Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 736 - 11 October 1944


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:

00:43 - Total war effort/Trenchwork, German Reich, 1944.
Miners after finishing their shift receive shovels and other tools and take a part in the entrenchment work. Workers unloading a freight train. A concrete two-man bunker is being built. Rear services of all branches of the armed forces have organised a "Trenching Sunday." Officers take a part in digging an anti-tank ditch.

02:01 - Eastern Front/Estonian refugees, Baltic states/German Reich, 1944.
Estonian people leave their homeland on German steamers to escape the Soviet rule. Refugees embark the German steamers in the port of Tallinn. The cargo steamers reach their destination ports in German Reich. The woman express her gratitude for the passage to the captain.

03:13 - Recruitment of the Latvian volunteers for the German Wehrmacht, German Reich, 1944.
Young Latvians have volunteered to fight for the German cause. Swearing-in of Luftwaffe auxiliaries into the Wehrmacht.

03:46 - Focke-Wulf 190 air combat footage, Soviet Union, 1944.
Scenes show FW 190 flying in formation. Focke-Wulf 190 ground-attack aircraft in low-level attacks, targeting vehicles and advancing troops with onboard weapons.

04:35 - Fighting on the Courland Front/Eastern Front, Soviet Union, 1944.
German grenadiers advance to attack a Soviet bridgehead in the morning mist. Supplies, trucks towing AT-guns, assault guns and infantry advance through the country road. Grenadiers with Panzerfausts and Stug III assault guns in fight with advancing Soviet T-34/85 tanks. Destroyed Soviet tanks and assault guns. Soldiers inspect the wreckage to check the effectiveness of their anti-tank weapons.

06:45 - Suppression of the Warsaw Uprising, Poland, 1944.
The last resistance of the insurgents in Warsaw has finally collapsed under the force of German weapons. Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers bombs a block of buildings where the strongest point of resistance was located. Scenes show diving Ju-87 Stuka bombers.

07:25 - Battle of Lunéville/Western Front, France, 1944.
Report about German forces holding their positions despite heavy enemy attacks. Panthers with Panzergrenadiers are advancing in the Lunéville area. Panzergrenadiers advance to clear a section of forest. General von Manteuffel during a briefing before the tank counterattack. German tanks and troops in a wooded area. A breakthrough point made by the Americans is being cleared out in heavy fighting. Scenes show the American prisoners of war. Scene show the fiercely contested city of Lunéville. German infantry clear streets and houses of enemy remnants. 

09:43 - Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels visits General Field Marshal Model in his headquarters, Western Front, 1944.
Visit of Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels to the headquarters of General Field Marshal Walter Model, where he is given a comprehensive picture of the current front situation. 

10:21 - Joseph Goebbels speech, Cologne, German Reich, October 04, 1944.
Joseph Goebbels addressed thousands of armaments workers at a large rally in a Cologne.

12:53 - King Tiger footage/Tiger Battalion 503, German Reich, 1944.
Scenes show a King Tiger tanks in parade formation. Commander of the Tiger Battalion 503 drives along the front of the tanks formation.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-736-11-oktober-1944-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/4004/712744
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmYFmSW2WRg

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