Wehrmacht In Russia (1941) Colour footage (Non Edited)

[Hisroyalhighness]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4d3_1356677039

Extremely rare amateur colour footage taken by soldiers of the Wehrmacht during Operation Barbarossa.

The songs:
Russlandlied (Von Finnland bis zum Schwarzen Meer)
Lebe Wohl, du kleine Monika
Veronika

EDIT: Actually most of the footage is Pre-Deployment and taken in Germany.

[Ronguild]

Thanks for the video.

This unit is equipped with ex-French Army Panhard 178. They have even retained the MAC-31 7,5mm MG. The drum magazines are visible on the open door.

[Rey]

Such cheerful music, you can almost forget that you are watching footage from horrific times...

[PeterG]

Interesting footage, thx for posting. Unfortunately for these men, they would be using pretty much these same uniforms in the coming, horrific russian winter of 41/42.

[ubermensche]

Such cheerful music, you can almost forget that you are watching footage from horrific times...

That's the power of Nazi propaganda.

[antman311]

That's the power of Nazi propaganda.

I didn't see it as propaganda. It was just video taken by German soldiers that hit the eastern front. I see it as the equivalent to our soldiers taking video of Iraq and Afghanistan and dubbing Five Finger Death Punch - Bad Company over it.

Great video, thanks for sharing. It really showed all the peaceful times these soldiers got to enjoy before they were thrown into hell.

[ubermensche]

I didn't see it as propaganda. It was just video taken by German soldiers that hit the eastern front. I see it as the equivalent to our soldiers taking video of Iraq and Afghanistan and dubbing Five Finger Death Punch - Bad Company over it.

Great video, thanks for sharing. It really showed all the peaceful times these soldiers got to enjoy before they were thrown into hell.

Nor did I for that matter. But if you put yourself in the context of 1941, which probably used the same music then you know...

[KurtyKat]

Interesting video! Thanks for posting.

[ruiemichelo]

The drum magazines are visible on the open door.

[Korathv2]

There is only 1 minute of footage from the campaign at the best. Everything else is training before the campaing. Very interesting footage. I guess it was a scout unit, wasn't it?