Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 604 - 1 April 1942

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:

00:41 Boris III. of Bulgaria (1894-1943) was the Tsar of Bulgaria from 1918 until his death in August 1943. Despite Bulgaria being a Tsardom and Boris official title therefore being Tsar, it was and is common both in English and German media to refer to him incorrectly as “King”.

0:50 This is referring to the fact that Bulgaria was part of the Central Powers in WWI, fighting alongside Germany from October 1915 until 30th September 1918. Bulgaria initially remained neutral during WWII, however, with German support, it received Southern Dobruja from Romania as part of the Treaty of Craiova in September 1940. Bulgaria introduced antisemitic laws in January 1941, denying citizenship to Bulgarian Jews and restricting several rights for them. Bulgaria officially joined the Axis in March 1941, however, it did not take part in the Invasion of the Soviet Union, even maintaining formal diplomatic relationship with the Soviet Union, as many Bulgarians were pro-Russian at that time. Still, the Soviet Union declared war on Bulgaria on September 8th, 1944, and occupied the country. 

01:15 Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893-1946) was Foreign Minister of Germany from February 1938 to April 1945. Tried and hanged as a war criminal in Nuremberg. 

01:41 Carinhall was a large, luxurious private estate of Hermann Göring outside of Berlin, named after his first wife, Caring Göring (1888-1931).

06:19 Karl Dönitz (1891-1980) was a German Navy officer during both wars, joining the German Navy in 1910. During WWII, he became commander of the U-Boat in October 1939, and chief of the German Navy in January 1943, and Hitlers successor as President of Germany in early May 1945. He was promoted to Vice-Admiral on March 14th, 1942. 

06:45 The attack on Aruba was an attack on oil installations and tankers by German and Italian submarines on February 16th, 1942. Aruba, a small Dutch colonial island in the Caribbean sea, was home two to of the largest oil refineries at that time. It was attacked by the Axis submarines, with 6 allied tankers sunk and 2 damaged; also, the submarines shelled the oil depots on the island itself. This attack interrupted allied fuel transport for a few weeks. 

06:46 All I could find was an attack on Curacao on April 19th 1942, so over two weeks after the airing of this episode. Im not entirely sure which attack is referred here.
 
06:52 The numbers on these pennants signify the tonnage of enemy ships destroyed.

07:00 In early 1942, the Germans indeed managed to sink a large number of Allied ships and interrupt trade between America and Europe, however, thanks to the large industrial power of the US, the Allies were able to replace these losses in only a few months.

07:05 The German Cross was a military award, introduced in September 1941. It was intended as an in-between medal between the Iron Cross and Knights Cross. It was awarded in Silver and Gold, with the Silver one usually awarded for Leadership, e.g. for staff officers, while the one in Gold awarded for bravery. 24,404 Gold and 1,114 Silver German Crosses were awarded during the war.

08:00 These soldiers have been awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class
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10:14 This is a Soviet DShK Heavy MG, introduced in 1938. Weighing 34 kilos and chambered in 12,7x 108mm, it was one of the heaviest Soviet MGs used during WWII. This example was probably captured by the Finnish, who often used captured Soviet guns both during the Winter War and WWII.

11:07 These guns are most likely 76mm divisional guns M1939, the standard Soviet division-level artillery piece. 9,812 built between 1939-1941.

 11:30 While I couldn’t confirm which one exactly, these guns are very old Russian guns, model 1877. Either as 87mm, 107mm or maybe even 152mm, these are definitely old Russian field guns from the 1870s.

15:20 This gun is a 21cm Mortar 18, a heavy howitzer used by the Germans during WWII. Despite its name, its not a Mortar, but a howitzer (All German guns over 20cm were named “Mortar”). With shells weighing 63 kilos, it was a devastating weapon. 738 built between 1939-1945.  

16:31 This sign reads “100.000th shell”

16:49 This gun is a famous 8,8cm FlaK 36 AA/AT-gun.

17:09 This gun is a light 2cm FlaK 38 AA-gun.

17:26 This tank is a Soviet T-34/76

17:35 These are German Panzer 38(t) light tanks.

17:38 This is an early version StuG 3 with the short barrel 75mm gun.

18:36 Naokuni Nomura (1885-1973) was a Japanese Admiral. He joined the Japanese navy as an officer in 1907, and became a staff officer in the 1920s. From November 1940 to August 1943, he was the Japanese naval attaché in Berlin.

18:39 Abe is a very common name in Japan, and while I did find a few high ranking Japanese navy officers named Abe, none of them were in Europe during 1942, so I’m not sure who exactly this officer is.

18:52 This is a Bf110 heavy fighter.

19:15 These are Ju-52 transport plane.

21:55 These are Italian CR. 42 Falco fighter biplane. Italy continued building and developing biplanes after most nations switched to monoplanes in the early/mid 1930s. The CR.42 is the last Italian monoplane, introduced in 1939, with 1,1819 build between February 1939 and late 1943. Despite its old design, it was pretty nimble and maneuverable, however it lacked in armament, being only armed with two MGs.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-604-1-april-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5627/684461
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcs9kmkzcfw

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 603 - 25 March 1942

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:

00:00-01:37 - The funeral of Robert Bosch, Stuttgart, German Reich, March 18, 1942.
State ceremony for Dr. h.c. Robert Bosch. Reich Economics Minister Funk expresses his condolences to the bereaved, next to him is Reich Organization Director Dr. Ley. 

01:38-04:09 - Anniversary of Austria's annexation to the German Reich, Graz, Alpine and Danube Reichsgaue, 1942.
Reich Minister Dr. Goebbels, accompanied by Gauleiter Uibrreither, arrives at the train station. Large rally on Heldenplatz in Vienna. 

04:10-04:57 - Naming ceremony of long-range combat battery "Batterie Todt", English Channel, France, 1942.
Roll call of honour guard formation. The naval commander in northern France, walks past the front of the lined up soldiers. Firing from the long-range combat battery. 

04:58-05:37 - Fighter pilot Sergeant Gerhard Köppen returns from a mission, 1942.
Köppen lands at an airfield and is greeted enthusiastically by his comrades. Köppen reports on the mission to his comrades, and celebrate his 72nd kill. 

05:38-05:43 - Köppen's award at the Führer's headquarters at Wolf's Lair near Rastenburg, East Prussia, February 27, 1942.

Hitler presents Sergeant Köppen with the oak leaves for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
05:44-06:48 - Göring at the Führer's headquarters at Wolf's Lair near Rastenburg, East Prussia, 1942.
Reichsmarschall Göring arrives by train for a meeting. Göring is greeted at the train, he goes to the headquarters.

06:49-08:34 - Position construction in the Leningrad area, Blue Division, Soviet Union, 1942.
Improving defensive positions in the Leningrad area. Spanish sappers of the Blue Division build a trench around their battery. A light infantry support gun is brought into position (7.5 cm le.IG 18). Defensive fight against advancing Soviet troops. 

08:35-09:14 - Headquarters of the Blue Division, Presentation of awards, Eastern Front, 1942.
Individual soldiers receive the Iron Cross. At the headquarters of the Blue Division on the Eastern Front. General of the Cavalry Lindemann presents the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross to the commander of the Blue Division, Lieutenant General Muñoz Grandes.

09:15-12:44 - German soldiers on the Eastern Front, 1942.
Motorized columns of supply move through roads covered in deep snow. Soldiers with shovels are clearing the roads from the snow. Freezing cold conditions on Eastern Front. Tanks drive out of their shelter. Artillery observer is send with tank to direct artillery fire on enemy positions. Coordinates are measured on the map. Observer sending radio message to the battery. Artillery stars the barrage. Assault guns (StuG III Ausf.B) and tanks (Panzer III) are moving towards the village under enemy controll. Scenes shows effect of artillery fire: many Soviet soldiers killed and many tanks are destroyed. Destroyed Soviet T-34 and KW-1 tanks. 

12:45-17:02 - Crimean peninsula near Sevastopol and in the Jaila Mountains, Soviet Union, 1942.
Railway brings a tank division. Tanks that are visible: Panzer II, Panzer 38(t). Equipment and supplies are unloaded. Rubber tires, fuel and guns are loaded into trucks. Trucks are towing heavy guns. Captured Soviet soldiers are stacking granades. Scenes show everyday life of soldiers on Eastern Front. Romanian mountain artillery shells Soviet positions. German infantry company has the task of clearing Jaila Mountains of partisans. German soldiers trying to catch pigs. Ammunition depots are blown up. 

17:03-18:31 - Naval War, Greece/Aegean Sea, 1942.
Italian submarine hunters taking depth charges on board. Reaport of enemy submarine in area. A submarine is attacked with depth charges. An Italian fighter plane flies past.

18:32-19:42 - Italian Navy secure convoy to Africa, Mediterranean, 1942.
A seaplane takes off from the ship. Anti-aircraft defense against low-flying British torpedo planes.

