German newsreel #2. Capture of Smolensk & Gomel
German newsreel #2. Capture of Smolensk & Gomel
Newsreel footage of the fighting that took place between the Germans & Soviets at Smolensk & Gomel, key cities that delayed German penetration into the Soviet Union in World War II.
German newsreel #2. Capture of Smolensk & Gomel
Title, Production company. (Unclear) (Footage reversed until 02:23:00) CU Map of USSR & Western Europe, begins w/ADOLPH HITLER (Adolf Hitler) meeting w/soldiers on field. MS Hitler getting into automobile. MS soldiers waving, some shirtless. TLS from automobile. MS Hitler in car approaching camera, people wave as he drives by. MS cars slowing to a halt. MS/HA Hitler walking, accompanied by important military figures. TLS Hitler walking gingerly, receives flowers from a woman. MS Hitler & men get into car. MS/pan people wave, salute. MS Moscow, Russian map. TLS Smolensk underlined. TLS buildings, churches. MS room w/pictures. MS men shoveling debris out building.
German newsreel #2. Capture of Smolensk & Gomel
TLS Gomel underlined. MS man on wagon, bicycle, automobile through tough terrain. MS men on horseback. MCU/LA horses legs. ECU wheels & horse legs. TLS sight of artillery. TLS smoke in distance. MS artillery firing, men watching. TLS smoke rising over small town. MCU soldiers watching from place of cover. TLS/MS railroad cars burning. MS soldiers placing rail vehicle on tracks. MS riding down tracks on vehicle. MS scenery. MS German soldiers, GROSSDEUTSCHLAND division move past camera. MS German soldiers walking on railroad track. MS soldiers looking at problem in rail. TLS from over German soldiers shoulder of railroad track ahead, moving. TLS soldiers on small rail vehicle in path of German, scramble off track into ditch. MS soldiers firing artillery. MS German soldiers on ground throwing potato masher grenades. TLS artillery firing. MS German soldiers moving debris. TLS Panzer tanks. MS Panzer tank sideview. MS Panzer tanks. MS tank firing. MS soldiers rushing where tank fired. TLS wooded area, tank burning. MCU captured Soviet troops being questioned by German soldier. MS captured Soviets. MS traveling past automobile wreckage. MS dead soldier. TLS German soldiers crossing field.
German newsreel #2. Capture of Smolensk & Gomel
TLS city of Gomel & destruction. MS German soldiers traveling through town on bicycle. TLS destruction scenes. Devastation, destroyed. MS German soldiers walking captured Soviet soldiers & refugees. MS POW camp (?). MCU captured Soviets faces. MS women peeling potatoes. TLS tank gun in FG, prisoners in BG. MCU man slurping bowl of food. MCU somber & ragged faces. TLS/HA sea of Soviet prisoners.