Messter-Woche Nr. 42

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  • Other title(s): Messter Week 42
  • Genre: Newsreel
  • Year: 1915
  • Runtime: 00:13:38
  • Description: 1. Intertitle: War reports from the east. 2. Intertitle: German transport columns near the blown-up new Weichsel bridge, which was only recently erected and completed for a million after seven years of construction work. (ends at 14 m.) 3. Intertitle: Near the blown-up bridge German engineers have already built a replacement bridge, called the Marschall bridge. Image: Makeshift bridge with sign: „ Marschall Bridge, built by 1st Eng. 11, 4th Eng. 3 and 1st A.F. Comp. 6“. (ends at 22 m.) 4. Intertitle: Brisk traffic on the Marschall bridge. Image: Lorries drive over the makeshift bridge. (ends at 25 m.) 5. Intertitle: The imperial Lazienky palace near Warsaw. Image: View of the Lazienki Palace; in the foreground a German sentry with spiked helmet. (ends at 35 m.) 6. Intertitle: Report of the Military High Command from the 13th August 1915: In their forward movement the German marching columns are encountering, on all roads, the refluent Polish rural population which the Russians took with them as they retreated, but now that they can no longer follow the very hasty Russian troops, they are subject to the deepest misery. Image: Troops marching past laden horsedrawn carts of Polish refugees; soldier with group of refugees. (ends at 72 m.) 7. Intertitle: The Nowo-Georgiewsk fortress after its capture. Image: The fortress after its capture on 20th August 1915. (ends at 78 m.) 8. Intertitle: View over the Weichsel to the citadel of the fortress. Image: Long shot over the Weichsel; in the foreground Russian prisoners at clean-up operations. (ends at 85 m.) 9. Intertitle: A Landsturm battalion enters Nowo-Georgiewsk. Image: A Landsturm battalion marches in; in the background captured Russians at the edge of the street. (ends at 95 m.) 10. Intertitle: The fort's second entrance. Image: Shell damage at the fort's second entrance. (ends at 100 m.) 11. Intertitle: A view of the first casement, the cannon of which was destroyed by a direct hit. Image: A destroyed fortress cannon. (ends at 112 m.) 12. Intertitle: How the Russians left their positions on the perimeters of the fort. Image: German soldiers in abandoned emplacement. (ends at 136 m.) 13. Intertitle: Russian prisoners in the fortress. (ends at 144 m.) 14. Intertitle: New prisoner transports are constantly arriving. Image: Further columns of prisoners pour in. (ends at ?) 15. Intertitle: Take Ionescu, former Rumanian prime minister, who is now trying to influence the political climate to hostility to Germany. Image: Former Rumanian prime minister Take Ionescu on a campaign trip; he gets out of a car with escorts. (ends at 163 m.) 16. Intertitle: War reports from the west. Specially filmed by our correspondent. 17. Intertitle: Behind bombarded houses a new position with rear cover is established. (ends at 170 m.) 18. Intertitle: Personnel takes care of distributing the midday meal with large pots in the field kitchen, 600 meters to the rear, in order to bring the food to the forwardmost position. Image: Food distributed to German troops at a field kitchen. (ends at 176 m.) 19. Intertitle: A field position under construction is viewed by staff officers. (ends at 187 m.) 20. Intertitle: A shell-proof observation post. (ends at 196 m.) 21. Intertitle: Machine gun in firing position. (ends at 203 m.) 22. Intertitle: War reports from the enemy front. 23. Intertitle: France. 24. Intertitle: Alarm at a French vehicle depot at the front. Image: Motorcycles and cars leave the large garage building. (ends at 216 m.) 25. Intertitle: The „Leomont“ farmhouse, the scene of heavy fighting. Image: Ruins of the Leomont farmhouse. (ends at 224 m.) 26. Intertitle: General Joffre gives an old Alsatian from 1870 the kiss of brotherhood. Image: General Joffre decorates an Alsatian; standing with officers at car. (ends at 228 m.) 27. Intertitle: Russia. 28. Intertitle: At the Caucasian front. March out of the 13th Yerevan regiment. (ends at 242 m.) Title: The end.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / westfront; ostfont; eastfront; Warschau; Warsaw / Food supply / Bridges -- War damage / Buildings -- War damage / World War, 1914-1918
  • Provider: Bundesarchiv
  • Rights: Public Domain
  • Production company: Messter Film GmbH (Berlin)
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound
  • Language: de

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