19:42-24:31 - African campaign, Africa Corps, North Africa, 1942.
Colonel General Rommel gets out of the car and greets the Chief of the Italian Staff, General Cavallero. Field Marshal Kesselring arrives. Fighter pilot Lieutenant Hans-Joachim Marseille returns from a mission in his Bf-109. Big group of armoured vechicles are rolling through African desert.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-603-25-maret-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5626/662933
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316Vg0U71Ok

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 601 - 11 March 1942

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:

It shows wounded soldiers relaxing in a resort area in Austria, female workers working on farms, German U-Boats returning from patrol, various combat footage from the northern parts of the Eastern Front, including Finish troops, aswell as convoys going to North Africa and combat footage from Africa.

00:44 Salzkammergut is a resort area in Austria, close to Salzburg. 

03:16 Paris, or more specifically the western suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt, was bombed by the British on March 3rd, 1942. However, unlike claimed here, the attack was not aimed at civilian area, it was rather directed at the massive Renault plant in that area, which produced airplane engines and trucks for the German Wehrmacht, which mostly went to the Eastern Front. The bombing was therefore intended as a help for the Soviet Union. Around 600 people died as a result of the bombing raid. The Renault plant was bombed again by American bombers in April and September 1943. 

03:36 Archibald Sinclair (1890-1970) was a British politician and leader of the Liberal party from 1935-1945. Unlike claimed here, he was not the “Aviation Minister” (such a position didn’t even exist, closest would be Minister of Aircraft Production), but Secretary of the State for Air from May 1940 to May 1945. 

03:53 This is said in a sarcastic tone. 

04:23 The evacuation of Dunkirk, a very famous event, refers to the retreat of over 330,000 allied soldiers, mostly British, from Dunkirk in late May 1940. The evacuation was largely guarded by French soldiers, who held off the Germans long enough. 

04:32 I wasn’t able to find out if such an article was written, however, it is true that there was a certain sense of bitterness and anger within the French population at the British, because many French felt abandoned by the British during the fight in 1940. 

06:17 The Germans built many coastal gun batteries on the French coast during the occupation, mainly to shoot at allied ships in the British channel and to bombard parts of South England with long range artillery. 

07:59 The slogan on the wall reads “Loyalty for Loyalty” 

09:20 Hermann Rasch (1914-1974) was a German U-Boat commander during WWII. He joined the Navy in April 1934 and served as an officer on U-106 from September 1940, before becoming commander of U-106 in October 1941. With U-106, he undertook 5 patrols and sunk 12 ships with 78,500 tons in total. He received the Knights Cross on December 29th, 1942. From April 1943 until the end of the war, he served as a staff officer in various positions. He was released as a POW in July 1946 and worked as a journalist after the war. 

09:35 Heinrich Bleichrodt (1909-1977) was a German U-Boat commander during WWII. He joined the Navy in April 1933. He commanded U-48 from September 1940 to January 1941, U-67 from January to June 1941 and U-109 until January 1943. He became an instructor and staff officer after that. In total, he sank 27 ships with 158,900 tons. He received the Knights Cross in October 1940 and the Oak Leaves in September 1942. 

09:38 I wasn’t able to verify that claim, but it was indeed common for English radio to report about famous U-Boat commanders dying in an attempt to boost British morale. Not all of these reports were accurate.

09:50 I’m not sure which numbers these are referring to, e.g. if these numbers are meant as the numbers of American ships, ships in the Atlantic or Allied ships in general, but in January 1942, German U-Boats sank 48 Allied and neutral ships in the Atlantic, this number rose to 73 in February 1942 and 98 in March, so the number given here seems to be accurate. 

10:14 This unit is probably the “SS-Volunteer Legion Netherlands”, which was first formed in June 1941, and sent to the Eastern Front in January 1942. After heavy losses, it was re-formed in April 1943 as “4. SS-Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade ‘Nederland’ “, and then in January 1945 as “23. SS-Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division ‘Nederland’”. 

11:30 Lake Ladoga provided the only route for the Soviets to bring supplies into the besieged Leningrad, by boat during summer and over the frozen lake by trucks in winter. It was therefore a heavily fought over area, with Finnish, Soviet, German and Italian navy units operating on the lake.

12:28 I’m not 100% sure, but I do believe this gun is a 76mm Divisional Gun M1902, a gun produced in the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union from 1903-1931. 

13:10 This tank is a Panzer III Ausf. F.

15:22 The destroyed tanks in these scenes are Soviet KV-1 Heavy tanks.

15:27 The number of 340 destroyed tanks from February 24th to March 5th sounds realistic. The Soviets had very high tank losses, usually loosing several hundred to thousand tanks per month.

15:45 During the Siege of Leningrad, the city was constantly shelled by German Artillery. 

15:49 These guns are probably 15 cm Kanone 18, a heavy artillery gun made by Krupp from 1940 to 1943. 101 were built.

17:01 The Ju-52 was the main German transport plane during WWII. Built in 1931, initially as a normal passenger airplane, it was used as the standard transport plane of the Germans during WWII, when the war started, the German Air Force had 552 Ju-52 available, and a further 2,804 were built until Summer 1944. 

17:03 The Ju-52 was certainly not the best transport plane in the world, it was technically obsolete, had only a limited amount of cargo capacity (around 1500 kg), and was very slow with a top speed of only about 265kmh. For example, the American C-47 transport plane was better in every aspect than the Ju-52. 

17:51 This is the emblem of a Transport Squadron, but I wasn’t able to find out which one exactly. 

18:23 It was common for German gun crews to mark the amount of destroyed enemy planes/tanks on their guns, so, going by the amount of strokes, this AA-gun had destroyed 25 planes so far. 

19:52 This infantryman is armed with a K98k bolt action rifle, the standard German army rifle of WWII.

19:58 This is an MG-34 machine gun.

24:25 These tanks are Panzer IV Ausf. F1 with the short barreled 7,5cm gun.

24:41 The German Africa Corps was re-named to “Tank Group Africa” in September 1941 and again to “Tank Army Africa” in January 1942. 

25:19 This is a Ju-88 aircraft. It was introduced in 1939 and built untill 1945, with 15,183 planes built. It served a variety of roles, such as bomber, dive bomber, torpedo bomber, night fighter etc. 

25:37 The planes shown in this scene are Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers. 

27:03 „Panzer rollen in Afrika vor“ (Tanks roll Forward in Africa) was the official march of the Africa Corps, published in 1941. 

27:27 These tanks are Italian M14/41 tanks. The M14/41 was a medium tank with up to 30mm frontal armor and a 47mm gun. 744 were built between 1941 and 1942, when it was replaced by the M15/42 tank.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-601-11-maret-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5624/665349
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsgV1pmHhpU

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 616 - 24 June 1942

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:

00:54 - State Funeral of Adolf Hühnlein, Munich, German Reich, 1942.
The segment covers the lavish state funeral of the founder and leader of the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK), Adolf Hühnlein. Adolf Hitler is shown entering the hall, followed by Martin Bormann, to offer condolences to the widow. Joseph Goebbels delivers the funeral oration. Transfer of the coffin to Munich's North Cemetery.

03:10 - Grand Admiral Erich Raeder inspects naval units, Norway, 1942.
Grand Admiral Raeder inspects naval units stationed in the north of Norway. Raeder inspects the ranks of an honor guard and lays a wreath at a memorial at a military cemetery. 

04:28 - Operation 'Wilhelm', Soviet Union, June 10-16, 1942. 
This operation was a German tactical offensive on the Eastern Front, launched as a crucial preliminary to Case Blue, the major summer campaign aimed at capturing Soviet oil fields. The goal was to eliminate the Soviet 28th Army located in the Volchansk salient, northeast of Kharkiv, and to secure the southern flank for the upcoming main German thrust. Generaloberst Friedrich Paulus 6th Army spearheaded the attack, pushing Soviet forces back approximately 50 km within six days. The Soviet 28th Army was successfully encircled and shattered, clearing the way for the broader offensive toward the Volga and the Caucasus.

11:51 - Siege of Sevastopol/Operation 'Störfang', Crimean Peninsula, Soviet Union, 1942.
This segment depicts the final stages of the Siege of Sevastopol, highlighting German artillery bombardment, Luftwaffe support, and Operation Störfang. Operation 'Störfang' was the final German and Romanian offensive to capture the Soviet fortress city of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula.

19:12 - Battle of the Mediterranean/Attack on Allied Convoy, Mediterranean Sea, 1942.
Messerschmitt Bf 110s fly in a formation. The footage depicts German and Italian forces targeting an Allied convoy in the Mediterranean Sea. Scenes show the captured British footage showing the effects of the German bombardment on the ships. The involvement of Italian motor torpedo boats participating in the assault. Axis forces attack the Allied supply lines on the Mediterranean targeting convoys meant to resupply Malta.

22:21 - Battle of Tobruk, North Africa, 1942.
This segment depicts the advance of General Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps, the intense artillery bombardment of British fortifications, and the subsequent surrender of South African and British troops. This victory was a major propaganda triumph for Nazi Germany. Following the capture of Tobruk, Rommel was promoted to Field Marshal.  The reel captures the massive columns of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and the vast quantities of captured British war material (tanks, fuel, and supplies). 


