German Newsreel Battle of Bialystok-Minsk Wwii Eastern Front Tank Battle 10854 (1941)

Synopsis

Made in 1941 and sold to the home market in Germany on 16mm film, this silent newsreel — one of a series extracted from newsreels shown in theaters -- is entitled "Europe's fight against Bolshevism Part II: A continent marching." The film shows the German drive on Minsk in the Soviet Union, a high point in the war on the Eastern Front for the German Army and a moment when the Soviets appeared on the brink of collapse. The film begins with images from previous German victories in Belgium (:23), Denmark (:27), Holland (:33) and France (:38), and also shows Fascist forces victorious in Spain (:43) where volunteers are seen joining up to fight against the Bolsheviks. At:54 Mussolini is seen saluting his troops, and a:58 Romanian forces are shown on the march,and at 5:10 Czech forces and Croatians. At 1:27 a German Storch reconnaissance aircraft is shown taking off and at:48 its precious film is dried on a drum. At 1:56 the German advance East is shown with German troops advancing with tanks and machine guns. At 2:38 German horses are seen on the move as the army pushes towards Riga. At 2:50 German troops use small boats to cross a river where the bridge has been destroyed.At 3:09 what might be Riga is shown in ruins. At 3:16 the map shows Lemberg -- Lviv in Poland -- with German trucks and motorcycles advancing along a sandy road. At 3:43 armies converge at Minsk. Interesting details are seen throughout the film, including Wehrmacht troops riding bicycles into combat at 3:53. At…

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Running time

6 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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