Die Deutsche Wochenschau №724-2 Working material (1944)

Germany.

The 75th birthday of Hitler's Minister of Transport Dorpmüller.

He and an officer at a map.

Germany.

The human torpedo, guided torpedo pilot Walter Gerhold.

Rear Admiral Helmuth Heye awards Walter Gerhold the Knight's Cross, and other guided torpedo pilots the German Cross in Gold.

Formation review, Gerhold carried by his comrades.

Germany.

Airfield, planes.

German fighter planes returning to the airfield as part of the Reich's air defense after a battle with British bombers.

Squadron 3 "Udet" commander Major Walter Dahl greets his pilots, including Hauptmann Wilhelm Moritz with the Knight's Cross.

Comrades greet the hero.

The pilots get into their planes and take off.

Contrails in the sky from the planes.

Pilot in the cockpit, control panel.

Air combat with allied aircraft.

Enemy aircraft in the sight slot.

Aircraft firing.

Soldiers on the ground watching the battle.

A downed aircraft falls.

Germany.

Minister of Transport Dorpmüller gets off a train, rides to a depot in a car, talks with engineers.

The North Sea.

A German transport convoy at sea.

A signalman with flags.

Escort seaplanes take off.

A convoy of German ships is shelled by Soviet coastal artillery.

Mines are dropped from the ships.

A double curtain behind the ship.

A swastika flag on the mast.

The English Channel.

The Western Front.

Erwin Rommel, commander of Army Group B in northern France, inspects coastal defenses.

Rommel, holding a marshal's baton, comes out of the headquarters of the 2nd Airborne Corps, talks with Air Force General Eugen Meindl.

A military unit is resting, there is equipment and tanks.

A soldier with a canister on his back squats, his comrades scoop schnapps from the canister into mugs.

A reconnaissance detachment makes its way through the forest, soldiers crawl and jog.

A signalman pulls a cable reel.

The reconnaissance men establish contact with the artillerymen.

An artillery battery in battle.

Destroyed American tanks with drawings and inscriptions on their armor, holes are visible.

Infantry and tanks attack.

A soldier digs a trench.

Tanks in the city.

German soldiers run among the ruins of houses.

Anti-aircraft fire at Allied aircraft.

A burning aircraft on the ground.

The artillerymen run to the wreckage of the aircraft and examine it.

The soldiers apply another stripe to the gun barrel according to the number of aircraft shot down.

Fire from six-barreled mortars at the city.

The battle continues until dark.

Fire at Allied oil depots in the dark of night.

1. Launch of the manned torpedo "Neger".

Corporal Helmholtz, who sank the English cruiser, talks about the operation he carried out.

The corporal and sailors are awarded the Iron Cross. 2. Germany.

German Air Force.

Airfield, planes.

German planes return to the airfield after the battle with American bombers.

A hero pilot with the Iron Cross, his comrades greet him.

The pilots get into their planes and take off.

Traces in the sky from the planes.

The pilot in the cockpit, the control panel.

Air battle with allied aircraft.

An enemy plane in the sight slot.

Shooting from the planes.

Soldiers on the ground watch the battle.

The downed plane falls. 3. Anniversary of the Minister of Transport Dorpmüller.

He and an officer at the map.

Continuation.

Dorpmüller gets out of the carriage and goes to the depot. 4. The North Sea.

A German transport convoy at sea. 5. The Western Front.

Rommel with a marshal's baton comes out of the headquarters building and walks with his retinue.

A military unit, equipment, tanks.

A soldier with a canister on his back squats, his comrades scoop schnapps from the canister into mugs.

A detachment of scouts makes their way through the forest, crawl, and jog.

A signalman pulls a reel with a communication line.

Communication between scouts and artillery.

An artillery battery in battle.

Knocked-out American tanks with drawings and inscriptions on their armor, holes.

Infantry and tanks attack.

A soldier digs a trench.

Tanks in the city.

German soldiers run among the ruins of houses.

Anti-aircraft fire at Allied planes.

A burning plane on the ground.

Artillerymen run to the wreckage of the plane, examine it.

They apply another stripe on the gun barrel according to the number of downed planes.

Fire from six-barreled mortars on the city.

The battle continues until dark.

Allied oil depots on fire in the night.