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-616-24-juni-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6160/722866
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQWiLKJyMto&t=497s

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 611 - 20 May 1942

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 - Romanian National Day, Bucharest, Romania, 1942.
Field Marshal List arrives in Bucharest as a representative of Adolf Hitler for the Romanian National Day. Vice Prime Minister Mihai Antonescu welcomes the Field Marshal. King Michael of Romania and Marshal Ion Antonescu attend celebrations and a military parade. The occasion marks the anniversary of the founding of the Romanian Kingdom. German Wehrmacht honor units are shown, emphasizing alliance unity.

02:14 - Reich Labour Service (RAD) Oath, Netherlands, 1942.
Konstantin Hierl, head of the Reich Labour Service (RAD), visits the Dutch Labour Service. About 400 Dutch volunteers swear allegiance to Hitler. They are presented as joining the RAD and destined for service on the Eastern Front. Symbolic imagery includes a unit flag named after Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.

02:41 - The German War Industry, German Reich, 1942.
Scenes focus on Albert Speer, newly central in wartime construction. His architectural projects for German cities are shown as paused due to war. The Organization Todt (OT) absorbs Speer’s construction staff. The scenes highlight a massive armaments factories and infrastructure projects. Workers are portrayed as efficient and well-supported in “ideal” factory conditions.

04:50 - U-Boot Warfare/Battle of the Atlantic, German Reich, 1942.
A U-boat commanded by Captain Lieutenant Erich Topp returns from combat patrol. He has sunk 7 ships, including 5 tankers in recent patrol. Crew members and a war correspondent receive decorations. Commanders Topp and Hardegen receive the Oak Leaves to the Knight’s Cross from Hitler in the Führer Headquarters (Wolf's Lair near Rastenburg.)

06:28 - Adolf Hitler Segment/Personal Image, Führer Headquarters Wolf's Lair near Rastenburg, East Prussia, German Reich, 1942.
A brief interlude shows Adolf Hitler relaxing with his German Shepherd Blondi. This segment 'humanizes' Hitler, a common propaganda technique.

07:11 - Finnish Front/Continuation War, Soviet Union, 1942.
German and Finnish cooperation in Lapland Front. A heavy gun is being brought into position. Soviet attacks repelled with heavy losses. Engineers destroy bunkers and clear minefields. Motor sled evacuation of wounded. General Eduard Dietl appears with mountain troops near Murmansk, awarding decorations to Finnish and German soldiers.

10:55 - Logistics and Infrastructure on the Northern Front, Soviet Union, 1942.
Construction of a railway bridge over the Narva River. Ice management and engineering work shown in detail. Harsh conditions of Soviet roads contrasted with German engineering.

14:38 - Battle of Kerch and the Parpach Peninsula (Operation Trappenjagd), Crimea, Soviet Union, May 8th, 1942.
German artillery and Luftwaffe soften defenses before infantry attack. German and Romanian forces launched Operation Trappenjagd, a massive offensive to destroy the Soviet Crimean Front on the Kerch Peninsula. Commanded by General Erich von Manstein, the operation aimed to eliminate the Soviet Crimean Front's foothold on the peninsula to secure the Axis flank before the final assault on the fortress of Sevastopol and the subsequent summer offensive toward the Caucasus (Case Blue).  The German 11th Army, including the XXX and XLII Corps, supported by the Romanian VII Corps and the massive air support of the VIII Air Corps (Fliegerkorps VIII) under Wolfram von Richthofen. The Soviet 44th, 47th, and 51st Armies were nearly annihilated. Over 170,000 Soviet troops were taken prisoner or killed, while the Germans suffered approximately 7,500 casualties. The Red Army lost roughly 258 tanks and 1,133 artillery pieces, much of which was captured and later used by German forces. With the Kerch Peninsula cleared, Manstein was able to concentrate his 11th Army for the final successful assault on Sevastopol in June 1942.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-611-20-mei-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6128/717200
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6uQGFOspbs

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 598 - 19 February 1942

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:

It shows footage from the state funeral of Fritz Todt, including a review of his life and work, visits of Romanian leader Antonescu and Norwegian leader Quisling to Hitler, footage from the northern parts of the Eastern Front and from Crimea, and from the fight in North Africa. The last section shows footage from the Channel Dash, the evacuation of heavy naval units from Brest to German ports through the English Channel.

Remarks:

00:41 Dr. Fritz Todt (1891-1942) was a German engineer and senior figure of the NSDAP. He studied engineering and earned a degree in construction engineering in 1914, serving in WWI as a reconnaissance observer in the Air Force. After the war, he worked as an engineer in a construction company, and joined the NSDAP in 1922 and the SA in 1931. 

00:53 The Autobahn was a national highway system in Germany in the 1930s. Initiated under the Nazis, they were one of the prestige projects of Hitler, with construction starting in late 1933/early 1934. When construction ceased in 1941 due to the war, around 3,820 kms had been build. Fritz Todt (see entry above) was made Inspector General of the German Roadway in July 1933, and was thus responsible for the Autobahn project. Because the Autobahn was one of Hitlers prestige projects, it made Todt a part of Hitlers inner circle, and Todts organizational skills in building the Autobahn greatly impressed Hitler. 

01:20 Actually, at the end of 1939, only around 3,300 km were finished.

01:47 This is referring to the Westwall (in English commonly known as Siegfried Line), a series of bunkers and defensive structures along Germanys western border with France and Benelux, build between 1936 and 1940. Again, Fritz Todt was responsible for the overall planning and building of this defensive line. 

02:06 Actually, the Westwall was only around 630km long. 

02:11 On the left, Fritz Todt, on the right, Franz Halder (1884-1972), Chief of Staff of the OKH from September 1938 to September 1942.

02:20 The tanks in the assembly line here are early production models StuG III assault guns.

02:23 Fritz Todt was Minister of Armaments and Munitions from March 1940 to his death, thus being responsible for the overall leadership and organization of the German war production. 

02:40 This is referring to the Atlantic Wall, a series of bunkers and defensive structures along the French Atlantic coast during the occupation of France. Again, Todt was placed in charge of this program.

03:03 The Westwall-Medal, officially “German Defensive Wall Honor Medal”, was a medal awarded to workers who worked on the Westwall between June 1938 and March 1939. Around 800,000 were awarded. 

03:10 As Todt was an officer of the German Air Force in WWI, he was appointed Generalmajor (Briagdier General) of the Luftwaffe when WWII broke out. This is why he is wearing a Luftwaffe uniform in many of these scenes, however, he never held any military command. 

03:14 The Organisation Todt was an engineering organization which built various fortications,bridges, tracks, infrastructure etc. It was founded by Fritz Todt in May 1938. Hitler gave Todt the permission to use as many workers and materials as he needed for his work projects. After Todts death, the organization was continued under the leadership of Albert Speer.

04:43 Fritz Todt died during a plane crash in East Prussia on February 8th, 1942. There have been some rumors that Hitler had him assassinated, as he suggested to make peace with the Soviet Union, but these rumors were never confirmed.

06:41 General Maximilian Fretter-Pico.

06:45 Referring to the “German Order”, the highest award of the Nazi Party, introduced in February 1942, and first awarded posthumously to Fritz Todt. In total, it was awarded only 11 times.

08:27 Todts body is still buried in the Invalids’ Cemetery, however, his gravestone was removed in the mid-2000s. 

09:06 Ion Antonescu (1882-1946) was a Romanian military officer and from September 1940 to August 1944 dictator of Romania. A close ally of Germany, he contributed the most troops of all Axis countries after Germany to the invasion of the Soviet Union. He was tried as a war criminal and executed in June 1946 by the Communist Romanian government. 

10:02 Alfred Jodl (1890-1946) was a German General and Chief of the Operations Staff of the Wehrmacht during WWII. Tried and executed as a war criminal in Nuremberg after the war. 

10:44 Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945) was a Norwegian politician and headed the Norwegian government during the occupation by Germany. He founded the fascist Nasjonal Samling, the Norwegian Nazi party, in May 1933. After the German occupation of Norway in April 1940, Quisling was made Prime Minister of Norway, however, he held little actual power, as his government was only a puppet of Berlin. He was immensely unpopular in Norway. After Germanys surrender, he was tried and executed in October 1945.

11:11 Josef Terboven (1898-1945) was a German politician and Regional Governor of the Gau Essen for the Nazi Party from 1930 to 1945. During the German occupation of Norway, he was Reich Commissioner of Norway, and actually held power in Norway. He committed suicide after Germany’s surrender in May 1945.

12:01 The gun in this scene is a 3,7cm PaK 36 Ligh AT-gun.

12:40 The planes in this scene are Ju-52 transport planes. 

13:37 This tank is a Panzer IV. F, the last Panzer IV variant that was intended as an infantry support tank. It was armed with a short-barreled 7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24. 471 built between April 1941 and February 1942. 

14:09 This is an early production StuG III Assault Gun.

