1943 German newsreel - 300272X | Footage Farm Ltd

Footage Farm is a historical audio-visual library. The footage in this video constitutes an unedited historical document and has been uploaded for research purposes. Some viewers may find the archive material upsetting. Footage Farm does not condone the views expressed in this video. For broadcast quality material of this clip or to know more about our Public Domain collection, contact us at [email protected] Footage Farm is a historical audio-visual library. The footage in this video constitutes an unedited historical document and has been uploaded for research purposes. Some viewers may find the archive material upsetting. Footage Farm does not condone the views expressed in this video. For broadcast quality material of this clip or to know more about our Public Domain collection, contact us at [email protected] [WWII - 1943 ca, Germany: German Newsreel Propaganda - Troop Activities] German troops drag & push artillery & motorcycles thru deep mud in Russia's Lake Ilmen, Novgorod Oblast sector; water is pumped & bailed in buckets from trenches. 01:00:47 Tanks on river are washed & scrubbed clean; rifles are cleaned & oiled; troops wash & are shaved. Nazi soldier picks Spring pussy willows w/ barrage balloon seen overhead. 01:01:30 Map (brief). Pack train prepared & horses / ponies move thru deep snow on the Karelo-Finnish front. Horses fed & let loose; brief shot of caribou. 01:02:09 Ski troops stand at attention, then advance dragging small sleds. Artillery firing & running & advancing thru narrow trenches. Wounded pulled on sled by dog teams w/ soldiers skiing alongside. 01:02:57 Railroad train arrives w/ Hitler waiting on platform; Mussolini greeted by Hitler & others greeted on platform. 01:03:22 Hitler & Mussolini enter large Berchtesgaden room, sit down in front of large windows. 01:03:37 Map showing coastline defenses of Norway & camera follows along European coast English Channel & France. 01:03:48 Waves on beach; German coastal fortifications w/ large anit-aircraft artillery w/ troops training. 01:04:05 Large pillboxes overlooking coast & guns in place raised. Sentry w/ binoculars looking out to white cliffs of England. Troops march; training on mounted binoculars. 01:04:47 Many workers digging sand onto conveyer; large forms built for concrete pouring for emplacement; guns are raised; line of emplacements and troops march above the beach. Camouflaged emplacement seen from beach. (GOOD pictures of camouflaged pillbox. WW2 German Newsreel Propaganda; D-Day Preparations;