UNITS PASSING DESTROYED VEHICLES ON SIDE OF ROAD, GRAPHIC VIEW DEAD SOLDIER SPRAWLED OVER VEHICLE. MS . ARMORED VEHICLE BURNING FIERCELY, DESTROYED TANKS,. 01:00:55 - GERMAN TROOPS, TANKS ADVANCING ON ROAD, THROUGH FIELDS, STREAMS. 01:01:32 - CU VIEW SOVIET SUB MACHINE GUN (BURP GUN). VARIOUS SHOTS RUSSIAN SOLDIERS IN ACTION 01:01:42 - CU VARIOUS FACE SHOTS HELMETED GERMAN SOLDIERS IN ACTION. GERMAN FIRING HIS MACHINE GUN PILE OF SPENT SHELLS ON GROUND. GERMANS FIRING SMALL CANNON. MS GERMAN SOLDIER WITH GLASSES SITS, RESTS ON SIDE OF HILL WITH OTHERS. PAN TO OTHERS SEATED ON GROUND AS GUNFIRE IS HEARD AROUND THEM. CU SOLDIER LOADS FLARE IN FLARE GUN, FIRES IT IN AIR. CU GERMAN TANK TOWARDS CAMERA, PASSING. 01:02:38 - LARGE CANNON. WITH SHORT BARREL FIRING. VARIOUS VIEWS DESTROYED VEHICLES ALONG ROAD, DEAD MAN LYING BY ONE OF THEM. TANK ROLLS BY BURNING VEHICLE. VARIOUS SHOTS SOLDIERS FIRING VARIETY OF MACHINE GUNS. 01:03:27 - MCU GERMAN MORTAR UNIT FIRING MORTAR SHELLS. SOLDIERS RUNNING THROUGH FIELD UNDER FIRE, TAKE COVER. CU GERMAN MORTAR UNIT FIRING SHELL AFTER SHELL AT TARGETS. 01:03:49 - CU GERMAN ARTILLERY MAN SETS RANGE ON RANGE FINDER, FIRES STRANGE LOOKING SQUARE BARREL CANNON. CU MORE MORTAR FIRINGS. LS FARM HOUSE AND TREES ON FIRE. MS RUSSIAN SNIPER FIRING RIFLE. GERMAN SOLDIERS ON GROUND STAY LOW. WOUNDED GERMAN HAS ARM BANDAGED BY GERMAN MEDIC. WOUNDED SOLDIER IS PLACED ON STRETCHER BY COMRADES. 01:04:46 - GERMAN SOLDIER, BACK TO CAMERA, LIES ON STOMACH AS HE FIRES HIS MACHINE GUN FROM BEHIND TREE STUMP. PAN DEAD SOLDIERS LYING AMID FLOWERS IN FIELD graphic 01:05:00 - LS GERMAN SOLDIERS RUN, ONE AT A TIME ACROSS ROAD UNDER FIRE. GERMAN SOLDIER CRAWLING ON ALL FOURS PAST DEAD SOLDIER. MCU MORTAR UNIT FIRING, MACHINE CREW FIRING. CU VARIOUS VIEWS DEAD RUSSIAN SOLDIERS LYING FACE DOWN. 01:05:50 - GERMAN SOLDIER WALKS PAST BURNING FARM BUILDINGS, DROPS HAND GRENADE IN BROKEN WINDOW OF FARM HOUSE, RUNS OFF AS GRENADE EXPLODES IN THATCHED ROOF FARM HOUSE. CU BURNING BUILDINGS. 01:06:17 - GERMAN SOLDIER GIVES DRINK TO WOUNDED RUSSIAN (?) LYING ON GROUND. CU WOUNDED MAN GRIMACES AFTER DRINKING. RUSSIAN MAN RUNS WITH HANDS UP TOWARDS GERMAN SOLDIER, WHO SEARCHES HIM.. 01:06:46 - GERMAN SOLDIER WITH SEVERAL BANDOLIERS OF AMMO AROUND HIS NECK WALKS OUT OF FARM HOUSE FOLLOWED BY TWO OTHER GERMAN SOLDIERS WITH PISTOLS IN HAND 01:07:03 - 2 GERMAN SOLDIER CLIMBS OUT WINDOW OF HOUDE, PISTOL IN HAND. 01:07:18 - COLUMNS OF GERMAN SOLDIERS WALK ON PATH ALONG ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA AS GERMAN TANK RIDES OM ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA .MS OFFICER DIRECTS TANK IN DIRECTION HE WANTS IT TO GO, OFFICER SPEAKS TO TANK MAN AS THEY STAND NEXT TO TANK WITH GERMAN INSIGNIA. CU OFFICERS IN DISCUSSION WITH SOLDIERS. SOLDIER CLIMBS ONTO MOTORCYCLE BEHIND DRIVER, OFFICER CLIMBS ONTO RUNNING BOARD OF STAFF CAR, HOLDS ON AS DRIVER PULLS AWAY. 01:08:13 - VARIOUS VIEWS GERMAN MECHANIZED UNITS, MOTORCYCLES, TANKS, ARMORED CARS, TRUCKS, SPEEDING AWAY ON ROAD TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM CAMERA. YOUNG GERMAN SOLDIERS, WITHOUT HELMETS GATHER TO REST ALONG ROAD. GERMAN GENERAL CONGRATULATES HIS OFFICERS AND MEN.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1323