15:44 The gun in this scene is a heavy 15cm sIG 33 infantry guns. It was the standard German heavy infantry gun during WWII, and also the heaviest gun ever classified as an infantry gun. Around 4,600 were built between 1936 and 1945. Due to its large caliber and heavy weight (1,800 kilo) it was generally very cumbersome to use, though it had great firepower.

16:01 This is probably a light 50mm Mortar 36, built between 1936 and 1941. 

17:54 Yalta, a city on the south coast of Crimea, was captured by German/Romanian units on 9th November 1941, and occupied until April 1944.

18:45 These German soldiers are Naval infantry, identifiable by their shoulder boards.

18:50 This is a Maxim type MG. The Romanians used several of these guns, taken from Russian units who retreated to Romania during the Russian civil war, or captured from Soviet troops during Operation Barbarossa.

20:37 This is an 8,8cm FlaK 36 AA/AT-gun.

21:46 Derna is a port city in eastern Libya. It was captured by Australian troops on January 30th, 1941, re-captured by German troops on April 6th, 1941, and finally taken by the British on November 15th, 1942. 

21:56 These are 10,5cm lefH 18, the standard light artillery of the Wehrmacht during WWII. 

23:31 This is an Italian Cannone da 47/32 mod. 1935, a light Italian 47mm  infantry/AT-gun. Designed by Austrian company Böhler, Italy produced them under license between 1935 and 1940. Around 3,000 were built and used mainly as AT-guns, but also as infantry support weapons.

23:35 I’m not 100% sure, but to me this looks like some type of Italian 149.1mm heavy artillery gun. 

23:54 This gun is a Obice da 149/12, an Italian license production of the German 15cm sFH 13. Around 1,500 were built between 1914 and 1918, and it was still widely used in WWII.

24:43 This is a British Crusader tank, a light British tank produced by Nuffield between 1940 and 1943. Lightly armored with around 40mm and a 40mm, later 57mm gun, it played a  vital role during fighting in North Africa. Phased out in 1943 due to outdated gun and armor. Around 5,300 were built. Interestingly, despite what’s claimed here, the US had nothing to do with design or production of this tank. I believe that this line was put here for propaganda reasons to show that the Germans were already destroying American war material in North Africa- which by that point, in early February 1942, there wasn’t any American made tanks or other war material in North Africa. 

25:02 “Panzer rollen in Afrika vor“ (Tanks roll Forward in Africa) was the official march of the Africa Corps, published in 1941.

25:08 This is an Sd.Kfz. 7 half track artillery tractor, towing a 8,8cm FlaK 36 AA/AT-gun. 

25:33 This vehicle is an Sd. Kfz. 231, an eight-wheel heavy scout car, built between 1937 and September 1943, with a total of 607 build. It was armed with a 2cm auto cannon and had a 155, later 180 hp engine, allowing it a top speed of up to 100 kmh.

26:02 This is referring to Opertation Ceberus, in English more commonly known as the “Channel Dash”, a German naval operation from 11-13 February 1942, during which the German battleships Scharnhorst and Geneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen moved from Brest to naval bases on the German coast. This was a risky operation, as the channel was closely monitored by the British. But, despite British attacks from planes and destroyers, all ships made it through the channel .

26:08 Otto Ciliax (1891-1964) was a German Admiral during WWII. He joined the German navy on April 1910 as a cadet, and served as an officer on the battleship SMS Hannover from October 1912 to 1917. In 1918, he trained as a U-Boat commander and commanded two German U-Boat in 1918. He served as a staff officer in the 1920s and 30s, before becoming commander of the cruiser Admiral Scheer in September 1936 and the battleship Scharnhorst in September 1939. He led the Operation Ceberus in February 1942, and afterwards, from March 1943 to April 1945, he was Commander-in-Chief of German naval forces in Norway.

28:33 Actually, the British lost 42 planes and one destroyer was severely damaged, but none sunk.

29:45 Indeed, the Operation Ceberus was a humiliation for Great Britain, as the British proudly claimed that no enemy fleet could cross the Channel during war time. Subsequently, the British public was outraged that the German fleet managed to cross. However, the overall strategical situation didn’t change much for the Germans, as the British still knew where the German ships were and still had the naval superiority in that area.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-598-19-februari-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5458/688849
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLsvw7L7AMI

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 626 - 2 September 1942

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:

00:55 - Aftermath after the failed Allied operation "Jubilee", Dieppe, France, 1942.
Field Marshal von Rundstedt inspects the site of the failed British-American invasion attempt. Scenes show the abandoned Cromwell tanks and ammunition. Field Marshal decorates 100 particularly deserving coastal defenders with the Iron Cross. 

01:57 - U-Boot Atlantic bases, Saint-Nazaire, France, 1942.
U-boot Commander Erich Topp returns from a successful patrol, and is promoted to Lieutenant Commander. 

02:22 - A coffee klatch with SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich, German Reich, 1942.
SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS Sepp Dietrich in conversation with other officers. 

02:28 - Submarine crews inspection, France, 1942.
Grand Admiral Raeder together with Grand Admiral is Admiral Dönitz inspects submarine crews who were deployed in the battle against America.

03:08 - Meeting in the Führer’s Headquarters, Vinnytsia, Ukraine, Soviet Union, 1942.
Lieutenant Commander Topp at the Führer’s headquarters. Captain Werner Baumbach reports the crew of his aircraft to Adolf Hitler. Captain Werner Baumbach in conversation with Chief of the Wehrmacht Operations Staff, General of the Artillery Alfred Jodl. The successful crew in the return flight to the front.

04:37 - The central sector of the Eastern Front, Soviet Union, 1942.
New tanks and assault guns arrive to reinforce the German units. German soldiers in a forward position. The food carriers bring up rations during a lull in the fighting. The Soviets are attempting to break through the German lines, using strong forces and large quantities of material. First aid at a main dressing station near Vyazma. Infantry advances for a counterattack. A small stream is crossed on the way to the assembly area. Tanks and assault guns support the attacking infantry. German infantry and engineers penetrate the forest and throw the Soviets back to their starting positions. Ju 87 Stuka intervene in the battle. The burning village at night.

12:21 - Operation "Fall Blau"/Advance toward Stalingrad, Soviet Union, 1942.
Italian horse artillery moves into firing position. Italian infantry in combat. Issuing orders at a Stuka squadron in the Stalingrad area. The aircraft take off and fly in formation to attack on heavily fortified Soviet positions between the Don and the Volga. Italian fighters (Fiat G.50 Freccia) provide escort for the formation. German Panzer division in action. The tanks are regrouping for a new attack. The tank wedges advance toward Stalingrad.

19:13 - The Battle of the Caucasus/Advance toward Maikop, Soviet Union, 1942.
German soldiers advance in the 'murderous heat.' German and Romanian soldiers cross a river in inflatable boats under enemy fire. Fighting against Soviet sharpshooters. View of the town of Maikop. German troops advance against the oil fields located south of the city. German soldiers in the battle for the oil fields. Armored troops of the Waffen SS take a break on the march. Heavy fighters (Bf-110) stay close to the retreating enemy. Assault troops comb the oil region for the last remaining enemy remnants and saboteurs. 


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-626-2-september-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6232/723080
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8UL8FZ8DBk

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 593 - 14 January 1942

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:

It shows wounded soldiers being re-trained for civilian jobs, footage and explanation about German tobacco production, the state funeral of Walter Borbet, the production of MG-34 machine guns and donation of textiles and winter clothing from the German population. It further shows combat footage from the Eastern Front, of Finnish, Italian and German troops, aswell as building of field positions and supply convoys. The last part shows combat footage from North Africa from German and Italian troops, aswell as air combat footage against British planes.

Remarks:

00:43 Augsburg is a German city in Bavaria. Its called “Fugger City” because it was the main seat of the Fugger family, a family of medieval merchants who were extremely wealthy and powerful. 

01:40 The sign in the back reads: “Your success is our pride- German profession school”

01:48 The German profession schools were a sub-organization of the German Labor Front, intended for work training.

02:42 The blackboard says “Single family detachable home, scale 1:100” 

03:50 The headline reads: “Total consumption of tobacco”, below, from left to right: “Cigarette tobacco, Cigar tobacco, Pipe tobacco, other tobacco”

04:00 Milld. = billion 

04:15 Actually, the main production area for tobacco before the war was America, both the US and South America/Caribbean. Due to trade blockage and war with the US, Germany during the war received almost all of its tobacco from the Balkans and Turkey. 

04:21 Referring to the War with Yugoslavia and Greece. 

05:00 In 1913, people generally smoked less cigarettes, as cigarettes were still seen as something for lower class people. Instead, the amount of people who smoked cigars and pipes were considerably higher.

05:22 Wehrwirtschaftsführer (literally: „Defense Industry Leader“) was an honorary title given to the executive of a company or a factory that was considered essential for armament industry. Around 400 people were awarded the title, including famous people such as Alfred Krupp, Willy Messerschmitt and Friedrich Flick.

