Footage of German invasion of Russia in June 1941.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 1661.13
- Media URN:
- 75448
- Group:
- Unissued unused
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1941
- Sound:
- Sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:08:49:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:36:04:00 / 01:44:53:00
- Canister:
- UN 277 A
acthys says
It is indeed the German invasion of Russia but to be more accurate the invasion of the Baltic States by the Germans. It starts with Lithuania (occupied by the Russians since 1939 after the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed the German–Soviet Nonaggression Pact and its Secret Additional Protocol). The Germans were welcomed as liberators from the quite repressive Soviet regime. The church one can see at minute 2:34 is the Cathedral Basilica Of St. Stanislaus And St. Vladislav With The Bell Tower in Vilnius (Lithuania). Germans are not crossing the River Beresina (as mentioned in the text) but the river Daugava in the region of Riga in Latvia, another Baltic State occupied by the Sovjets in 1939 and then by the Germans in June 1941. The crowd at minute 3:50 are Latvians waving Lethonic flags. The movie end with the "liberation" of the third Baltic state, Estonia. At minute 8:42 one can distinguish the St. Nicholas Church in Tallinn coming out of the smoke.