Die Deutsche Wochenschau №644 (1943)

Newsreel №55853, 2 parts, Duration: 0:18:54
Studio UFA

Reel №1

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1. "Pictures of the Motherland".

Views of Salzburg, architectural monuments. 17th-century cathedral, sculptures near the palace. 11th-century fortress. 2. Germany.

In the camp of the NSDAP flight corps.

Cadets from the "Hitler Jugend" during classes.

Glider flights. 3. Military operations near Leningrad.

Construction of additional fortifications at the forward position.

Everyday life of German soldiers at the front.

Humorous signs near dugouts.

Soldiers in the trenches.

Soldiers carry logs, saw firewood.

A soldier wipes himself with snow.

Chipping ice, clearing snow.

Pumping water out of the trenches after the thaw.

Inspection of positions by an SS officer.

A German soldier points in the direction of Leningrad.

View of the city, a tram (Strelna area).

Soviet tanks.

Artillery shelling of the city. 4. The central sector of the Eastern Front.

Loading skis and sleds for the German army, a horse-drawn convoy with ammunition.

Delivery of ammunition and mail to the front.

Soldiers receive gifts, they warm themselves by the fire.

Two soldiers on patrol in huge homemade boots.

Skiers.

A German gun fires at the enemy.

Machine gunners fire.

Destroyed Soviet and American tanks, corpses of soldiers in the snow.

German scouts on skis walk in single file in the forest, machine gunners.

German infantry fires at a Soviet pillbox, a soldier throws a bottle with an incendiary mixture, the pillbox burns.

Keywords

M3 Lee Lend-Lease

Calendar:

01/1943

Shooting locations:

Leningrad region

Chronicle Subjects:

World War IIHistory

Reel №2

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Continuation.

Soviet prisoners.

German soldiers resting, eating by the fire.

A detachment of skiers sets off for new positions.

Transportation of equipment and guns on sleds.

Tanks and infantry on the march.

Tanks firing at the enemy.

Tanks on the offensive, breaking through the fortification line.

A signalman at the radio, transmitting a message to the commander.

Night artillery attack by the Germans.

Morning, a German gun firing.

Soviet prisoners being led.

The battlefield near Toropets, broken equipment, trucks, guns, tanks, corpses of Soviet soldiers.

Announcer about Russian losses. 5. Atlantic.

German submarines in the South Atlantic on a campaign.

Rescue of the crew of the German cruiser Atlantis, sunk by the British.

The rescued team on board the boat, lunch.

The return of the German submarines to base.

Meeting with Italian colleagues.

The sailors go ashore.

Admiral Raeder inspects the rescued crew of the Atlantis, presents commemorative insignia to German sailors.

Sinking of English ships by the German cruiser Atlantis (fragments from previous Deutsche Wochenschau newsreels).

A cruiser is sailing, in the wheelhouse.

An alarm signal, the Nazi flag is raised, sailors at the guns.

The cruiser fires at an English freighter, a sinking ship.

Rescued sailors from the sunken ship on board a boat.

Shelling of another enemy ship, explosion, fire on board a tanker, smoke from burning oil.

Keywords

Pz, Kpfw, 38(t) PzKpfw III Panzer T-70

Calendar:

01/1943

Shooting locations:

Leningrad region

Chronicle Subjects:

World War IIHistory

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