45 WWII NEWSREEL MOVIE SOVIETS in ROMANIA, ALLIES in FRANCE, NAZI ARCTIC BASES 41334 (1944)

Synopsis

This 1944-1945 black-and-white military propaganda film contains various segments including dramatic aerial bombing footage. Romania switched to the Allies in 1944. Soviet troops repair a blown-up bridge as troops and military equipment cross into Romania (:10-1:40). Siret looks abandoned. Soviet tanks pass through Botosani. Inhabitants return in ox carts past marching soldiers. A cannon is towed (1:41-2:27). The Citadel explodes as bombs are dropped. A soldier runs past bombed-out buildings. German prisoners sit together. Colonel Von Aulock is captured. His orderly appears drunk (2:28-3:57). Soldiers pass a WWI Memorial. Unsafe buildings crumble. Soldiers fire at German snipers (3:58-4:42). A Frenchman on a ladder hands out hidden weapons. A woman in a dress carries a machine gun (4:43-5:26). The Chartres Cathedral is panned. Troops fire up at snipers. German prisoners march with hands on heads. Nazi sympathizers are arrested; the women’s heads shaved. An angry mob threatens through bars. Lemoore Cinema Pathe theatre and shops reopen to rationing tickets. American nurses on bicycles window-shop. A crowd waits for Paris news outside St. Paul’s Cathedral (5:27-7:55). The gates open at Stalag XI-B, Stalag 357, and Oflag 79; excited Allied prisoners are freed. General Keitel does a Nazi salute to troops capturing him. Spanish spies and Hitler Youth are identified. Abandoned German items include ball bearings, gold reserve bars, and stolen Louvre paintings. Women hit and spit on…

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Running time

38 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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