Auslandstonwoche Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

This moving image contains the following: In reel 1, part 1, President Laurel, other Filipino leaders, and Japanese officials review an independence parade of Filipino students in Manila on Oct. 14, 1943. In part 2, Estonian youths receive physical examinations and close-order drill instruction and peasants surrender their horses to the German Army. Part 3 shows Hitler Youth units, soon to be enrolled in the Great Germany Division, being reviewed by SS officers. In part 4, skiers compete in the Slovakian championships in Czechoslovakia's Tatra Mountains. Part 5 shows boxing in Berlin. In part 6, German locomotives, built for Croatia, are inspected by officials at Zagreb (Agram), Yugo. Part 7 shows Admiral Horthy decorating collaborationist General Kornel Oszlanyi (Jan. 1944) in Budapest. In part 8, Hitler congratulates SS Generals Lieb and Gille and decorates Belgium Fascist Leon Degrelle for escaping Russian encirclement at Cherkassy. In reel 2, part 1, Russian dummy tanks confuse German infantry, but the true Russian positions are located, infantry advanced and Prisoners of War (POWs) are taken. In part 2, German units shell the Allied beachhead at Nettuno (Anzio), Italy, destroy enemy planes' with flak, clear mine fields and seize the road to Aprilia, over which they send tanks, troops, motorized elements, and Anglo-American POWs.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division