Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: Public Domain. However, since copyright law may differ between the U.S. and Germany, Use statement U3 is being applied.
See departmental files for more detailed information in German from the Bundesarchiv. USHMM copied 32 meters; original film at Bundesarchiv is 131 meters in length.
A small fleet of German boats crossing a sea. Panning shot of German soldiers fanned out across a field, crossing a fence. The German soldiers enter and search through several different country houses. Several boats crossing Lake Ladoga in northwest Russia. Panning shot of a row of portable outboard motors (used in rubber raft-like boats-see end of reel for example). German soldiers getting into a small boat. Two opposing shots of German soldiers signaling each other with spotlights. Short clip of a rubber boat using one of the outboard motors.
German soldiers advance by boat