Die Deutsche Wochenschau Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

This moving image contains the following: In reel 1, part 1, Himmler inspects Nazi Moslem troops and observes their artillery drill. In part 2, at Christmas, German soldiers raffle chances on geese, Red Cross nurses prepare gift parcels, and airmen carve children's toys. Part 3 shows Allied planes being tracked in Berlin's air-control center. Antiaircraft downs enemy planes at night. In part 4, Goebbels confers with the air-raid council. Berlin adopts civil defense measures: sidewalk kitchens function, emergency food arrives, soldiers clear debris, welders and carpenters begin rebuilding, and evacuees load their belongings on trucks and buses. Evacuated children play and have lunch in a nursery, bombed-out citizens watch acrobatics, and Goebbels decorates civil defense workers. In reel 2, part 1, the ceremony continues. Troops parade along Unter den Linden. Part 2 shows German infantry, supported by tanks, artillery, rockets, and Stuka planes, moving up near Neval, Russia. Russian Prisoners of War (POWs) are taken. In part 3, German troops, standing amid corpses and debris, chat after recapturing Leros Island, Greece. Part 4 shows German troops drinking wine and eating grapes after retaking Samos Island, British and Indian POWs are marched to ships. In part 5, German warships and seaplanes escort a convoy along the Atlantic coast. Repairs are made to a damaged vessel.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division