05:24 Walter Borbet (1881-1942) was a German manager in the Steel industry. He became a mining engineer and joined the Bochumer Verein, a huge mining and steel company, in 1911. Rising through the ranks, he became Director of the company in 1924. He also became CEO of the Ruhrstahl AG in 1930 and, after the Bochumer Verein took over Hanomag, of Hanomag in 1934. Politically he was right wing and supported Hitler, calling for his election in his companys newspaper in 1932. He became  Wehrwirtschaftsführer in 1937. However, due to interference of the state and the NSDAP with his business, he grew distant to the Nazis. He suddenly died on January 4th, 1942, with rumors that he killed himself. 

05:28 As said above, the Bochumer Verein was a German mining and steel company, founded in 1854, and employed 20.000 people during its prime time.

05:34 Walther Funk (1890-1960) was a German economist and from February 1938 to May 1945 German economic minister.
 
05:50 Fritz Todt  (1891-1942) was a German construction engineer and served as the Minister for Armament and Munitions from March 1940 to his death in February 1942. 

05:52 Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876-1956) was a German field marshall during WWII.

06:24 These MGs are MG34. The MG 34 was a German MG introduced in 1934. Chambered in 7.92x 57mm Mauser, it had a rate of fire of 900 rounds per minute. While intended to be replaced by the MG42, due to shortages of MGs, production continued until March 1945. 577,000 were built. 

08:57 To my knowledge, an MG34 actually only has around 130 parts. 

09:41 On December 20th, 1941, Hitler called for a wool and fur for the Wehrmacht, which were collected from December 27th onwards.

10:10 The banner reads: “Main col. point – Wool for the front”

10:13 I wasn’t able to find out whether Radio London actually broadcasted that. The campaign was voluntarily, although there was a certain social pressure to donate, and it was advertised basically everywhere. But people weren’t forced to donate anything and there also weren’t any demonstrations against it. By that time, Hitler and the nazis still enjoyed a high level of support in the German population, so a lot of people genuinely donated to this col.

13:42 These are mountaineer troops, recognizable by their Edelweiß-flower badge on the side of their field cap. 

14:59 The White Sea-Baltic Canal, called Stalin White Sea-Baltic Canal until 1962, is a Russian ship canal, connecting the White Sea to Lake Onega, which is further connected to the Baltic Sea. 
15:23 I’m not 100% sure, but these look like LaGG-3 fighter planes to me.

15:33 This AA-gun is most likely a Bofors 40mm L/60 Gun, an autocannon produced by Swedish company Bofors from 1934 onwards. It was a commercial success, with many countries buying guns and/or licenses to build it on their own. It was widely used by all sides during WWII, including Great Britain, the US, Finland, Poland, Italy, Hungary etc. and was probably the only gun that was produced by both Axis and Allied countries. 

15:48 When Finnish troops captured the southern entrance to the Canal on December 6th, the Soviets started to blow up the Locks of the canal. The canal became the frontlines in this area, with Finnish troops holding the western side of the canal, and Soviet troops the eastern side, and the frontlines remained like this until the Finnish withdrawal in June 1944. 

16:23 This soldier is armed with a KP/31 Finnish submachine gun, designed in 1931 and widely regarded as one of the best SMGs of WWII. It was in production until 1953, with 80,000 produced. Its 71 round drum magazine was later copied by the Soviets for their PPD-40 and PPSh-41 SMGs.

17:00 These tanks are British Vickers Mark E tanks, a British tank built by the Vickers company. 33 of these tanks were bought by Finnland in 1938, which were equipped with 37mm Bofors AT-guns. 

18:53 The NSKK, or “National Socialist Motor Corps” (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps), was an organization of the NSDAP, responsible for training its members in driving and maintaining cars and trucks. During the war, it was also used to deliver supplies and ammunition to the frontlines.

21:31 Spanish riders are a type of barbed wire obstacle, intended to slow down enemy infantry movement. 

23:06 Leo Tolstoy (1828- 1910) was a Russian writer, regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.
 
23:09 Vyacheslav Molotov (1890-1986) was a Soviet diplomat and politician, most famously known for being the Soviet Foreign Minister from May 1939 until March 1949. 

24:49 This gun is a 3.7cm AT-Gun PaK 36.

25:18 This gun is 2cm AA-Gun Flak 30 or 38.

25:36 This is most likely a BT-series tank, probably either a BT-5 or a BT-7, both Soviet light tanks with up to 13mm of armor, and a 45mm Gun. It was known for being able to drive even without tracks, just on its wheels. A total of 1884 BT-5 and 5753 BT-7 were built from 1933-1940, making it the most produced Soviet tank of the 1930s.

26:33 These tanks are T-60 Soviet Light tanks.

27:11 These guns are Cannone da 75/27, an Italian 75mm field gun, build between 1906 and 1945. Around 2000 were built, of which around 1700 were still in Italian use at the start of WWII.

27:36 The guns in this scene are Cannone da 75/27 modello 11, an upgraded version of the Cannone da 75/27 from 1912. Around 1341 were built and used by Italy during WWI and WWII.

28:20 The tanks in this scene are Italian L/33 tankettes. 

29:28 Johann Mickl (1893-1945) was an Austrian/ German army officer. He joined the Austrian Army as an officer in August 1914, fighting in Galicia and Italy. After the Annexation of Austria, he became a Wehrmacht officer. During WWII, he fought as a Battalion and Regimental, later Divisional commander. By the time of this film, he was commander of the 155th Infantry Regiment, and fought hard against Allied troops during Operation Crusader, for which Rommel recommended him for the Knights Cross which he got awarded on December 13th, 1941. He would later command troops on the Eastern Front and in fight against partisans in Yugoslavia. He died in fighting with partisans on April 8th, 1945. 

30:25 The Hawker Hurricane was one of the main British fighter planes during WWII, together with the Spitfire.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-593-14-januari-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5453/685432
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ir7XCXhE9E

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 624 - 19 August 1942

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:

00:51 - North Africa Front/Afrika Korps, Egypt, 1942.
Scenes show the soldier's morning routine on the Mediterranean coast. Soldiers examine a pumping station blown up by the English. New cesspools pits are being built. The new watering point is put into operation. German column on the supply road to El Alamein. The British use strong tank forces for attacks on the El Alamein front. Marshal Rommel presents the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross to Panzergrenadier Günter Halm.

05:50 - Inspection on the Atlantic coast, France, 1942.
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder inspects units of the Navy. Inside the bunkers, U-boats returning from missions are immediately made ready for action again.

07:17 - Northern sector of the Eastern Front, Soviet Union, 1942.
Colonel General Dietl with his mountain troops. German dive bombers Ju-87 Stuka attacking strong Soviet field fortifications. The mountain troops push forward, through dense virgin forest, and after a skillful outflanking maneuver, crack open several Soviet wooden bunkers. The bunker crews are being led away as prisoners.

09:11 - Svir Front, Soviet Union, 1942.
The pontoons are being used for the construction of ferries which are intended to transport heavy weapons across the river. Members of the Finnish women’s auxiliary provide warm soup for a soldiers. The artillery smashes Soviet staging areas along the Svir River.

11:44 - On the central sector of the Eastern Front, Soviet Union, 1942.
At the front, a bitter defensive battle has been raging for weeks. Enemy artillery covers the paths to the front with harassing fire. German infantry guns lay down a barrage against the Soviet attack. An air force unit (He-111) taking off to attack the Soviet troop concentrations, supply columns, and transport routes. 

15:52 - Operation "Case Blue"/Attack on Armavir, Soviet Union, 1942.
German armored units push forward toward the upper Kuban. Soviet bombers attack the advancing columns. The spearhead unit advances further through Soviet steppes. Quarters are taken up in a village. Romanian infantry in action. German and Romanian troops advance towards Armavir. Artillery opens the attack on the city. German soldiers in the streets of Armavir. A combat engineer assault troop works its way across to the far bank. 

21:58 - Operation "Case Blue"/Battle of the Caucasus, Soviet Union, 1942.
German fast troops cross one of the few railway lines to the Caucasus. East of Armavir, a thrust toward Voroshilovsk. Attack on an airfield. German troops capture Voroshilovsk. The first foothills of the Caucasus have been reached. The captured camels are immediately put to use as pack animals. German troops on the road to Krasnodar, the capital of the Kuban region. German troops penetrate Krasnodar. Street fighting. Dense clouds of smoke hang over Krasnodar. Tanks and motorized units on dusty tracks. The advance continues into the Caucasus, via the line of Krasnodar, Maykop, and Pyatigorsk. Ritterkreuzträger Theodor Hopf. 


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-624-19-agustus-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6230/723269
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afvwudWS3uE

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 599 - 25 February 1942

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 - Adolf Hitler speech at the Berlin Sportpalast, German Reich, February 14th, 1942.
The audience stands and gives the Hitler salute. The Führer at the Berlin Sportpalast, addressed newly promoted army officers, officer candidates in the Navy and Air Force who were about to be promoted, and Waffen-SS officer cadets.

