Tonwoche № 629 (1943)

Newsreel №57683, 1 part, duration: 0:06:22
Production: UFA

Reel №1

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Eastern Front.

A volunteer SS division of Eastern soldiers at a post in the village.

Performances of artists for soldiers.

A military band is playing in the clearing.

On an improvised stage, girls in Ukrainian costumes dance, then girls in sailor suits perform with oars in their hands.

A playful dance of two comedians.

Officers and soldiers sit at tables with food and drinks, clap to the artists.

A funny number with a bull, which is depicted by two people in an animal costume.

A bullfight in which soldiers fight a bull, knocking it to the ground.

Competitions for soldiers: a soldier climbs a high, smooth pole for a prize.

Playing football on the field.

The visit of the Bulgarian Tsar Boris to Germany.

Hitler meets Tsar Boris at the airfield, with Ribbentrop, Field Marshal Keitel, and other generals in his retinue.

Hitler and the tsar get into the car, go to the Fuhrer's headquarters.

After the conversation, Hitler and Boris leave the headquarters, Boris says goodbye to Hitler.

At the airport, the king gets on the plane. (The episode is edited from the chronicle of 1941-42).

The funeral of Tsar Boris in Sofia (28.08.1943).

The coffin with the body of the tsar is located in the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

Honor guard at the coffin.

Residents of the capital pass by the coffin in a long line.

Queen Joanna goes to the cathedral for the funeral ceremony.

Representatives of foreign delegations.

The German delegation with Admiral Raeder and Keitel.

Soldiers carry a wreath from the Fuhrer.

The young tsar is the heir to the throne.

The funeral cortege leaves the cathedral.

The coffin on the gun carriage is sent to the train station for delivery to the burial in one of the monasteries of the city of Rila.

The funeral procession moves through the city, the population sees off the king on his last journey.

They lead the king's favorite horse.

Marching soldiers, passing horse artillery.

Locations: Germany [84] Bulgaria [34] USSR [863]

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