Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.
In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:
00:32 - German sculptor Professor Richard Scheibe, German Reich, 1944.
Scheibe make a clay sculpture on the wire skeleton. Scenes show some numerous works of Professor Scheibe.
01:53 - Cycling festival in Singen on Lake Constance, German Reich, 1944.
Six young women perform a group artistic cycling in front of the audience. Non-commissioned officer Kurt Heimke of the Kriegsmarine during his performance.
03:15 - A visit to a German circus, German Reich, 1944.
The artist Hildegard with her partner perform under the circus dome.
04:21 - Children's Evacuation Home, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, German Reich, 1944.
Kinderlandverschickung" (KLV) is a German term that refers to the evacuation of children from cities during World War II, primarily to protect them from aerial bombardments. Boys and girls during crafts and work classes.
05:53 - Transfer from the Hitler Youth to the Reich Labor Service, German Reich, 1944.
Boys from "HJ" on a roll call during a ceremony of transfer from HJ to RAD. The new RAD-men are decorated with flowers by girls from the "BDM" and return to their quarters.
06:36 - High Mountain School of the Waffen-SS in the Alps, 1944.
German soldiers, particularly those in mountain and ski troops (Gebirgsjäger), receive rigorous training in skiing as part of their combat and survival skills. This training is essential for operating effectively in mountainous and snowy terrain, where skiing can be a vital mode of transportation and a tactical advantage.
08:35 - New recruits for fighter aviation, German Reich, 1944.
Knight's Cross recipient Colonel Johannes Trautloft speaks to recruit pilots who volunteered for the defense of the Reich. "Wilde Sau" - was the term given by the Luftwaffe to the tactic used from 1943 to 1944, by which British night bombers were engaged by single-seat day-fighter aircraft flying in the Defence of the Reich. Report about Sergeant Hartl who shot down four four-engine bombers in the evening hours of March 24, eleven enemy aircraft in his first seven flights.
10:32 - Southern sector of the Eastern Front/Retreat, Soviet Union, 1944.
German troops during major withdrawals, use scorched earth tactic to slow down the enemy advance. German vehicles move through a deep mud in extremely difficult conditions. A signal units maintain the communications network. Destruction of the Nikolayev shipyards.
12:51 - Logistics on the Bug river, Soviet Union, 1944.
German vehicles transport war material across the river estuary, protected by the security ferries and speed boats. Soviet figters attempt to attack the German convoy. Soviet aircraft is hit by German AA- gun and crashes in flames.
14:10 - Green Devils in Battle of Monte Cassino/Combat footage, Italy, 1944.
Report about Anglo-American advance progress since the landing in Salerno on 9th September 1943. Scenes show fragments of American newsreel showing american infantrymen on the march to the Cassino front. Soldiers from 1st Parachute Division together with grenadiers fight Allied troops in the rubbles of Monte Cassino. German paratroopers prepare for a conterattack. StuG III assault guns are supporting the counterattack. Close combat in the ruins of the town of Monte Cassino. Captive New Zealanders have been brought in and gathered in a ruins.
19:00 - Outro
Source :
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/3980/698902
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJDLo-cQKtU
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