Captured German WWII Film - Volume 1

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Synopsis: Captured German WWII film documenting combat on land, sea and in the air as well as scenes of occupation and logistical operations in support of advancing German Forces in Europe....(read more)

Date: 1940s
Duration: 00:08:46
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: French
Location: Europe

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Captured German WWII Film - Volume 1

Various shots or German seamen, guns, and battle fleet at sea. Arado 196 shipboard reconnaissance aircraft takes off from ship. Water-level shot of German destroyer. German pocket battleship. German cruiser. German battleship.

Sur Les Divers Front: Water-level shot of German destroyer. Gun barrels of German vessel firing. Ship on horizon, water geysers appearing next to it. Distant ship returning fire. Explosion on German ship. Four pom-pom anti-aircraft guns firing. Large water geyser -- ship in background.

Single plane amidst flak bursts. Flak bursts in sky. Water geysers. Destroyer; flak bursts in sky. Bombs exploding on merchant vessel. Crew of German torpedo boat. Torpedo tube firing torpedo. Torpedo scores direct hit on merchant ship. Merchant ship burning. Aerial formation of Messerschmidt 110s. Tanker sinking. Map of N. Africa and Southern Europe.

Le Monde En Guerre: German sailor on conning tower of German U-Boat views Allied ships through binoculars. Two submarine crew members going down hatch, cut to u-boat interior. German sub Crewman working controls to submerge or dive sub. German U-Boat submerging. Two German naval enlisted men working with instruments. Periscope view of Allied ship from Nazi Sub. View from conning tower as Nazi submarine breaks water as it surfaces. Sub's deck gun firing. Scenes of Allied ship sinking. German submarines and U-Boats.

German medium half-track passes to right of camera. Street scene of two knocked-out German tanks. German half-track firing. Dead Nazi. German firing mortar at semi-demolished building. German gun crew in operation. Explosion on top of building. Three Germans advance through debris. German operating machine gun. German throwing grenades from bomb crater. Shot of explosion and debris.

German soldier watching doorway, holding Luger. Germans advancing through rubble toward house. Machine gun fire coming from house. Germans firing light machine gun. City on hillside, section burning. Heavy German gun firing. German medium tank to left of camera. City; explosions and smoke. Germans entrenched behind ridge. Germans, entering trench. Germans operating heavy gun being fired from camouflaged position. Germans firing across river at Allied positions. Several bomb bursts along bank. Several Germans moving out of trenches. Various shots showing wrecked equipment and dead strewn around fields.

Several large warships in convoys.

Sur Les Divers Fronts: Several Nazis pull field gun off landing barge. Larger group pulls landing barge ashore. Plane dives at large body of troops. Plane flies over area of wrecked equipment. Large area of wrecked equipment. Light German tank turns corner. Two German motorcycles follow truck. Light tanks move along road. Sign: "Manyish-Damm, Grenze, Europa-Asien." Barge on water, carrying two trucks. German soldiers sleeping in aisles of boat -- several standing at rails. German boats in harbor. German troops disembarking.

Tanks and trucks. Mountainous terrain. Troops behind barbed wire fence. Large body of troops camping on open ground. Line of German medium tanks move down road. Line of trucks move down road. Columns of armored cars, trucks, etc., move to right of camera.

Admiral Doenitz, Nazi Sub Commander. German one-man sub being lowered into water. German emerging from submarine. Formation of Mitsubishi-96 bombers. Turret of warship firing -- various shots. Aerial single, Mitsubishi 96 over water. Torpedo streaks through water. Explosion on warship. Destroyer and battleships (British). Mitsubishi 96 flies past camera. Explosion on warship.

Japanese fighters fly under several flak bursts. Belly of 96; bombs away. Explosion on warship. 96 dives. More explosions on warship. Destroyer and battleships (British). Ship sinking. Pilot at controls, talking. 96 flies thru smoke and bombs ship. Explosions on warship. Flaming Mitsubishi 96 crashes into warship. Ship enveloped in mass of explosions. Ship enveloped in mass of explosions. Ship burning. Japanese pilot at controls, speaking into mike.

MLS: Four British soldiers, escorted by Japanese guards, carry British flag and white flag. Same -- met by Japanese officer. British officer and Japanese officer seated at table. Car arrives. Japanese EM opens door and two high-ranking Japanese officers emerge and enter building. Japanese sit across from British. British soldiers seated at table.

Faces of German soldiers. Large formation of German youths, viewed from between two cornices. Building draped with Nazi flags in bg. MS: Reviewing officers; German soldiers in fg, youths in bg. File of German youth. Reviewing officers at stand. CS: Youth raises arm and steps forward. Youth approaches officer and salutes (Hitler Salute). Drum and drumsticks; camera turns up and gets face of youth playing drum.

Hitler and high-ranking officer on R.R. platform meeting train. Hitler returning salute of trainmen. Hitler shaking hands with Von Ribbontrop and unidentified civilian. Von Ribbontrop shakes hands with and salutes high ranking officer. Hitler and Von Ribbontrop enter car. Flag on car. Hitler and Von Ribbontrop enter building followed by officer. Hitler shakes hands with and salutes officers. MCU (outdoors): Hitler and Von Ribbontrop leave building, shake hands, and salute. Officer is presented with "Iron Cross." Subordinate helps him put it on.

Map of Italy. Mussolini enters room; civilians and Italian officer in fg. giving Hitler salute. Mussolini and civilians conversing. Conference table, with Mussolini and Italians seated around it. German officers in car driving off.