Die Deutsche Wochenschau Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

This moving image contains the following: In reel 1, part 1, German cutters and seaplanes defend a convoy in Arctic waters from the fire of Russian coastal batteries. Part 2 is deleted. Part 3 shows German pilots repelling an enemy air attack in central Germany, destroying an Allied plane, and receiving congratulations. In part 4 SS and airborne troops, fighting in Normandy as infantry and supported by artillery and armor, advance across an open field, destroy allied tanks, and enter a village. It also shows closeups of Generals Meindl (parachutist commander) and Rommel at the German GHQ. In reel 2, German infantry in Normandy digs in. Artillery units down an allied plane. Panzer units advance supported by rocket fire. Night pictures throw tracer fire and clouds of fire into relief.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division