Contrary to information on Bundesarchiv shot list, this reel does not contain footage of"Jews rounded up, the synagogue, and Jewish ghetto with Jewish types" It has been edited out. See also Story 253, Film ID 200 for an early view of wrecked tanks burning in fields.
LS views of farm burning in Bialystok; soldiers arrest citizens, check IDs. CU of frightened man. Long view of tanks lining road; soldiers. Pan of many wrecked tanks burning in fields near Minsk, all spewing black smoke. HA pan of Russian POWs sitting on the ground (POW camp?). CU endless line of turbanned Russian POWs, many with Asiatic faces. Distance sign:"Berlin/Breslau/Moskau" MS Kalvaria in flames in the distance. Nazis ride into town. Dead horse on road "Dunabur"?); scorched earth. Many views of smoking rubble, total destruction.
Burning farms; POWs; town on fire