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:
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Weaving mill production, German Reich, 1945.
Donations
from all sections of the population were processed for armaments in
hundreds of German spinning mills. The weaving mill produces wool
blankets and uniform fabrics for the Wehrmacht and Volkssturm.
01:33 - Fighting on the Western Front, German Reich/Netherlands, 1945.
The
British and Canadians have launched a new offensive between the Lower
Rhine and the Meuse. German soldiers in winter camuflage, and equipped
with a Panzerfausts, on a briefing before combat mission. German
paratroopers are crossing the Lower Rhine and are taking up new
positions. German infantry units in a frontal section of the Eifel area.
On a field destroyed English and American "Sherman" tanks. German
troops on defensive positions in damaged buildings of a village. Scenes
show damaged houses occupied by civilians in town Hatten in the Haguenau
Forest area.
03:10 - The winter battle on the Eastern Front, German Reich/Poland, 1945.
Scenes show German soldiers in trenches during heavy icy snowstorms. A motorcycle messenger fights his way through the blizzard.
03:46 - Logistics/Naval war, East Prussia/Baltic Sea, 1945.
German
troops and war material are loaded onto transport ship in the East
Prussian port. A German convoy on the move through Baltic Sea. Navy
combat units open fire on Soviet troop deployments and assembly routes
on the Vistula Lagoon.
04:38 - Fortress of Breslau, German Reich/Poland, 1945.
The
capital of the Silesian region forms one of the cornerstones against
the Bolshevik onslaught. Propaganda posters are hung with a call to help
with the defence preparations in the city, and propaganda postar about
Panzerfaust strenght. Volksturm units erecting barricades on the
outskirts of the city. Gauleiter and Reich Defense Commissioner Hanke
during an inspection of the defenses. Commander-in-Chief of an Army
Group, General Colonel Schörner in conversation with Gauleiter Hanke.
Engineer units prepare the Oder crossings, houses and sections of
streets for demolition.
06:08 - Frankfurt-Küstrin combat area, German Reich, 1945.
The
Oder city of Frankfurt also forms an important cornerstone in the
central Oder region. The refugees are marching past the reserves of
Volksgrenadier divisions, towards west, through the Oder Bridge.
Volkssturm soldiers are being equipped with weapons ("Goliath", StG 44
assault rifles) at a loading station. Volkssturm soldiers equipped with
"Volkssturmgewehr" and Panzerfausts advance towards battle zone. German
reserves arrive at the railway station. Unloading of heavy tanks
(Panther) and tank destroyers (Jagdpanzer IV/70 (V)). Attack aircraft
and fighters (Bf-109) take off against the enemy in difficult weather
conditions.
08:24 - Battle on the Eastern Front, German Reich, 1945.
New
tank units, assault guns and infantry divisions were constantly being
deployed to stop Soviet advance. SS paratroopers in defensive positions
in an Oder bridgehead. RAD" anti-aircraft guns in combat against an
enemy tank spearhead. Rocket launchers (30 cm Nebelwerfer 42) located in
a village take Soviet deployment under fire. Jagdpanzer 38(t) tank
destroyers advance through the village. Tank destroyers, tanks, armoured
vehicles (Sd.Kfz. 251/21 Ausf. D 1,5cm "drilling") and infantry move
forward. Panther tanks firing at Soviet positions.
10:25 - Outro
Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-752-24-februari-1945
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5152/702245
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12y-7XXPBSE
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