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  1. Germans occupy Copenhagen; panic in town square

    Germans takeover all Danish military installations and personnel and declared Martial Law. Two German soldiers marching up street lined with trees, in front of castle. CU, Martial Law document introduced on August 29, 1943 posted in window, reading "Militaire Undtagelsestilstand ihele Danmark." HAS street scene with German soldiers and Danish civilians, some with bicycles, around Town Hall Square in Copenhagen. HAS German military vehicle entering square. Automobiles, more bicycles. HAS men and women gathered around central building in square. German soldiers trying to keep a well-dressed m...

  2. Voennye soobshcheniia poluchennye cherez Odessu Военные сообщения полученные через Одессу

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The document contains a "military dispatch" concerning recent developments in the Soviet military, including military schools. It was received through Odessa and reports that graduates of the Odessa military school who are not members of the Comsomol would be stationed outside the Ukraine. The document mentions the reception of machine gun and tank prototypes, and the purported military situation in Rumania and Bulgaria. They note also the reception of a leave ticket from a navy soldier and provide a copy of this ticket. A brief summary page in English is attached.

  3. Campet Jacques

    General, chief of Petain's military cabinet 1941-1943.

  5. Nazis enter Czechoslovakia

    Brief: animap of Hungary-Czechoslovakia region. VAR standard shots of the German military entering Czechoslovakia: soldiers ride bicycles, tanks, and motorcycles on the snowy roads. Military enters the cities of Jihlava and Německý Brod. and completely fill the squares with military vehicles. Soldiers and police (in long coats) stand around, eating, conversing. "PRAHA" sign. Swarms of people wave as vehicles drive down wet streets and then enter gated square. Snow falling and blowing. Crowds swarm to see Hitler, who is driven into the square. Wearing a long coat, he walks in the square amid...

  6. Nazis advance to the Balkans and Russia; France falls; Atlantic charter agreement

    A Castle Films showcase of news events for the year 1941 with English titles: "War-Five Years! China fights on as tension in Pacific grows!" "Siege of Tobruk! British guns repel year-long Axis attack!" 01:01:04 "Balkan crisis! Nazis overwhelm heroic Greeks!" Ruins, shocked civilians, wounded. Crowds of troops. 01:01:25 "Germans halted! Capture of Iraq stops Hitler's march toward Suez!" Air warfare, bombing, automobiles. "British and Free French capture nearby Syria from Vichy forces!" Scenes of occupied Syria, fighting. Injured military officer exits military vehicle. "France's tragic fate!...

  7. March of Time -- outtakes -- Hungarian troops, 1938-1939; Horthy; St. Stephen's day

    March 1939: Hungarian troops occupying Ruthenia (scenes taken from a lavender positive from the library of "Magyar Film Iroda," Hungary's official news agency). Tanks, military, soldiers and bicycles in snow. CU, Admiral Horthy reviewing troops. Troops on Ruthenian roads. Poland's General Wieczorkiewicz greeting Hungary's General Szombathelyi as Hungarian troops reach Polish border after occupying Ruthenia. 04:43:37 Weiss Manfred factories near Budapest (these factories produce everything from planes, bicycles, preserved food, to trucks, ammunition, tires, etc. This was a Jewish-owned compa...

  8. Operation Annie - January 15, 1945

    1. Operation Annie broadcasts

    0:00: Trojan Horse theme (sign-on). 0:54: This is Radio 1212 broadcasting daily from 2-6, every hour on the hour, with news for the Rheinland and reports from the Front and the homeland for the civilian residents of the Rheinland District and the Saar Palatinate. 1:25: Report on fighting in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany. 8:32: Report on Allied air strikes on German localities. 12:34: Conclusion of reports from the Front. In a few minutes Radio 1212 will broadcast messages for the military and civilian populations of the Rheinland. 13:00: Radio 1212 with news for the military and civi...

  9. March of Time -- outtakes -- Cemetery in Łódź; dead honored

    October 18, 1947: Polish authorities at funeral of American soldiers in a Catholic Polish church. Clergy, US military, people on pews in church. 03:01:17 Coffin with American flag over it. Religious ceremony, including American Ambassador Stanton Griffis, Mr. and Mrs. Crocker, and Edward Raymond, Agricultural Attache at the Embassy. 03:02:14 American soldiers salute. Polish soldiers and Polish flag. Wreaths carried out. Clergy leave. 03:03:19 Putting wreaths in hearse. Polish officers shaking hands with American officers. 03:04:16 Military procession, coffin on road in Warsaw. 03:05:15 Nove...

