Die Deutsche Wochenschau №515 (1940)

Germany.

Visit of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Count Ciano to Berlin 7-10.07.1940. At the station he is met by the Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop.

The motorcade of cars drives through the streets of Berlin, arrival at the Reich Chancellery.

Hungarian Prime Minister Pál Teleki de Széki and Foreign Minister Istvan Csaky arrive in Munich for a meeting.

Hitler in a white cloak enters the building.

Ribbentrop accompanies the ministers into the building.

Hitler meets them, shakes hands.

Egypt.

Military actions between the Anglo-American and Italian troops in the struggle for colonies in North Africa.

Planes fly past the pyramids.

British troops conduct operations against Italian troops in Egypt.

Trucks drive along the road, artillerymen roll guns out of the truck, set them up in positions.

Fragments of military actions.

French troops leave North Africa in accordance with the terms of the Armistice Act ending hostilities against Germany on French territory and in the colonies.

A French general salutes the passing troops.

Historical footage: an English general awards French soldiers.

A newscaster talks about the French authorities banning the wearing of English orders after the capitulation and break with England.

France.

Boulogne.

A monument - a female statue with the inscription "Britain".

A memorial plaque on the monument: "This monument was erected in memory of the landing of British troops in 1914 by the Committee of Boulogne Veterans and thanks to the support of the state.

It was erected in the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer and unveiled by Marshals Lord Kavan and Petain on July 19, 1938, in the presence of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth." Explosion of the monument.

Pedestal without a monument.

England.

Mobilized English soldiers during drill training.

An officer gives commands.

A humorous scene: a mongrel barks in response to an officer’s command, who looks menacingly and drives it away.

France.

Trophies captured from the French.

Military trucks, a pile of helmets, gun barrels, shells, strategic reserves, shell casings.

A German officer and soldiers walk past stacks of military materials.

Germany.

The return of German units from France.

The population warmly greets the soldiers, presents them with flowers.

Children and girls from the League of German Girls greet the tankers.

The soldiers hug the girls, kiss them.

The women wave their hats, throw flowers.

The boys climb onto the tank, try on caps, look through binoculars.

The tanks descend from the platform, drive along the street.

Women and children throw flowers in front of them.

A tanker waves a captured French flag.

A German comedian performing for Waffen SS soldiers.

The return of a German cruiser from Narvik /Norway/.

Sailors and soldiers on the deck of the ship, they are lying in deck chairs on the deck in the sun.

Two smiling soldiers with Iron Crosses.

A young sailor shakes hands with a holder of the Knight's Cross.

Meeting in the port.

Lieutenant General Eduard Dietl enters the ship, greets the soldiers.

Women in medical uniforms, girls from the youth organization greet the sailors.

Solemn march of the crew.

Two sailors in front carry a model of the fascist eagle with a swastika.

Germany.

The return of the transport ship "Wilhelm Gustlow" from Norway with German wounded.

Unloading the wounded, loading them into ambulance cars.

Hitler visits the wounded in the hospital.

He talks to them, shakes hands.

Germany.

An award ceremony for soldiers of various branches of the armed forces who distinguished themselves in battle.

Motorized troops in vehicles with guns, a line of infantrymen.

Iron Crosses are pinned on soldiers.

Decorated soldiers in front of the camera.

Close-up of the Tanker's Badge of Honor.

France.

A parade of German and Romanian troops in the occupied French city of Dijon.

Standard bearers march in front.

Local population.

A panorama of passing columns and motorcyclists.

Germany.

A submarine returning from another mission.

Captain Gunther Prien, holder of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, and the crew in front of the camera.

On the stern of the submarine is its symbol: a drawing of a bull with smoke billowing from its nostrils.

A foreign sailor rescued by the crew.

The submarine goes to sea again.

An alarm on the submarine, diving.

A dive depth indicator.

A depth charge explodes.

The submarine surfaces.

Shelling of an enemy vessel with guns.

Sailors in front of the camera.

France.

Footage of military action.

Street fighting in a French city.

German soldiers make their way through the streets, hide behind corners, in doorways.

A soldier fires a machine gun, resting the barrel on his comrade's shoulder.

A wounded soldier with a bandaged head and arm walks by.

German wounded are loaded into an ambulance plane, they are in the cabin.

The wounded are waiting to be loaded in the square.

Germany.

An announcer about the call of April 17, with which the Fuhrer addressed the population /to provide assistance to the wounded/.

A motor depot of ambulances, they leave for the station with the wounded.

Loading the wounded onto a train.

Nurses hand out sandwiches to the wounded, give them something to drink, and give them a smoke.

A close-up of a German Red Cross bandage.

The wounded in the hospital, they are lying in the sun, the nurses are handing out newspapers.

The wounded are resting, playing chess and cards.

A large red cross has been laid out on the hospital grounds.

Poster: A nurse bandages a wounded soldier.

An appeal to viewers to donate to the Red Cross.