Flint Public Library (Middleton)

At war with the Nazis

eng

videorecording

Censorship classification: Not given

At war with the Nazis

953877689

540

Seven of the films were produced by the Special Service Division, Army Service Forces in cooperation with the United States Army Signal Corps as part of the series Why we fightNuremburg: Documentary produced in Germany from a collection of over a million feet of captured German film. Provides a film record of the Nuremberg trials and scenes presented as evidence of the atrocities committed at concentration campsPrelude to war: Reviews events from 1933 to 1939, including the Japanese conquest of Manchuria, the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, and the rise of Hitler. Also discusses the Axis plan of world conquestThe Nazis strike: A documentary film record of German's preparation for war, the conquest of Austria and Czechoslovakia, and the attack upon PolandHere is Germany: The threat of German militarism is presented with different scenes under the leadership of Bismark the Kaiser and HitlerDeath mills: This documentary was used to train American soldiers at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Originally made with a German soundtrack for screening in occupied Germany and Austria, this was the first documentary to show what the Allies discovered when they liberated the Nazi extermination camps and encountered horrific scenes of mass murder. In the months after the war, the documentary was used by the U.S. Army to educate the German population on their role in the death camps. The film's English narration contains the following: "Twenty million corpses, the product of 300 concentration camps, death mills, that ground out their dead until the very day that allied armies broke through their gates....A reminder that behind the curtain of Nazi pageants and parades, millions of men, women and children were tortured to death. The worst mass murder in human history." The narrator notes that people of all nationalities were found in the camps, including members of all religious and political creeds. The death mills employed multiple types of killing, including starvation, immolation, shooting and poison gas. Further narration describes the concentration camps as factories in which victims were processed, producing bones that were converted to fertilizer for use on German farms, hair sold for use in domestic products, and gold from dental fillings that could be melted down and reusedNazi concentration camps: A record of the Nazi death camps as photographed by Allied forces advancing into Germany. Shows surviving prisoners, victims of medical experiments, gas chambers, and open mass graves. This film was the first film record to show what the Allies found when they liberated the Nazi extermination camps: the survivors, the conditions, and the evidence of mass murderThe true glory: "The True Glory" is an 85 minute long film produced by the Official Film War Department, Misc. 1211 in 1945, and is an account of the cooperation of the Allied forces during World War II after the German occupation of France. It was created from footage shot by combat cameramen from the United States, Canada, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, Norway, and Great Britain during World War II. The film is introduced by President Dwight D. EisenhowerTarget for tonight: Recounts the bombing of a German depot by a Royal Air Force squadron. ... Watt details the various steps of the raid--from identifying the target to planning the attack, executing the bombing run, and returning a badly hit plane to safety. Flyers act calmly and efficiently while avoiding profanities in this neatly choreographed reenactmentTarget for today: Explains the effectiveness of strategic bombing upon German industry and shows the particular purpose, plan, and execution of a daylight precision bombing missionThe battle of Russia: Shows the Russian defense against the Nazi invasion during World War II, focusing on the Battle of Stalingrad

Disc 1. Nuremburg (1946) -- Disc 2. Prelude to war (1942); The Nazis strike (1943) -- Disc 3. Here is Germany (1945) -- Disc 4. Death mills (1946); Nazi concentration camps (1945) -- Disc 5. The true glory (1945) -- Disc 6. Target for tonight (1941) -- Disc. 7. Target for today (1944) -- Disc 8. The battle of Russia (1944)

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