01:14 - Training of officers and engineers at the military schools, German Reich, 1942.
The future officers are being prepared for their leadership roles in courses lasting many months, led by experienced front-line officers and Knight's Cross recipients. The officer cadets and officer candidates during exercises with the light and heavy infantry weapons at an Infantry School. Field training at the Armoured Troops School. Tactics at the sandbox. Training on radio equipment at the Army Signal School. Pioneers practice the combat tactics against tanks. A pioneer assault team practices storming bunkers using explosives and flamethrowers.

04:38 - On the Finnish Front, Karelia, 1942.
A column of horse-drawn sleighs on a supply road in East Karelia. Finnish troops crossing a frozen river. Finnish soldiers rest by a fire after strenuous exertion.

06:00 - Logistics on the Eastern Front, Soviet Union, 1942.
Railway engineers are rebuilding a bridge blown up by the Soviets. The adjacent tracks are being cleared of snow and ice. At the railway stations just behind the front lines vehicles and sleighs take over the further transport of supplies. Replacement march to the front line. 

08:11 - Luftwaffe winter operations, Soviet Union, 1942.
Aircraft engines are being preheated. A thick layer of ice has formed on the wings and fuselages of the aircraft must be chipped off before takeoff. The squadron of Ju-88 ready for deployment.

09:12 - Combat operations on the Eastern Front, Soviet Union, 1942.
German soldiers lining up to receive rations. Food porters are bringing hot meals to the advanced posts. Artillery is changing position. German field howitzers have opened fire on the Soviet deployments. A police regiment is tasked with neutralizing straggling enemy troops attempting to break through to their own lines. German infantry has entered the village. 

13:08 - North Africa Front, Benghazi/Libya, 1942.
Colonel General Rommel on the road to Benghazi. The area around Benghazi is being cleared of the last pockets of resistance. Heavy artillery is shelling the British retreat routes. Colonel General Rommel inspected destroyed British tanks.

18:21 - U-Boot operational base, 1942.
The submarine of Corvette Captain Zapp return from combat patrol. Return of Captain Lieutenant Hardegen, whose submarine operated just outside New York City. Vice Admiral Dönitz presents the successful commander with the Knight's Cross.

19:40 - U-552 submarine en route to the American coast, Atlantic Ocean, USA, 1942.
Changing of the watch. After days of sailing, the American coast is reached. Scene shows a view of the New York city at night, the lights of the skyscrapers. The freighter is destroyed by artillery. The enemy attacks German u-boot with depth charges. The journey home begins across the North Atlantic. Observing the sea from an iced-over conning tower. 

26:34 - Operation "Cerberus", English Channel, 1942.
Operation Cerberus, known to the British as the "Channel Dash," was a successful naval operation executed by the German Kriegsmarine between February 11–13, 1942. In a daring move designed by Adolf Hitler to counter the perceived threat of an Allied invasion of Norway, the battlecruisers 'Scharnhorst' and 'Gneisenau', along with the heavy cruiser 'Prinz Eugen', broke out from the port of Brest in occupied France and traveled through the heavily defended English Channel to Germany.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-599-25-februari-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5459
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ2elz8Tcf0

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 627 - 9 September 1942

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 - State funeral ceremony of István Horthy, Budapest, Hungary, 1942.
The son and deputy of Regent who died in a plane crash while fighting against the USSR was laid to rest in a state funeral in Budapest. Scene show view of the dome of the Parliament building. Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop laid the Führer's wreath. The Italian Foreign Minister Ciano with the Italian delegation. Funeral procession through the city. 

02:22 - Logistics operations/Afrika Korps, North Africa/Greece, 1942.
View on the logistics depot of German Afrika Korps on the southern coast of Greece. Distribution of provisions before the flight to Africa. Departure to the Ju-52 transport planes. This transport squadron is celebrating its 15,000th operation. The landed Italian units are deployed to the El Alamein front. 

05:18 - Advance to the Siwa Oasis, Egyptian Front, Africa, 1942.
Italian units advance through desert road. View of the Siwa Oasis. German and Italian troops enter the desert city captured by the Italians. The approaches to the approximately 80 km long, highly fertile oasis are immediately put into a defensive position. Festive reception by the 18 Sheiks of Siwa.  Soldiers bathing in "Cleopatra's Bath." 

07:48 - Hermann Göring greets wounded soldiers, Eastern Front, 1942.
The Reichsmarschall greets wounded soldiers on their way to the homeland. Scenes show wounded German soldiers. 

08:46 - On the central sector of the Eastern Front, Soviet Union, 1942.
Soldiers in the trenches and MG-nest observing the terrain. Situation briefing at the front. An artillery observation post has been set up in the ruined theater. German heavy artillery and 8.8 cm anti-aircraft guns take Soviet tanks under fire. Destroyed Soviet T-34 and Matilda tanks on the battlefield. 

11:17 - German 6th Army advance on Stalingrad/Operation "Case Blue", Soviet Union, 1942.
German divisions and supplies on the supply routes in the great bend of the Don River.  A filter cleaning station. The horses are being washed in a tributary of the Don. A tank regiment moving forward on the eastern Don in the direction of Stalinrad. Captured Soviet POWs carring their weapons. Stukas launch an attack on Soviet bunker lines that block access to the Volga northwest of Stalingrad. In a rapid advance, German troops advance towards the lower reaches of the Volga. German soldiers strengthen their positions on the Stalingrad-Moscow railway line. Stalingrad lies under the concentric fire of German artillery. 

20:53 - Caucasus Front/Operation "Edelweiss", Soviet Union, 1942.
German motorized units drive past destroyed Soviet tanks. Soldiers during a rest break. The infantry from 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking mounts up Panzer III ausf.J tank. German troops driving through Pyatigorsk. German soldiers in conversation with Caucasian militia. Mountain troops on the march to the Elbrus region. A company of elite soldiers from a Swabian-Bavarian mountain division (Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 98) under the command of Captain Heinz Groth set out to seize the meteorological station on Mount Elbrus. Captain Groth's group begins the ascent to the summit. German Imperial War Flag on the summit of Elbrus.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-627-9-september-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6233/712618
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7RsoNs3KzU

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 619 - 15 July 1942

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 - State ceremony for the 70th birthday of Emil Hácha, Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, 1942.
The President of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Dr. Emil Hácha celebrated his 70th birthday in Prague. Emil Hácha at a window of Prague Castle. Reich Minister Dr. Lammers conveyed the Führer's congratulations and a handwritten letter. SS-Oberstgruppenführer Daluege presented the President with a bust of the Führer as a gift. 

02:10 - "Student Days of German Art" in Salzburg, Austria, 1942.
Students from 24 nations participated in the convention. Group of a students tour the city of Salzburg. Reich Student Leader and Reich Governor Dr. Gustav Adolf Scheel gives a speech. An art exhibition was opened at the residence. Scenes show the paintings and sculptures by various artists. Paintings with the Iron Cross on the right edge marks the works of fallen young artists. Scene show a sculpture by Ivo Beucker.

03:32 - The "Great German Art Exhibition", Munich, German Reich, July 4th, 1942.
Opening of the "Great German Art Exhibition" at the House of German Art by Reich Minister Dr. Joseph Goebbels. Scenes show the various paintings and sculptures from many artists. 

06:16 - Adolf Hitler receives Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, Führer Headquarters, German Reich, 1942.
General Field Marshal von Manstein, the victor of Sevastopol, reports to the Führer for his account. General Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and General Alfred Jodl greet Marshal von Manstein. 

06:55 - Return of the U-124 submarine, France, 1942.
German submarines set sail on combat patrol while others return from successful missions. Return of the U-124 submarine under Lieutenant Commander Johann Mohr to Lorient submarine base. Captain Lieutenant Mohr and his crew is greeted with flowers. Admiral Dönitz awards particularly distinguished submarine men.

08:53 - Battle of the Atlantic, Arctic Ocean, 1942.
German fighter aircraft and submarines destroyed a massive British-American convoy of 39 transporters. At a German base on the northern Norwegian coast, a long-range reconnaissance aircraft (Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache) is being prepared for takeoff. A convoy is being spotted by German reconnaissance aircraft. Admiral Dönitz is personally directing the submarine operation. In close cooperation with the submarines, strong fighter aircraft units related to Colonel General Stumpff attack the convoy. Destruction of a convoy carrying supplies to the Soviets under "Lend Lease."

12:57 - Celebration of the 100th combat mission, Murmansk Front, Soviet Union, 1942.
German fighter aircraft are returning to their airfield after a victorious mission. Colonel General Stumpff is inspecting one of his units, and awarding decorations to particularly deserving pilots. Sergeant Müller receives the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

14:32 - Colonel General Dietl inspects the "RAD" detachment, Soviet Union, 1942.
Colonel General Dietl arrives at an airfield in the Far North. Colonel General in conversation with particularly proven front-line workers of the "Organisation Todt."

15:55 - Minesweepers in the Gulf of Finland, Soviet Union, 1942.
Soviet bombers attempting to disrupt operations. Scenes show damages to a ship after being hit. Soviet torpedo boats attempt a breakout to the west. 

