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:
00:52 - Luftwaffe pilot training school, German Reich, 1943.
First part of the pilot training is on gliders. Future pilots gathered around the instructor learning about the basic principles of flying. After training flight on glider, second part follows on a closed training aircraft that is being towed by motor airplane. In free flight, the student must now practice certain turns, and perform target landings. Students gathered in front of engine aircraft during technical instruction. The final part of training is the formation flight.
02:46 - Croatian volunteers incorporate into Waffen SS division, Zagreb,Croatia, 1943.
The ceremonial incorporation of Croatian units into a volunteer division of the Waffen SS. This is probably 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian).
03:11 - Estonian Volunteer Battalion "Narva", Eastern Front, 1943.
Estonian volunteers swearing in the oath to Führer. Soldiers of the Estonian Volunteer Waffen SS Battalion "Narva" during a field service exercise. Column of troops and vehicles move through the road. A half-track vehicle tows an anti-aircraft gun (8.8 cm Flak). Soldiers sets up their AT-gun (7.5 cm PaK 40) in position.
04:15 - Spanish 250th Infantry Division (Blue Division) in rest position, Soviet Union, 1943.
A company of the Spanish Volunteer Legion returns to its rest position after fierce fighting in the north of the Eastern Front. Report about their successes in both major offensive battles and fierce defensive engagements. Spanish wounded soldiers on the way to homeland. At the Spanish border post in Irun, they are taken over by Spanish hospital trains.
05:17 - Lapland front, Finland/Soviet Union, 1943.
Stuka dive bombers (Junkers Ju 87) are used as icebreakers to unclog the river, and relive the pressure of ice floes that threatens to destroy the bridges.
06:17 - Waffen SS dog squadron/Wounded care, Karelia, Finland/Soviet Union, 1943.
Soldiers of the SS Mountain Jaeger Regiment 11 take care of their dogs. Soldiers train their dogs crawling, jumping over the wall, and to combat partisans. The dogs accompany a soldiers during patrol through the Karelian primeval forest. Dog sleds are used to transport the wounded in the impassable regions of the far north. Transporting wounded soldiers with the help of cable cars above raging streams and mountain gorges. General Colonel Dietl visits wounded soldiers shortly before their departure to Germany.
11:23 - Waffen SS reconnaissance unit training, Soviet Union, 1943.
Scenes show a reconnaissance unit of the Waffen SS in their Schwimmwagen's. The small vehicles are very fast and maneuverable and it overcomes almost any terrain obstacle. Soldiers during field exercises with the use of amphibious Volkswagen.
12:36 - Southern sector of the Eastern Front, Ukraine/Soviet Union, 1943.
General Field Marshal von Manstein during an inspection tour of his sector of the front. Manstein inspects a frontline position and observe the terrain through binoculars. Soviet troops begin the assault and are repelled and thrown back. Light artillery (10.5 cm leFH 18/40) and light infantry gun (7.5 cm leIG 18) support the defence of German troops.
15:11 - Navy operation on the Atlantic coast, 1943.
The mine belt in front of the Atlantic bases is being continuously expanded. Fighter aircraft (Ju-88) provide the support to the Naval units. The mines are being laid at regular intervals. Outpost boats patrol the far-forward bases of German coastal defenses. British bomber attack German Naval units. The enemy strikes are countered by heavy anti-aircraft fire. German sailors extinguishing a fire on neighboring ship. The damaged boat is being towed away. German navy units on submarine hunting off the Dutch coast. The location of enemy submarines is being determined using listening devices. Depth charges are being thrown into the water.
Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-665-2-juni-1943-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5099/660692
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJHkVjfaOEI
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