1920-1944WORLD WAR II
PRESENTS THE MILITARY CAREER OF FIELD MARSHALL ROMMEL FROM WORLD WAR I TO HIS DEATH BEFORE THE END OF WORLD WAR II. CONTRASTS HIS BRILLIANT MILITARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HIS DISENCHANTMENT WITH HITLER. THE DESERT FOX. HE WAS GERMANY'S MOST EXALTED WAR HERO DURING WWII. HIS AMAZING NORTH AFRICAN VICTORIES HAD ELECTRIFIED THE GERMAN PEOPLE. HE WAS WORSHIPPED BY HIS TROOPS AND REGARDED BY HIS ENEMIES WITH AWE AND TERROR. ADOLF HITLER'S SUPREME GOD OF WAR.
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TANK SPEEDS BY. THROUGH THE DESERT. SHADOWS OF SOLDIERS ON TANK.
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CU ROMMEL NAZI MILITARY LEADER. GERMAN CROSS.
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POV PASSING HUNDREDS OF GERMANS WITH THEIR ARMS HELD HIGH IN NAZI SALUTE. JULY, 1942 AT NAZI RALLY.
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| 01:30:50 88.77 |
PHOTOS FROM HIS EARLY LIFE.
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GERMAN TROOPS TRAIN AFTER WWI. 1920S GERMAN MILITARY.
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| 01:31:20 118.77 |
HITLER LEADING NAZI RALLY. EARLY 1930s
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TROOPS SKI QUICKLY DOWNHILL.
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1934 TROOPS. TAKING OATH. CU HITLER. CU NAZI EMBLEM LOGO. NAZI FLAG. METAL EAGLE. GERMAN EAGLE.
YOUNG GERMAN SOLDIER SPEAKING ENTHUSIASTICALLY IN GERMAN. |
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1938. HITLER'S MOUNTAIN RETREAT. CONVERTIBLE.
ROMMEL ARRIVES TO MEET WITH HITLER. |
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MARCH. 1939. NAZIS PARADING THROUGH CZECH CITIES.
CROWDS RAISE THEIR ARMS AS HITLER PASSES. |
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POV IN A TANK. MAY 1940. TANKS SMASH THROUGH THE WOODS. ARTILLERY CANNONS FIRE WWII WARFARE.
GERMANS IN FRANCE. THE BLITZKRIEG. DESTROYED STONE BRIDGE. DESERTED VILLAGE. |
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NAZI PLANE FLIES. LANDS. ROMMEL IN AFRICA.
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| 01:35:32 370.77 |
BRITISH TROOPS IN AFRICA.
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MS ROMMEL LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS
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TANK WHEEL CU. DESTROYED ARMY VEHICLES IN THE DESERT. ROMMEL WITH BINOCULARS.
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ROMMEL WALKS THROUGH CACTUS FIELD. AMONG CACTI.
IN DESERT. |
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JUNE 1942. PLANNING ATTACK ON TOBRUK.
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ATTACK ON TOBRUK. FIRING CANNONS. PLANES IN FORMATION. EXPLOSIONS.
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LONG PAN TOBRUK, CITY ON A CLIFF
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SURRENDERING BRITISH TROOPS. PAN PAST SOLDIERS.
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ROMMEL RETURNS TO GERMANY, GETS AWARD FROM HITLER.
GERMAN IRON CROSS. RECEIVES THE BATON OF FIELD MARSHALL. |
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PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL IN NORTH AFRICA.
ALEXANDER AND MONTGOMERY MILITARY LEADERS. |
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SUNSET OVER THE DESERT.
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LULL IN FIGHTING. SOLDIER PLAYS BAGPIPES FOR BRITISH TROOPS. WRITING LETTERS, RELAXING.
SMILING. SOLDIER WITH ODD SUNGLASSES. |
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MONTGOMERY LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS
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BARE-CHESTED SOLDIERS SET UP MACHINE GUN. NET.