  10. Surrendering to the Germans; burying German soldiers

    Reel 2: 00:04:23 Quick CU of a German soldier firing a rifle. German military trucks traveling through a village. Panning shot of locals standing outside village buildings. CU of a three-striped flag atop a flagpole in the middle of a large plaza surrounded by small buildings; German military vehicles enter the plaza. Soviet soldiers approaching the Germans on horseback waving a large white flag; Russians are surrounded by a group of German soldiers. Pan of a wooden bridge; a soldier swings a rifle (cuts out). Reel 3: 00:05:27 (Repeat in RG-60.4262) Shots of buildings on fire in the distanc...

  11. World War I: German retreat & Battle of Arras

    Parts 1, 2, and 3. World War I scenes. (Double Intertitles: German and French) "2me partie" [Part 2]. Artillery at Mons front (British). Arras railway station, heavy damage. Three soldiers smoking. [Part 3] Battalion of London Stock Exchange en route to Arras. German prisoners carry wounded Brits on stretchers. Long, close to camera. Germans in both caps and helmets. Up and past camera (to left). Other stretchers in background. Rough, wet, muddy ground. Difficult work of Sam ..... in trenches. Trenches and explosions. Artillery fire. Distant fog. Explosions at horizon (strange effect on fil...

  12. German invasion of Soviet Union

    Reel 2: German artillery and rockets fire at Russian positions along Leningrad front. German planes bomb the Russian city Orel and troops burn village of Russian partisans. Shots of captured Russian partisans and of German supply train going to Orel front. Shots of captured Russian POWs; German troops eat and go into battle.

  13. March of Time -- outtakes -- German prisoners; celebrating liberation

    Link up between American's First and Ninth Armies. American tanks on street at Lippstadt; POWs on the top of the vehicles. German prisoners under guard. Ex-slave laborers taking things from shop windows, embracing, drinking wine, carrying belongings. Released prisoner playing the accordian and singing. US armored vehicles passing through crowds.

  14. WWI Hindenburg Cross Medal awarded to a German Jewish veteran

    1. Bernard Feingold collection

    The Hindenburg Cross (a.ka., German Cross of Honor) was awarded to Walter Joseph, a German Jew, for his military service in World War I.

  15. Newsreel film recording worldwide war activities

    Records world-wide war activities. Reel 1: (1941-42) Pearl Harbor is attacked. President Roosevelt signs a mutual aid pact with 26 other nations. Churchill inspects damage in London. Shows destruction in Russia and China. Industry is converted to war production. Draftees are inducted and trained. German submarines sink US ships. Wheat, factories, and bridges are destroyed by retreating Russians. Shows Cordell Hull.

  16. Postwar Germany; refugees; war crimes trials

    Reel 2, Narration refers throughout to "M.G." -- military government. Damaged hospitals, pharmacies. Transportation and communication services are repaired. View of Cologne Cathedral. Refugees receive food and clothing at an American Military Government camp. A monument to Nazi concentration camp victims is unveiled. Shows brief scenes of an American Military Government trial. 01:31... Children burn Nazi flags, emblems, and pictures. (Footage from 111 ADC 4727) 01:32:20 Jews worship in their temples again 01:32:40 Man with Buchenwald armband on jacket 01:36:30 Kids burning flags, etc. Close...

  17. WWI activities; excerpts from Hollywood feature films

    Intertitle: "America enters the fight for democracy!" General Pershing and officers meet. Map of France with animation. 01:03:30 Excerpts from two Hollywood feature films: "Sergeant York" (1941) and "Wings" (1925). Dramatized footage of troops fighting in WWI (some in slow motion). Newspaper headlines of NY Telegram: "War Ends"

  18. Jewish Brigade, 1940-1949

    The Jewish Brigade in action in Italy: Mortars firing; soldiers showing Star of David on tank. Brig Gen Benjamin talking to Major Jackson. 25 pound gun in action. CUs, soldiers, badges. Night fighting patrol lined up and receiving instructions from officer. Funeral ceremonies for member killed in action, Star of David tomb marker. German prisoners captured by the Jewish Brigade. VAR, CUs of Germans and smiling Brigade officers.

  19. Jerold F. Majerus collection

    1. Jerold F. Majerus collection

    Collected materials obtained by Jerold F. Majerus, during his service with the U.S. Army, in the 6827th Military Detachment, as part of the stenographic support staff of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, 1945-1946. Includes printed material, tickets, photographs, daily bulletins, memoranda, concert programs, an autobiographical text, and other related materials.

  20. VE Day in Paris

    Scenes of massive VE day celebration. French civilians, American soldiers, and WACs parading in the streets, riding on military vehicles. Crowds of people, confetti. More scenes of wounded soldiers at the 48th General Hospital, upon hearing the news of victory, dancing with nurses. Marching band, parade. Ceremony in field.