18:00 - Operation "Case Blue", Don River/Voronezh, Soviet Union, 1942.
The offensive operations of the German Wehrmacht and its allies in the area west of the Don River. German troops have breached the Soviet's deeply echeloned defensive positions along a front of more than 500 kilometers. Stukas and artillery are shattering the enemy positions. Tanks, armored personnel carriers, and horse-drawn carts advance. Scene show the Sd.Kfz 251/2 Ausf. D (8cm Granatwerfer) half track firing on Soviet positions. RAD men working on road construction directly behind the fighting troops. German troops crossing the Oskol River. Assault troops force the crossing at dawn. Stukas are attacking the Soviets escape routes in continuous operation. Large quantities of destroyed Soviet war materiel on the Don River. Capture of Voronezh city.

Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-619-15-juli-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6163/712748
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUQeDuVwENg

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 615 - 17 June 1942

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:

00:51 - The Sultan of Morocco Muhammad V visit in Madrid, Spain, 1942.
The Sultan of Morocco arrived in Madrid for a visit with the General Francisco Franco. Spanish Foreign Minister Serrano Suñer received the distinguished guest at the train station.

01:30 - Reich Postal Minister Dr. Ohnesorge celebrated his 70th birthday, Berlin, Germany, June 8th, 1942.
SS-Gruppenführer Julius Schaub conveyed the Führer's congratulations to the deserving head of the German Reich Postal Service. Among the guest are Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories Alfred Rosenberg, Field Marshal Erhard Milch, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, and SS-Obergruppenführer Josef "Sepp" Dietrich.

02:25 - State funeral ceremonies of SS-Obergruppenführer and General of Police Reinhard Heydrich, Prague, Bohemia and Moravia, June 7–8th, 1942.
On May 27th, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich, the high-ranking Nazi official known as the "Butcher of Prague," was fatally wounded in a coordinated attack code-named "Operation Anthropoid." In response to the death of one of Hitler's most trusted lieutenants, the Nazi regime unleashed a wave of terror against the Czech population. Heydrich’s coffin was displayed at Prague Castle (Hradčany) starting June 7th, 1942. The coffin was transported through the streets of central Prague on a gun carriage in a slow military parade. On June 8th, after the local ceremonies concluded, the coffin was loaded onto a special funeral train at a Prague railway station to be transported to Germany. 

04:42 - Secondary State Funeral of Reinhard Heydrich in Berlin, German Reich, June 9th, 1942.
The main state funeral took place in the Mosaic Hall of the New Reich Chancellery. Führer in a solemn state ceremony bid farewell to one of his most loyal followers. Hitler delivered a eulogy and personally offered condolences to Heydrich’s young sons, Klaus and Heider. Heydrich was interred at the Invalids' Cemetery (Invalidenfriedhof) in Berlin.

07:47 - The Führer received the Royal Hungarian Prime Minister Miklós Kállay, Führer Headquarters Wolf's Lair near Rastenburg, East Prussia, German Reich, 1942.
General Jodl, Chief of the Armed Forces Operations Staff gave a briefing on the military situation. Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in conversation with Kállay.

08:47 - U-333 submarine returns from a combat mission, La Pallice, France, 1942.
Lieutenant Commander Peter Erich Cremer's submarine returned to its operational port heavily damaged after a successful patrol against the USA. The command deck was dented and torn apart by a ramming collision with an enemy tanker.

09:35 - Combat operations in North Africa/North Africa Front, Bir Hacheim, 1942.
Colonel Galland, Inspector of Fighter Pilots, visits an airfield. Bf-109 fighters returning from a successful hunt. First Lieutenant Hans-Joachim Marseille gets out of a Bf 109. German troops advance through the desert. The offensive against Fort Bir Hacheim. The German and Italian forces repulsed the British counterattacks in fierce battles. Colonel General Rommel inspects a downed British fighter. 

19:50 - Battle of Sevastopol, Soviet Union/Ukraine, Crimea, 1942.
Marshal Antonescu is paying a visit to Field Marshal von Bock. Colonel General von Manstein shows the Romanian leader the positions outside Sevastopol. Fighting begins with the use of heavy artillery. A war correspondent from the Propaganda Company with a long-range camera. German infantry advances to overcome the countless concrete structures of the outer fortification belt. Scenes show the last recordings of "PK" cameraman Sakeus who have been killed in action. Stukas were needed to take down the most heavily fortified cliff bunkers. 

28:05 - Ju-88 dive attack footage, Sevastopol, Soviet Union/Ukraine, Crimea, 1942.
Ju-88 fighter planes take off for an attack. Scene show the pilot during a dive-bombing attack. Aerial footage shows further bombing runs and impacts on the ground.

Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-615-17-juni-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6159/711161
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDMYRKxdDYY

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 592 - 7 January 1942

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:

00:23 - The old town of Fugger in Augsburg.
01:06 - Work training for disabled veterans who are former Wehrmacht soldiers.
03:08 - Mix of winter clothing for soldiers on the Eastern Front.
05:40 - Christl Cranz, German women's skiing champion.
12:28 - Luftwaffe reconnaissance unit at their base in Eastern Karelia, Finland.
12:49 - Luftwaffe soldiers spend their free time making miniature airplanes.
13:31 - Analysis of aerial map photos.
14:34 - Finnish troops clear a village occupied by the Soviets.
16:23 - German soldiers adapt to the snow and winter around Leningrad.
21:55 - German and Romanian forces advance before Sebastopol.
22:17 - Making straw shoes.
24:27 - Sturmpioniere attack fortifications around Sebastopol.

Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-592-7-january-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5452/685426
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQBRcwIavlE&t=31s

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 634 - 28 October 1942

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:

00:50 - Commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the "March on Rome", German Reich, 1942.
Italy is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the "March on Rome" in 1922. The memorial to the fallen of the fascist movement. The Italian Ambassador, Dino Alfieri arrives and gives a speech at the Italian Embassy in Berlin. Scenes show original recordings from October 28th, 1922. Images of King Victor Emmanuel III on the palace balcony. Mussolini in the town of Littoria. Scenes show the Italian Air Force and Navy. 

06:43 - The northern sector of the Eastern Front, Soviet Union, 1942.
Colonel General Keller presents the Knight's Cross to Captain Breu. Captain Breu distinguished himself as a fighter pilot in over 250 combat missions. Corps Leader Erwin Kraus inspects units of the "NSKK Brigade Speer." The "NSKK" transport regiments provide valuable assistance in supplying the fighting troops with bombs, ammunition, and fuel. A Ju-52 transport squadron is being prepared for takeoff in the area south of Lake Ilmen. The aircraft are carrying ammunition and supplies.Recipient of the Oak Leaves, SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS Theodor Eicke in conversation with Colonel General Ernst Busch. A field railway travels through marshy terrain. Food carriers on their way to the positions. German medium and heavy artillery prepare the infantry attack with a barrage fire. The motorized units (Panzer II, Panzer IV and armored personnel carriers) are taking up their assembly positions. A field telephone cable is installed to provide constant contact with the battalion. Assault guns and tanks break through the enemy lines and attack the enemy in the flank. 

15:27 - The Battle of Stalingrad, Soviet Union, 1942.
Artillery barrage on the northern factory suburbs. German troops advance the first group of houses in the area of "Krasny Barrikady" artillery factory. German tanks (Panzer IV and III) overrun heavily fortified machine gun nests before infantry assault. German soldiers in fierce house-to-house battles. Smoke over the destroyed city.

17:31 - Caucasus Front, Caucasus Mountains, Tuapse, Soviet Union, 1942.
German mountain troops ascend with the help of pack animals. German Gebirgsjäger in the mountain forests near Tuapse. Rest after a strenuous march. Soviet prisoner of war. Fighter bombers are supporting the advancing ground troops in difficult missions. Bombs on a mountain fortress that controls the southwestern approach to Tuapse.

19:20 - North Africa Front, 1942.
Operational briefing with a fighter squadron. He-111 aircraft preparing for takeoff. The oases of Kufra, cornerstones of the British positions south of the Egyptian-Libyan border, are to be attacked. German fighter squadron in flight over the endless expanse of the Libyan Desert. Bombs are dropped on Fort El Tag. Direct hits are scored on the radio station and the aircraft hangars. Low-level attack on vehicles and anti-aircraft gun emplacements.

Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-634-28-oktober-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6240/722714
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2VmCv3oU_k

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 641 - 16 December 1942

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:

00:53 - The ninth anniversary of the NSDAP organization "Strength Through Joy", Berlin, German Reich, 1942.
"Strength Through Joy" (KdF -Kraft durch Freude) was a massive Nazi German state-controlled organization, part of the German Labour Front (DAF), designed to offer subsidized leisure activities like cheap cruises, sports, theatre, and holidays to control workers free time, foster loyalty, ease class tension, and promote Nazi ideology after abolishing trade unions.

01:48 - "Reich Gliding School Spitzerberg" near Vienna, Austria, 1942.
Member of the "National Socialist Flyers Corps" Sturmbannführer Erich Wergens set a new world record for continuous gliding. Scene shows the glider in flight and during landing.

