Die Deutsche Wochenschau №708 (1944)

Germany.

A short propaganda feature film from the Thomas series.

Thomas is looking for a draught in the room.

He checks the stove with a candle in his hand.

He finds a crack.

He tells his landlady, Frau Schmeller, about it and then seals the crack.

The moral of the story is that in anticipation of the cold weather, it is necessary to insulate the home by sealing all the cracks in order to conserve heat.

Germany.

Chemist professor Karl Krauch, who is working on creating new types of synthetic materials.

Krauch with synthetic yarn.

The new product will be revolutionary for many areas of the textile industry.

The weaving factory works with synthetic yarn.

Germany. 100th anniversary of the ATV /General Gymnastics Union/.

Gymnasts from Berlin and Dresden participate in intercity competitions.

The girls perform exercises on various gymnastic apparatus.

Jumping over a goat, exercises on the parallel bars.

Germany.

Berlin.

Famous German actor and theatre director, general manager Heinrich George walks past the bombed-out building of the Schiller Theatre.

He holds a meeting with theatre workers and talks about his plans to restore the theatre.

Poster for the first version of "Faust", director Heinrich George, artist Adolf Mahnke.

Spectators at the theatre, in the hall.

Fragments of the play with the participation of Norst Kaspar, Will Quadflieg, Elsa Petersen and Erika Pelikowski.

Germany.

Berlin.

Reception on 21 March 1944 by the Reich Minister of Propaganda, Gauleiter of Berlin Joseph Goebbels of officers and soldiers who distinguished themselves in the Battle of Cassino /Italy/.

Among them are Knight's Cross holder Colonel Bern von Baer and Knight's Cross holder Captain Müller.

Goebbels talks with officers and generals.

Goebbels's speech /recorded/.

Concert, the host expresses gratitude to the soldiers who fought in Cassino.

Officers and soldiers applaud.

Conversation with the heroes of Cassino at the table.

They talk about their exploits, drink schnapps.

Hungary.

German tanks are sent to Budapest under the Hungarian-German agreement to support the nations friendly to the Triple Alliance in the fight against Bolshevism.

The population and youth greet the German soldiers.

Children rejoice, shake hands with the soldiers, climb on tanks and motorcycles.

A non-commissioned officer gives autographs to the Hungarians.

German soldiers on the observation deck of the Fisherman's Bastion above the Danube admire the views of the city.

Germany.

A German submarine with cadets on board at sea.

Young submariners training on various models and mock-ups.

A boat at sea.

Continued.

Practical training on a submarine under the supervision of combat commanders.

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves holder, Captain 3rd Rank Otto von Bülow climbs on board.

Engine room, mechanics at work.

Gunnery instructor, Knight's Cross holder, Lieutenant Commander Friedrich Markworth.

Fragments of everyday combat.

A cadet at the periscope, a target ship in sight.

Launch of a training torpedo.

A new attack.

A selection of training torpedoes at sea using a hook.

The torpedo is taken to base, tested and taken back to the submarine.

Finland.

Finnish front.

Northern sector, blizzard in the tundra.

A German soldier in camouflage suit and goggles on his face stands by a gun.

German soldiers clear new positions of snow.

A soldier hugs a dog.

Soldiers pulling a sled with provisions.

A snowplow on the road.

Finnish women from the paramilitary nationalist organization Lotta Svärd arrive to visit German soldiers, bringing provisions.

German soldiers in a blockhouse with guests drinking coffee.

A German position on a snowy shore.

Eastern Front.

On the Kirovograd-Nikopol line.

Honoring Field Marshal Ernst von Busch at the front on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his military career, he talks to a delegation of soldiers who give him a weapon.

Fighting in the Pripyat area.

German trenches in a marshy area, with muddy slush at the bottom of the trenches.

Soldiers changing positions.

The company commander inspects the positions.

A soldier rolls a cigarette, another offers him a cigarette.

Soldiers drinking schnapps.

A German reconnaissance group in the forest.

Supporting the reconnaissance forces with grenade launchers.

Junkers aircraft bomb Soviet positions.

Explosions.

Aircraft in the air.

Italy.

Cassino area.

Destruction of the city and ruins of the monastery due to the actions of Anglo-American aviation and artillery.

German soldiers build shelters in the ruins.

German motorcyclists.

Field Marshal Albert Kesselring and Lieutenant General Richard Heydrich, commander of the 1st Airborne Division, were awarded the Swords to the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves by the Fuhrer.

They are at their positions, riding in a car.

Fragments of the battles.

Allied aviation bombing German positions at Monte Cassino and the monastery of the same name.

A view from the positions of the peaks of the monastery mountain and the adjacent area of military operations.

An artillery observer.

The observer transmits a message.

German rocket launchers are operating in conjunction with the artillery.

A soldier's hand turns the handle of the detonator.

Mountain riflemen are firing.

A soldier leads a wounded comrade.

Ruins of houses destroyed by the Americans.

German parachute troops in action.

A fragment of American newsreel: fragments of street fighting.

Americans running down the street, shooting.

Americans at a gun.

A German gun firing.

German infantrymen.