- Title: VM-1346
- Summary: THE EUROPEAN WEEK: ITALIAN NARRATION GERMAN NAZIS IN WWII - NAZIS EMPHASIZE THE INDOCTRINATION AND TRAINING OF GERMAN YOUTH BATTLE SCENES ON ITALIAN (?) FRONT
- Description:01:08:10 - GERMAN MILITARY LEADERS, LED BY ADMIRAL (DONITZ) ENTERS LARGE AUDITORIUM WHERE HE SPEAKS TO THOUSANDS OF NAZI YOUNG NAVY MEN. VARIOUS SHOTS YOUNG SAILORS IN AUDIENCE. 01:08:56 - VARIOUS SHOTS YOUNG GERMANS IN ARMY UNIFORMS, STANDING AT ATTENTION AS TOP BRASS REVIEWS THEM. PAN TO VARIETY OF ARM BANDS. 01:09:00 - MS YOUNG MEN IN MILITARY UNIFORM PLAY DRUMS AS THEY MARCH TOWARDS CAMERA.. GERMAN OFFICER GIVES NAZI STIFF ARM SALUTE. VARIOUS VIEWS GERMAN SOLDIERS MARCHING DOWN VILLAGE STREETS, WITH FRONT GROUP CARRYING FLAGS, OFFICERS GIVING NAZI SALUTE TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:09:43 - LONG LINE OF GERMAN MEN IN GYM SHORTS, SHIRTS LINE UP TO GIVE BLOOD. VARIOUS VIEWS NURSES DRAWING BLOOD FROM YOUNG MEN IN COTS. VARIOUS SHOTS NURSES PACKING THE BLOOD IN VALISE LIKE CRATES. VARIOUS SHOTS CRATES OF BLOOD BEING OPENED IN LABS AND BLOOD BEING PROCESSED UNDER HIGHLY SANITARY CONDITIONS. TECHNICIANS WEAR FACE MASKS, RUBBER APRONS, ETC. 01:11:08 - ABOVE VIEW THOUSANDS OF GERMAN YOUTH (MALE, FEMALE) STAND AS OTHERS CARRY NAZI FLAGS DOWN AISLE OF LARGE MEETING PLACE IN HALL / THEATER. MLS OLDER OFFICERS IN BALCONY STAND AND GIVE NAZI SALUTE. ALL IN THEATER GIVE NAZI SALUTE. VARIOUS LEADERS ITALIAN AND GERMAN, TAKE PODIUM TO ADDRESS THE YOUTH. WOMEN IN AUDIENCE APPLAUD. SPEAKER GIVES NAZI SALUTE WHEN HE FINISHES SPEECH. 01:12:29 - VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN GENERAL INSPECTING THOUSANDS TROOPS. 01:12:43 - MCU GROUP GERMAN SOLDIERS FACE EACH OTHER WITH ONE ARM EXTENDER OUTWARD TOWARDS SOLDIER FACING HIM, AND THE OTHER ARM RAISED AS IN PLEDGE, DOING SOME SORT OF RITUALISTIC EXERCISE. PLATOONS OF SOLDIERS STANDING AT ATTENTION IN B/G. MONTAGE EACH SHOTS YOUNG SOLDIERS, OFFICERS. CU INSIGNIAS ON UNIFORMS. 01:13:20 - VARIOUS SHOTS HEINRICH HIMMLER, AWARDING LARGE BODY OF GERMAN SOLDIERS WITH LAPEL PINS (MAKING THEM MEMBERS OF ELITE "SS" ?) VARIOUS VIEWS SOLDIERS PROUDLY PINNING THE SYMBOLIC PINS ON THEIR CHESTS. 01:14:13 - LARGE EXPLOSION RAISES HUGE AMOUNT OF EARTH. (WHICH DISRUPTED COMMUNICATIONS. VARIOUS SHOTS TELEPHONE FIELD UNITS, TELEPHONE OPERATORS, AND MEN AT MAIN COMMUNICATIONS STATIONS HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH CONNECTIONS. 01:14:31 - CU TECHNICIAN PIN POINTS WHERE DISRUPTION OCCURRED. 01:14:34 - LS TRUCK WITH GERMAN REPAIRMEN ARRIVE AT CRATER CAUSED BY EXPLOSION, FIND BROKEN WIRES. CU REPAIRMAN SAWS THROUGH BATCH OF WIRE CABLES, THEN PROCEED IN SPLICING, SOLDERING NEW CABLES TO THE DAMAGED ONES. CU HANDS OF REPAIRMEN SPLICING AND TYING BATCHES OF WIRES TOGETHER, THEN SOLDERING THEM. CU MAN USES SPECIAL TESTING MACHINE TO ASSURE REPAIR. PAN TELEPHONE OPERATORS AT WORK AGAIN AT BUSY PANEL BOARDS 01:15:23 - VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN ALPINE TROOPS DOING EXERCISES IN SNOW BOUND ALPS. 01:15:28 - MS LONG LINE OF MOUNTAIN TROOPS CLIMB SINGLE LINE UP SNOWY HILL TOWARDS CAMERA. CARRYING MOUNTAIN CLIMBING PARAPHERNALIA. GROUP SIT IN SNOW, PUT ON SPIKED SHOES. MCU FEET OF SOLDIER CLIMBING SLOPE WITH HIS SPIKED SHOES., FOLLOWED BY OTHERS., EACH CAREFULLY DIGGING IN THE SNOW FOR GOOD FOOTING BEFORE PROCEEDING. LS SOLDIER CLIMBS DOWN SHEER CLIFF USING ROPE LINE. 01:16:25 - SOLDIER SLIDES DOWN HILL IN FREE FALL, FOLLOWED BY OTHERS, ACTUALLY TUMBLING AS HE GETS TO END OF FALL. OTHER CRASHES INTO HIM BEFORE HE CAN GET OUT OF THE WAY. SAME WITH OTHERS. 01:16:46 - HIGH RANKING OFFICER PLACES MEDAL AROUND NECK OF SOLDIERS ON FIELD, SHAKES HANDS WITH THEM. LS GERMAN ARTILLERY GROUP FIRE THEIR CANNON, LS HUGE MUSHROOM CLOUD RISES AT SITE OF EXPLOSION. LS BATTERY OF ROCKETS FIRING. 01:17:28 - VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN SOLDIER LYING PRONE ON BUILDING RUINS, FIRING MACHINE GUN. CU GERMAN MACHINE GUN GROUP, LYING PRONE, FIRING. VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN SOLDIERS FIRING RIFLE, BAZOOKAS. DISABLED AMERICAN (?) TANK. NAZI FIRES BAZOOKA, PAN TO EXPLODING TARGET. 01:18:04 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1346