Tonwoche № 652 (1944)

Newsreel №57682, 1 part, duration: 0:12:49
Production: UFA

Reel №1

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Dutch troops paramilitary labor service built for making shovels.

Spade is a symbol of new labor tasks for the people and the homeland.

The officer hands shovels soldiers.

The ceremonial passing troops.

Feast of Fame in Serbia.

People in the church at a religious ceremony.

After lighting the candles of Fame priest performs the rite of consecration.

Then people take turns to approach a girl holding a bowl of consecrated meals, take it with a spoon.

National dance 'kolo' ends Day fame.

In the south of Spain, near Malaga are national sailing competition in 1944.

The winner is the boat "Sinbad" from Cartagena, it wins the cup Minister of Marine.

Military competition skiing in Slovakia.

Soldiers with rifles and backpacks in difficult mountainous terrain show high ability to drive to skiing.

Slalom.

Skiers at the finish.

French fishing vessels go to sea.

German destroyers guarding the fishing fleet from enemy attacks.

An observer with binoculars on the bridge.

The attack enemy aircraft, artillery shelling of his ship.

Fishers that does not stop working, they cleaned and salted fish on board, herring laying in the oven for smoking.

Solemn liturgy in the newly restored Italian military units in Trieste.

The priest holds the consecration ceremony.

Laying wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Parts for the oath, the soldiers kissed the flag.

Italy.

In the southern sector of the front.

Massive raids Anglo-American air not upset the German supply by sea and by land.

Unloading of military cargo in the port.

Supply mountain positions by means of road transport, bringing food to the donkeys in the mountainous part.

Observation post.

The Anglo-American attack planes and their bombs falling in the valley.

Shoot the German anti-aircraft gun.

The monastery of Monte Cassino before and after the bombing.

After the air bombing of a Benedictine monastery was attacked by the American heavy artillery, the monastery ruins.

The abbot of the monastery of Monte Cassino to Rome, the soldiers put him in the car.

Abbot thanked the German officer and interpreter, shakes his hand.

The ruins of Castel Gandolfo - the summer residence of the Pope, in which there are 15 thousand refugees, mostly women and children.

The corpses of killed refugees who carried out of the ruins.

Eastern front.

Northern section of the front.

Systematically extending German troops occupy new positions.

On the snow-covered road going trucks, carts.

German units during the march, they go past the settlement.

Close-up of a soldier smoking a pipe.

The tank crew at rest on the march.

Soldier sandwich treats fellow soldiers eat, drink schnapps from bottles.

The soldier shaves in the air.

Soldiers digging rearguard, trenches are covered with boards, planks from frost.

They're coming German tanks of the "Panther", they ensure orderly movement of German troops.

The struggle with the Soviet avant-garde, the soldiers shoot from the trenches.

Signalman the phone.

The enemy attack was repelled.

The southern section in the Kirovograd region.

German Panzer goes on the offensive, infantry follows.

The enemy group is cut and exposed to bombardment of the German heavy artillery.

German infantry moving forward.

The artillery battery goes to the position in the settlement, there is a firing of guns.

Soldiers are hiding behind houses.

The signalmen communicate with parts.

According to the radio require rocket launcher, they hit on the Soviet positions.

At this stage the Soviet troops were defeated, withdrawn hundreds of prisoners to the rear, they are on the road.

View of the broken Soviet tanks.

Locations: Netherlands [155] Serbia Spain [205] Slovakia [198] France [77] Italy [110] USSR [863]

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