SETTING UP FOR AN ATTACK. |
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BATTLE AT EL ALAMEIN GUN FIRE. DEAD SOLDIERS IN THE DESERT. BURNING WRECKAGE. CU GRAVE MARKINGS, SOLDIERS BURIED IN THE DESERT. NAZI GRAVES. HELMET WITH BULLET HOLE ON TOP OF GRAVE MARKING
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GERMAN OFFICERS (GENERALS? ROMMEL?) OBSERVE BATTLE AT EL ALAMEIN FROM DISTANCE USING BINOCULARS, ETC. ONE SITTING AT TRIPOD, TELESCOPE (?)
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GERMAN OFFICERS (GENERAL? ROMMEL?) OBSERVE BATTLE AT EL ALAMEIN FROM DISTANCE USING BINOCULARS, ETC. OFFICERS (INCL. ROMMEL) LOOK AT BATTLE MAP TOGETHER IN FIELD. ROMMEL USING BINOCULARS TO VIEW BTTLE, DEVASTATION. BURNING VEHICLES, TANKS. GERMAN GRAVES WITH NAZI SWASTIKAS ON THEM, GERMAN HELMETS.
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CU ROMMEL WIPES HIS BROW, IN TENT MEETING, LOOKS AT BATTLE MAP, CONFERS WITH GERMAN OFFICERS, NAZIS.
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ROMMEL IN DESERT WITH SOLDIERS, GERMAN OFFICERS, OBSERVES DEVASTATION ION BATTLEFIELD
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COASTLINE. SEPTEMBER 1943. FIELD MARSHALL ROMMEL CLIFFS OVER SHORE. ATLANTIC WALL INSPECTION.
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STEEL OBSTRUCTIONS ARE PLACED ON THE BEACHES, MEN DIGGING. SLEDGEHAMMER.
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HEAVY ARTILLERY RAISED INTO PLACE.
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MINES DROPPED INTO THE WATER.
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ROMMEL PLANNING WITH OFFICERS.
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ROMMEL ON BOAT WITH OFFICERS
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ROMMEL TALKS TO HIS TROOPS.
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PUT UP MILITARY BALLOON. WEATHER BALLOON.
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ROMMEL BACK IN GERMANY ON HOLIDAY
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STORM SKY. JUNE 6, 1944. AERIAL OF ALLIED INVASION ARMADA. OFF COAST OF NORMANDY
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CU SOLDIER SOUNDS THE ALARM. RINGING BELL. TROOPS TO THE READY IN FOXHOLE. CANNONS RAISED. LOADING SHELLS INTO GUNS. WITH HEADSETS. FIRE! SHIP'S CANNONS FIRE. NORMANDY INVASION
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TROOPS LAND ON BEACH. STORM THE BEACH AT NORMANDY AMPHIBIOUS LANDING. MACHINE GUN FIRE. TROOPS FALL.
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MILITARY BUILDINGS DESTROYED. ALLIED ARMIES. CITY COMBAT.
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GERMAN SOLDIERS WITH HANDS UP. SURRENDER. MANY AIR SHIPS HOVERING OVER HEAD
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ROMMEL PLANS MILITARY ACTION. CONSPIRING AGAINST HITLER
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JUNE 17. BRITISH FIGHTERS MAKE ROUTINE SWEEP BEHIND GERMAN LINES. AERIAL SHOOTING ROMMEL'S CAR ON THE ROAD.
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HITLER MEETS WITH GENERAL STAFF, LOOKING AT MAPS.
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EXTERIOR OF MEETING PLACE, BOMB EXPLOSION BUILDING BLOWN TO BITS, YET HITLER SURVIVES. JULY 20, 1944 ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON HITLER'S LIFE
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HITLER VISITS WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN HOSPITAL.
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CU GERMAN CHILDREN GIVE NAZI SALUTE HEIL HITLER CHILDREN GIVE HITLER FLOWERS.
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NAZI COURTROOM. TRIAL AGAINST CONSPIRATORS.
"PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL". AUGUST 8, 1944 |
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ROMMEL WITH FAMILY. CHILDREN PLAY ON SLIDE. WIFE WITH DOG.
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ROMMEL'S FUNERAL. YOUNG ARYAN RAISING FLAG. NAZI FLAG DRAPED CASKET. GERMAN CITIZENS SALUTE CASKET FUNERAL CORTEGE. CASKET ON CAISSON. HUGE WREATH SENT BY HITLER PUT ON CASKET.
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