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Belarus. Fighting & Prisoners]Panning shot German soldiers marching past Russian POWs walking in opposite direction.
14:34:45 German infantrymen armed mainly w/ Mauser Kar 98K rifles advance thru smoke past bunker - staged but dramatic, mangled fortifications etc.
14:35:30 German tanks past, crossing bridge. Pan destroyed bridge & across of burning town - Panzer 3s.
14:35:50 Map w/ arrows to Minsk & Baranowitschi. High angle of tanks on dusty road. Rear view Panzer 3s along then forward view. MS good shot Panzer 4 followed by Panzer 3
14:36:18 LS Panzer 3s in field, explosions & burning in background. Infantry advancing. Burning tanks.
14:37:01 German crew sticking heads out of tank hatches (probably Panzer 4) after battle. Russian POWs marching w/ hands above head. Tank crewmen on top of tank, wipe off dust.
14:37:14 Map.
14:37:20 Nazi soldiers dug in to crater, watch large artillery / cannon firing, explosions in town. Officer w/ binoculars. Germans moving city (Brest-Litovsk ?) Russians standing w/ white flags of surrender & walking in from quarry & field carrying boots. Huddle beside tank. German officer looking. Destroyed bridge & buildings beyond. Russians w/ white flags beside bridge remains. German street fighting. Pan barnyard w/ dead horses.
14:38:51 POWs marching en masse on dusty road, alongside road & pan over POWs resting under trees. Many marching on road.
14:40:15 Anti-aircraft artillery firing, flak in sky. Tilt down to field; burning crashed aircraft, CU burning.
14:41:08 Aerial of German bombers in flight, bombs dropping & explosions. Machine gun firing; shadows of three bombers across farm fields. Explosions along road; smoking town. Bombs into Occupation of Minsk - Bialystok by Nazi Germany; Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Ending; Battles; Prisoners of War; Russian POWs; Operation Barbarossa;
NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Very good action & coverage.
NOTE: Battle of Bialystok-Minsk lasted from 22Jun-03Jul41. Field Marshal Fedor von Bock attacked from Poland.
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