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For broadcast quality material of this clip or to know more about our Public Domain collection, contact us at info@footagefarm.co.uk Footage Farm is a historical audio-visual library. The footage in this video constitutes an unedited historical document and has been uploaded for research purposes. Some viewers may find the archive material upsetting. Footage Farm does not condone the views expressed in this video.
German troops in Riga, Latvia; burning buildings; tanks & troops in convoy. Firefighting. Cheering Latvian civilians line streets; Latvian flags; women give soldiers food
19:35:28 Pan over Stuka bombs laid out on airfield. Libau / Liepaja - war correspondent / journalist in plane w/ camera. Stukas take off. Aerial & air to air shots Stukas bombing Soviet positions & attacking tanks.
19:37:27 Map of Eastern Front marking Jonava in Lithuania. German tanks on way to Jonava; heavy artillery battle around the town. Jonava burning in distance; Germans advance against heavy Soviet fire. Devastated buildings.
19:40:38 Soviet soldier surrenders - searched. Prisoners of War / POWs marched at gunpoint. German troops past burning, wrecked Russian tanks & equipment.
19:41:38 Sign: Jonava; scenes of destruction in town.
19:41:45 Synagogue - EXT & INT shots. Jewish ghetto - men rounded up & taken prisoner.
19:42:19 Road to Schaulen / Siauliai, Lithuania - German troops on horseback & on foot. Troops gather & begin attack - battle scenes around Schaulen - black smoke over burning buildings.
19:43:52 German cavalry troops through Schaulen, given flowers by civilian women. German Front News distributed to troops.
19:44:30 Stalin poster ripped up.
19:44:44 German troops advance towards Libau. Ammunition depot under fire from heavy artillery
19:45:30 Street fighting in Libau - good shots.
19:46:14 Loudspeaker set up - Russian soldiers told to surrender. Libau in flames.
19:46:49 War correspondents at work - cinematographer / photographer w/ 35mm Arriflex cine camera. German troops past burning buildings. Montage troops marching, tanks advancing etc. w/ patriotic song. End.WW2 Russia / USSR; Operation Barbarossa; Nazi Occupation; Military Aviation; Destruction; Damage;NOTE: Part or entire card sold at per reel rate.
NOTE: In our experience German Nazi material is considered in the public domain throughout the world. If users feel any further clearances are necessary they are to be their own responsibility.NOTE: Battle of Libau, ca 24-29Jun41.
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