DIE DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU, NO. 584 Reel 1 · Part 2

Description

Reel 1 Part 1, Gers. cheer Hitler as he enters a Munich beer cellar on the Nazi 9th of Nov. holiday. Part 2, Ger. antiaircraft guns fire at Brit. planes along the Fr. coast; wrecked Brit. planes are hauled away on railway cars. Mines are loaded on Ger. ships and laid in the Baltic Sea; the Ger. ships are attacked by Russ. planes. Part 3, maps the Ger. front in Finland. Finnish women perform military duties; Finnish troops invade an island in Lake Onega. Russ. POW's work on a road. Reel 2 Part 3, Finnish soldiers throw grenades and charge Russ. positions. Includes views of Gers. in Finland. Part 4 shows views of Ger. soldiers performing various duties on the Russ. front. Includes views of Russ. deserters, war ruins, destroyed tanks, and dead soldiers. Part 5 maps the Ger. front in the Crimea and shows Ger. soldiers relaxing, advancing under cover of a Ger. artillery barrage, and destroying Russ. bunkers. Part 6 shows the Dnieprostrov Dam and its hydroelectric equipment. Ger. troops and their horsedrawn wagons advance through Stalino; Russ. POW's march to the rear. Part 7, Ger. troops and tanks advance through Kharkov. Part 8 maps the Ger. front near Moscow and shows Ger. vehicles advancing over muddy roads towards Kalinin, troops eating, Ger. bicycle troops helping to construct an airfield, and Gen. Kesselring inspecting operations. Ger. planes bomb and strafe Russ. positions.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division