02:36 - Boxing match between Germany, Hungary and Italy, Berlin, German Reich, 1942.
Scenes from the fight between an Italian and a Hungarian boxer. Germany won this international match decisively with 28 points. Another fight is won by German boxer Hein ten Hoff against an Italian boxer - Chiesa. The Mussolini's son, Captain Dr. Vittorio Mussolini among the audience with Hans von Tschammer und Osten.

04:09 - Waffen-SS swearing-in ceremony in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, 1942.
Recruits of the SS Training Regiment "Prague" were sworn in on the Old Town Square in Prague. The Deputy Reich Protector, SS-Oberstgruppenführer Daluege and Hans Frank attend the ceremony.

04:43 - Construction of submarine bunkers on the Atlantic coast, France, 1942.
The "Organisation Todt" is constantly building new submarine bunkers. Scenes show the construction sites. The detonation of a cofferdam that held back the seawater.

06:01 - U-Boots return from a successful convoy battle, Lorient, France, 1942.
Reich Governor General Franz Ritter von Epp greets Captain Lieutenant Herbert Schneider, commander of the U-522 submarine. Captain Lieutenant Herbert Schneider returns from the attack on convoy SC-107 after 56 days of patrol. During this patrol, the young commander sank eleven ships totaling over 59,000 gross register tons, and torpedoed an enemy destroyer. Admiral Dönitz expresses his gratitude and appreciation to his brave U-boat crews.

07:09 - North African Front/Western Mediterranean combat area, 1942.
Motorized units are being loaded for transport to Tunisia in an Italian port. Italian destroyers and torpedo boats escort the transporters on their crossing to Africa. Fighting against enemy fighter-bombers. Italian troops disembark in the port city of Bizerte. Air raid on enemy troop concentration in the Tebourba area.

10:58 - On the Caucasus Front, Soviet Union, 1942.
View of the Terek River, which has been the site of fierce fighting for weeks. Supplies are unloaded and transported further by Kettenkrad tracked motorcycles. German soldiers digging trenches. Anti-aircraft artillery engages a Soviet fighter-bomber.

13:09 - On the central sector of the front, Soviet Union, 1942.
German supply column advance during a blizzard. Distribution of alcohol, post and food rations. Scenes show German soldiers during fortification work of their frontline positions. A shock troop leaves the strongpoint to reconnoiter the strength of the enemy defensive positions. Soldiers are crossing the no man's land under the cover of dusk. The gunners of the German artillery aim their barrels at the identified enemy deployments. German artillery lays down heavy barrage on the Soviets thus neutralizing the planned enemy attack.

Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-no.-641-1080
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6247
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D521CXR2wqs&t=27s

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 617 - 1 July 1942

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 - North Africa Front/Afrika Korps, El Gasala, Bir Hacheim, Acroma, Africa, 1942.
Depiction on the map of the British defensive line from Gazala to Bir Hacheim. Marshal Erwin Rommel during briefing with the officers before the attack against the British 8th Army. On May 26th, the German and Italian divisions launched a surprise attack on the British positions. Report about the losses of the British army as a result of fighting. Encirclement of Bir Hacheim on June 11, 1942. German troops advance northward near Acroma and reached the Mediterranean Sea on June 15th, 1942.

04:11 - North Africa Front/Battle of Tobruk, El Adem, Tobruk, Egypt-Libya border, Africa, 1942.
On June 15th, armored divisions and mechanized units from the El Adem area began their pursuit eastward. By June 17th, the British 8th Army was split in two. The encirclement of Tobruk on June 18th. The depiction of Tobruk's fortifications on the map animation. The attack on the fortress of Tobruk begins in the early morning hours of June 20th with the artillery barrage. Marshal Rommel personally directs the fighting in the front line from his command armored reconnaissance vehicle. German troops penetrate further into the fortress area. German AA-gun (Flak 8.8cm) take fleeing British tanks under fire. Destroyed American and British vehicles and tanks. Columns of British prisoners of war. Rommel inspects an underground casemates. German anti-aircraft artillery advances towards the coast. Anti-aircraft artillery shells fleeing British crafts. Scenes show flight over conquered Tobruk. General Rommel visibly exhausted, conducts a situation briefing in the command post. German mechanized units advance through the desert. In the background the song: "Panzer rollen in Afrika vor."

17:44 - Battle for Sevastopol/Siege of Sevastopol, Crimea, Soviet Union, 1942.
Depiction of the northern and southern fortifications around Sevastopol in animated map. German and Romanian troops advance. Tanks (Paner 38t), assault guns and supplies are rolling in along the rocky roads. Ju-88 dive bombers attack the trenches, port facilities, and fortifications of Sevastopol. A shock troop is preparing before the assault. Scenes show the shattered armoured turrets and gun emplacements of the "Maxim Gorky" Fort. The German and Romanian troops penetrate ever deeper into the inner fortification belt. German soldiers in street fighting. Anti-tank gunners shell the Soviet positions on the opposite bank. The Sevastopol and surrounded forts, artillery emplacements, and bunkers are bombarded with heavy mortars ("Thor" 60cm Karl-Gerät), long-barreled guns, and large-caliber cannons. Deployment of the Schwerer Gustav (80cm) railway gun.

Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-617-1-juli-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6161/711160
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN0NItr-T7Q

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 618 - 8 July 1942

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 - Führer Headquarters, German Reich, 1942.
Adolf Hitler awards SS Obergruppenführer Theodor Eicke with Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross. Fighter ace Hans-Joachim Marseille is being awarded by Fuhrer with Oak Leaves with Swords to the Knight's Cross. Conversation between Hitler and Marseille about his successes in Africa.

01:49 - Finnish Marshal Mannerheim visit to Hitler's Headquaters, German Reich, 1942.
The Fuhrer reveives the return visit of Marshal of Finland, Gustaf Mannerheim. Mannerheim at the military briefing with German officers, at the Fuhrer Headquaters. Mannerheim is welcomed by Grand Admiral Raeder and Himmler. Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim visit to Göring residence called Carinhall, north-east of Berlin. Göring and Finnish Marshal discuss military issues.

04:41 - Volkhov Front, Lake Ilmen area, Soviet Union, 1942.
Schematic presentation on the map about Soviet attempts to breakthrough in the area of Volkhov River. Sovet forces were encirlced, cutted off from supplies and destroyed. Scenes show German troops advancing in difficult, swampy area. German devensive positions on the main battle line. Waffen SS company advances through the forest area, and clear the Soviet bunkers and trenches. Spanish, Dutch, and Flemish volunteer units advance to capture a village. German soldiers advance under the cover of Panzer III tanks. Heavy field howitzers battery receives the order to fire. Colonel General Keller's Heinkel He-111 bombers formation, and Ju-87 Stuka support the ground fighting. German troops are combing the forest area. Soviet soldiers surrendering with a white flag. 

14:36 - Central/Southern sector of the Eastern Front, Operation "Fall Blau", Soviet Union, 1942.
On June 28, 1942, Germany launched the summer offensive on the Eastern Front, known as Operation Braunschweig (later known as Fall Blau or Case Blue). Soviet defectors go through German lines towards the rears. Interrogation of captured Soviet soldiers. German tanks and infantry advance on broad front. After a fierce fighting German troops enter the burning village. In the background: "Von Finnland bis zum Schwarzen Meer" song. 

17:57 - Siege of Sevastopol, Crimea/Black Sea, Soviet Union, 1942.
After the failure of first German assault on Sevastopol, the Axis opted to conduct siege warfare until the middle of 1942, at which point they attacked the encircled Soviet forces by land, sea, and air. On 2nd June 1942, the Axis began this operation, codenamed Störfang (Sturgeon Catch). German and Romanian infantry advance under the cover of combined arms. Marshal Manstein inspects damaged fortifications of Maxim Gorky's Fortresses. German soldiers fight with the remaining Soviet forces in Sevastopol. Navy assault troops inspects Soviet navy units in the harbor. On 4th July 1942, the remaining Soviet forces surrendered and the Germans seized the port. 

25:16 - North Africa Front, Libya/Egypt, 1942. 
Scene show dense clouds of smoke above the city of Tobruk. Marshal Rommel inspects combat positions in the city's harbor. After the hard fighting for Tobruk, German soldiers bath in the Mediterranean waters. Rommel interrogate captured British generals. Kesselring and Rommel in conversation, discussing the military situation on the map. German Africa Corps mechanized units advance through the desert towards Libyan-Egyptian border. German troops captured the fortresses of Capuzzo, Sollum and Halfaya. German and Italian troops advance towards Mersa Matruh under the fire from British artillery. British soldiers taken prisoner by German-Italian troops. The Battle of Mersa Matruh was fought from 26 to 29 June 1942, following the defeat of the British Eighth Army in Battle of Gazala. The battle was fought with the German-Italian Panzerarmee Afrika, during the pursuit of the British Eighth Army as it retreated into Egypt. Scenes show destroyed British tanks (Matilda II, Mk III Valentine). In the background song: "Panzer rollen in Afrika vor". 

Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-618-8-juli-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6162/711171
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxvbRzdl3bU