Germans and Russians meet at Brest-Litovsk
Creator(s)
- UFA (Producer)
- Imperial War Museums
Scope and Content
Polish tanks and other weapons destroyed or captured by the invading Germans. A pile of captured gas mask and a pile of rifles. Panning shot of dead horses and wrecked military vehicles in and near the Vistula River. German and Russian forces meet at Brest-Litovsk. Junior officers of both Armies salute and shake hands, while German soldiers hand out cigarettes to the Soviets. A Sovier officer hands a German officer a document written in Cyrillic. Soviet and German troops line a road and watch formations from both armies drive past. General Heinz Guderian and General Semyon Krivoshein salute the passing troops. Quick shot of civilians waving to the troops. MCUs of Guderian and the Krivoshein. The two men face each other, shake hands, and salute.
Subjects
- WEAPONS/ARMS
- GAS MASKS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
- INVASIONS
- TANKS
- SOVIETS
- GUDERIAN, HEINZ
Places
- Brest-Litovsk, Poland
Genre
- Film
- Newsreels.