German Newsreel Excerpts Reel 1 · Part 3

Description

This moving image contains the following: Reel 1, part 1 shows the interior of a submerged German submarine. A freighter is sighted through the periscope. The submarine surfaces and demolishes a small sailing vessel. Part 2, General Rommel inspects Tunisian terrain in an armored car. Arab workers stack supplies. German troops get haircuts, wash, man trenches, and repair a tank. Part 3, a railroad gun is fired against Leningrad. Part 4, German troops man antiaircraft, machine guns, and field artillery as an alert sounds in the Smolensk area. Reel 2, Part 1, Axis and satellite diplomats attend a reception at the German Embassy in Madrid. Part 2, minor Balkan officials sign a trade pact. Part 3, French youths work as apprentices in a German artillery plant in France. Part 4, Norwegians board ski trains and participate in slalom races. Part 5 shows boxing in Berlin. Part 6, German sailors dive from a destroyer escort and swim to a surfacing submarine. The submarine's crew relaxes.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division