1. Germany.
The city of Eisenach.
– In the Middle Ages, the legendary Würzburg Castle served as the poetic centre of the Minnesingers (troubadours).
– Martin Luther spent his childhood here, and it was in Würzburg that he translated the New Testament into German.
– Richard Wagner made Würzburg the setting for his opera “Tannhäuser.”
– Traffic on the snow-covered streets of the city.
– Founded 900 years ago, Eisenach is one of the oldest cities in Thuringia.
– It is known as the place where many great Germans lived and worked; for example, it is the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach.
A torchlight procession in Berlin marking the 10th anniversary of Hitler’s rise to power in Germany.
– Archival footage: Hitler at the window of the Reich Chancellery.
– Immediately after the new government took office, a campaign against unemployment began.
– Three million Germans were able to work again.
– Footage of Germans engaged in intensive labour.
– The curve showing the decline in unemployment.
– New bridges and highways in Germany.
– A sculptor at work.
– Works of “new art.”
– An art exhibition in Munich.
– New sports facilities.
– Construction of new buildings.
– Examples of “new” German architecture.
– New housing for workers. Construction of cottages for workers.
– Caring for children.
– At a kindergarten.
– Children with their teachers; children on vacation playing sports and swimming.
– View of a youth hostel.
– New German ships: the “Robert Ley” and others.
– Vacationers from the “Strength Through Joy” organization on board a ship.
– German ships and airplanes, tanks, soldiers.
2. The North Sea.
The pilot is in contact with air defence headquarters.
3. Tunisia.
Weapons are being transported on German ships in the Mediterranean.
– Italian flotillas escort the cargo ships.
– A smoke screen is laid over the ships.
– British torpedo bombers are approaching.
– Ship’s guns fire; the aircraft is hit and plunges into the sea.
– The crew are taken on board and captured.
– Unloading of weapons and ammunition from transport ships at one of the Tunisian ports.
– Guns unloaded from the ship.
– Coastal fortifications and guns captured from the French.
– Test firing of captured guns.
– In southern Tunisia, motorised and infantry units launch an offensive against de Gaulle’s forces, who hold key positions on the main roads running through the Atlas Mountains.
– They advance along the road with the infantry.
– Fighting.
– Destroyed Anglo-American vehicles.
– A column of British prisoners; over four thousand have been taken.
4. The Eastern Front.
Near Leningrad.
– German supply convoys on the road leading to the front line.
– A biting east wind has covered the road with a layer of ice.
– Infantrymen take up new positions. The terrain is covered with countless fortifications.
– An observer spots a new target.
– Artillery fires on a Soviet observation post.
– Assault troops advance on skis; they are to take up defensive positions on the enemy’s shattered positions.
– The frozen ground has to be cut through.
– Engineer units are restoring positions recaptured from Soviet troops, digging trenches and laying decking.
– The decking is covered with snow to provide camouflage against air raids.
– The firing point is rudimentary, but it provides good cover for the entire field.
– The attack is being repelled; machine-gunners are firing.
– Heavy artillery and anti-aircraft guns are firing.
– In front of the trenches lie several dozen destroyed Soviet tanks; most of them were blown up by infantrymen in close combat.
– A tank that has fallen into a trench.
USSR. Military operations in the Velikie Luki area.
– A firefight.
– German guns firing.
– German soldiers in front of the camera; close-ups of the faces of the heroes of Velikie Luki following their successful breakout from the encirclement.
At positions south-east of Lake Ilmen.
– German soldiers in a trench, sentry posts.
– Changing of the guard.
– The enemy fires shells with remote fuses.
– A soldier in a trench tries to eat frozen bread.
– Very little time is allowed for lunch.
– The artillery is ordered to open barrage fire; a firefight ensues.
– Soldiers carry a wounded man on a stretcher.
– Self-propelled artillery has been ordered to launch a counter-attack in conjunction with the tanks.
– Reconnaissance vehicles are moving forward.
– The route passes through an abandoned village.
– Infantrymen are waiting ahead in the woods; the attack is about to begin.
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