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Reel 3: 00:15:45 Sign indicates tonnage that can be carried by road/bridge, and seems to have the signature of"2.Komp" Vehicles of the IV Panzer Division roll across the bridge. Numerous shots of soldiers transporting cargo/men across a river on a ferry. Civilians present as wagons are unloaded. Reel 4: 00:18:40 An officer presents a soldier with an Iron Cross as other soldiers look on. 00:20:00 Signs with unit markings and directions. Survey of a destroyed wooded area. CU of a large sign beside the road:"Hier beginnt der Arsch der Welt" Various signs:"Gehst du von hinnen, denk an Götz von Berlichinge" (a reference to Goethe's famous Götz quote?),"Zur Fron", etc. German soldiers resting/guarding a road in a forest. A blockhouse in the forest with a sign reading,"Fahrdienstleiter - Güteranmeldun" (Movements Inspector - Reporting of Goods).
See departmental files for more detailed information in German from the Bundesarchiv. Reel 3: USHMM copied 58 of 146 meters; Reel 4: USHMM copied 63 of 165 meters.
German military transports cargo across a river; signs in wooded areas