- Title: VM-1364
- Summary: GERMAN WWII FILM: CAPTURED GERMAN WWII FILM - VARIOUS BATTLE SCENES - JEWISH MEN, RABBIS USED AS SLAVE LABORERS TO CLEAN UP RUBBLE OF BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS. GRAPHIC VIEW DEAD IN STREETS.
- Description:00:59:07 - VARIOUS VIEWS GERMAN UNITS RIDING THROUGH BOMBED OUT CITY, VARIOUS SHOTS SHOWING WHAT THE CITY LOOKED LIKE BEFORE THE DESTRUCTION. VARIOUS SHOTS OF HOW IT LOOKED AFTER THE DESTRUCTION. PAN THE UTTER DESTRUCTION, RUBBLE. RUSSIAN MEN AND WOMEN GOING THROUGH RUBBLE TRYING TO SALVAGE ANYTHING. MAN PICKS UP PIECE OF CLOTH AS HIS TWO CHILDREN WATCH. 00:59:53 - GERMANS ON HORSE DREIVEN WAGONS RIDE PAST DESTROYED RUSSIAN VEHICLES AND TANKS. VARIOUS VIEWS GERMAN VEHICLES, TRUCKS, MOTORCYTCLES, PASS THROUGH VILLAGE ON MUDDY ROAD AS NATIVE LOCALS WATCH QUIETLY. RUSSIAN MAN AND HIS KIDS WATCH GERMAN SOLDIER POST DIRECTIONAL SIGN ON STOCKADE FENCE NEAR THEM. ELDERLY RUSSIAN PEASANTS AND KIDS EXIT STORE. 01:00:32 - VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN ARTILLERY UNIT LOAD AND FIRE GIANT CANNON (BIG BERTHA LIKE). LS TREMENDOUS EXPLOSIONS IN DISTANT FIELD, WHERE SHELLS LANDED. MS GERMAN SOLDIER REMOVES THE HUGE SHELL CASING AFTER FIRING. MS GERMAN OFFICER PEERS THROUGH RANGE FINDER. 01:01:15 - GERMAN SOLDIERS FIRE LARGE MACHINE GUN AT PASSING RUSSIAN ARMORED VEHICLES AND TANKAS. OTHER GERMAN SOLDIERS BACKS TO CANERA, FIRE RIFLES FROM BEHIND TREES, AT DISTANT PASSING TRAFFIC. GOOD SHOTS ACTUAL COMBAT. (LOOKS LIKE TURKEY SHOOT). 01:01:49 - LS RUSSIAN PRISONERS APPROACH GERMAN SOLDIERS, BACK TO CAMERA, WITH THEIR HANDS UP IN SURRENDER. LS RUSSIAN TRUCK SET ON FIRE. 01:02:15 - GERMAN TANK IN F/G FIRES INTO DISTANT FIELD. GERMAN TANK SOLDIERS SCRAMBLE OUT OF TANK WITH SMALL ARMS, RUN TO SMOKING VEHICLE AND SURRENDERING RUSSIAN IN DISTANCE. CU FACE SHOTS YOUNG SURRENDERING SOVIET SOLDIER. MS BURNING ARMORED CAR. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ARE SEARCHED BY GERMANS. LIMPING RUSSIAN SOLDIER IS HELPED BY CPMRADE AS GERMAN SOLDIER WATCHES. FACE SHOTS DOWN-TRODDEN, SCARED, RUSSIAN CIVILIANS, SOLDIERS, CAPTURESD BY GERMANS. VARIOUS VIEWS LONG COLUMNS SURRENDERED RUSSIAN SOLDIERS. 01:03:30 - VARIOUS SHOTS PAN GERMAN SOLDIERS EXAMINING JUNK HEAPS OF DESTROYED MILITARY VEHICLES STREWN ALONG WIDE EXPANSE OF COUNTRY ROAD. MANY DESTROYED RUSSIAN TANKS, CANNONS. 01:04:32 - GERMAN SOLDIERS CRAWL ALL OVER HUGE GERMAN DESTROYED TANK. ONE STANDING ON TANK EXAMINES A LARGE LIVE SHELL FROM TANK. 01:04:40 - VARIOUS SHOTS PAN AIRFIELD FULL OF DAMAGED RUSSIAN PLANES. GERMAN SOLDIERS CLIMB ALL OVER THE WRECKS. 01:05:13 - VARIOUS VIEWS GERMAN CAVALRY, PANZER UNITS, ENTERING LARGE GERMAN CITY, PASSING DESTROYED VEHICLES, BUILDINGS. DEAD HORSES, WAGONS, WAGON WHEELS STREWN AMID RUBBLE. VARIOUS GRAPHIC VIEWS DEAD HUMAN BODIES, HORSES, IN STREET AMID WRECKAGE OF WAGONS AND MATERIALS. 01 0543 LS PAN SKELETAL REMAINS OF CITY BUILDINGS, PEOPLE CLEANING UP THE RUBBLE, PAN TO GERMAN SOLDIER SKETCHING THE SCENE ON DRAWING PAD. 01:05:55 - JEWISH SLAVE LABORERS JUMP OUT OF TRUCK WITH SHOVELS, PROCEED IN CLEANING UP RUBBLE UNDER WATCHING EYE OF GERMAN SOLDIERS. BEARDED JEWISH RABBI REMOVES HIS JACKET, OTHERS STRIP TO WAIST, THEN STAND AT ATTENTION TO RECEIVE ORDERS FROM GERMAN SOLDIERS. JEWISH WORKERS SPEED IT UP AS THOUGH THEY WERE IN CONTEST, OR FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES. holocaust, graphic 01:06:30 - RUSSIAN MEN CARRY BODIES ON STRETCHERS, LAY THEM DOWN AMID MANY OTHER DEAD BODIES. CIVILIAN MEN, WOMEN, GATHER AROUND BODIES, SEARCH FOR OVED ONES. CRYING WOMEN CONSOLE EACH OTHER. 01:06:51 - WOMAN AND TWO MEN PLACE DEAD BODY OF FAMILY MEMBER ON STRETCHER, CRYING WOMAN GENTLY RUNS HER HAND ON FACE OF DEAD BODY. BODY IS OLACED IN WOODEN CASKET AND COVERED. CU YOUNG WOMAN CRIES UNCONTROLLABLY. VARIOUS CU SHOTS DEAD MEN SCREAMING WOMAN IS HEARD IN B/G. ELDERLY PEASANT WOMAN STANDS ALONE AND CRIES. 01:07:25 - GROUP OF CIVILIANS DRAG AND PUNCH MAN IN STREET., DRAG HIM TO GERMAN SOLDIERS. MLS ABOVE VIEW BUILDINGS BURNING AT NIGHT. CU SAME. (OOKS LIKE CHURCH ?) 01:07:52 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1364