Nazis advance in Montenegro; Serbian POWs
Creator(s)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH (Producer)
Scope and Content
Nazis continue their push Eastward. Nazis fighting partisans in rugged terrain of Montenegro. Nazi soldier setting up a telegraph machine. Soldiers on trucks on road. LS, mountain range. Nazis advance, fire artillery, scramble up mountainside. Firing. Very rugged terrain. Small forest, cavalry troops. Firing, bombing housing. Pan of "partisan" Serbian POWs, bedraggled, Asian features, swarthy skin, wearing turbans. CUs, weapons. POWs marching. Serbian villagers handing eggs to Nazi soldier as welcome gift, swastika flag visible. Farming, MS oxen plowing field. (Commentary: "The Volk thanks the German soldiers.")
Note(s)
Additional documentation available in departmental files. See also Story 3689, Film ID 2617A and Story 3690, Film ID 2617B for similar (and some duplicate) footage.
Subjects
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- FARMERS/FARMING
- FIGHTING
- ARTILLERY
- YUGOSLAVIA
- HORSES
- POWS
- MILITARY ADVANCES
- FOOD
- MOUNTAINS
- WEAPONS/ARMS
- PARTISANS
- PRISONERS
- SERBS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- SWASTIKAS
Places
- , Yugoslavia
Genre
- Film
- Newsreels.
Copies
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