Die Deutsche Wochenschau und Auslandstonwoche Part 1

Description

This moving image contains the following: In reel 1, part 1 stresses the sufficiency of German rations and shows a family at dinner. In part 2, German women load mail sacks, electrically wire munitions, and weld plates. Youths labor as apprentices in mines. Part 3 shows German controlled Norwegian police parading in Norway. In part 4, General Franco addresses military cadets in Corunna, Spain. Part 5 shows the death of a German air ace being broadcast. In part 6, German troops, tanks, and trucks roll on flatcars toward the Eastern front. In part 7, General Bor and masses of his Polish underground fighters emerge from hiding places in Warsaw and lay down their arms. Part 8 shows citizens of Paris taking cover as German snipers fire upon Allies forces in the city. In reel 2, part 1, German troops man defenses near Cologne. Civilians, including children, are evacuated as peasants and livestock clog the roads eastward. Women and Hitler Youth string barbed wire and dig trenches. Part 2 shows a V-1 bomb in flight and rubble in London. In part 3, German artillery and mortars are fired near Stolberg, Germany and shows street fighting in the town and antiaircraft fires on British planes. Part 4 shows Hitler reviewing a Hitler Youth rally in Vienna. In reel 3, part 1, the rally continues. In part 2, refugees are evacuated from a German town and children are taken to a church. Part 3 shows Hitler Youth and women digging fortifications near Stolberg. In part 4, German artillery and mortars are fired and street fighting in Stolberg is shown. Antiaircraft fires on British planes.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division