Bombed rail cars; German military personnel meet in the field
Creator(s)
- Hasso von Manteuffel (Subject)
- Heeresfilmstelle (Producer)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
Biographical History
On May 1, 1941 Hasso von Manteuffel was appointed the commander of the 1st Battalion of 7th Rifle Regiment of the 7th Panzer Division. It was with this unit that he entered World War II, serving under Hermann Hoth’s Panzer Group 3 of the Army Group Centre in Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. On August 25, 1941 he took over the 6th Rifle Regiment of the 7th Panzer Division after its commander was killed in action. In May 1942, after heavy fighting around Moscow in the winter of 1941-1942, the 7th Panzer Division was transferred to France for refitting. On July 15, 1942, while the division was still recuperating in France, von Manteuffel was made the commander of the 7th Panzer Grenadier Brigade of the 7th Panzer Division [From Wikipedia]
Scope and Content
Military personnel moving a bomb in a train car, followed by several stacked bombs waiting in a rail yard. German personnel carrying luggage through a train yard. Panning shot of bombed out city with its rail yard. Overhead view of a crated bomb on an open train car. Several different shots of soldiers waiting in the rail yard, leaning on a bomb and unloading a bomb as people on a bridge watch. Shot of a damaged building, panned down to civilians waiting with loaded wagons on a long floating bridge. Panning shot of damaged buildings and coastline, followed by close-ups of the floating bridge and people/wagons crossing it. A Fieseler Storch plane landing, unloading two German officers and taking off again. The German officers walk into a wooded area and are met by other German soldiers, following which the senior officer reads and signs something on a table, the other officer talks on a phone. They both salute and then get into a waiting car. Panning shot of a partially camouflaged (with tree branches) plane with the Luftwaffe symbol on the wing and a swastika on the tail. German military officers talking. A plane lands. Close-up shots of smoke sticks (used for guiding planes). German military officer shaking hands with waiting personnel before getting onto a plane that then takes off. CU of several German soldiers, including Hasso von Manteuffel. Another plane lands and a German officer gets off. Shots of a plane taking off. Stationary camera shot as German soldiers march past in a wooded area, advancing. German dentist washing his hands, then admitting a soldier and working on his mouth. CU of a drill powered by a foot pump, followed by the dentist filling a cavity. CU of the dentist's office.
Note(s)
See departmental files for more detailed information in German from the Bundesarchiv.
Subjects
- MILITARY OFFICERS
- BOMBINGS
- DESTRUCTION
- MARCHING
- CAMOUFLAGE
- SOVIETS
- CITIES
- AIRPLANES
- CIVILIANS
- MEDICAL CARE
- WEHRMACHTSAUFNAHMEN
- SWASTIKAS
- WEAPONS/ARMS
- LUFTWAFFE (GERMAN AIR FORCE)
- TRAINS
- RAIL SYSTEMS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- BRIDGES
- MILITARY ADVANCES
- RAILCARS
Places
- , Soviet Union
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.
Copies
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