Die Deutsche Wochenschau Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

This moving image contains the following: In reel 1, part 1, Hitler Youth harvest crops. In part 2, German fishermen haul nets into boats and dump the catch into a hold and eel traps are raised and the catch weighed. Part 3 shows wounded German servicemen laughing at a clown during a benefit performance. In reel 2, part 1, German antiaircraft fires at Allied planes over Italy and paratroops advance through a ruined town. Infantry, supported by machine and tommy guns, advance. Part 2 shows Stukas taking off and attacking Russian infantry and armor in Poland. German air officers confer. Wounded are brought to an aid station. Infantry, tanks, and artillery assault a Russian bridgehead and shows the flaming countryside at night. In part 3, Sepp Dietrich decorates Waffen SS troops in Normandy. British skirmishers dodge through the hedgerows and camouflaged German snipers open fire. An antiaircraft gun is camouflaged as Allied planes pass overhead.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division