Die Deutsche Wochenschau №563 (1941)

Newsreel №62784, 2 parts, Duration: 0:23:40 B/W
Studio UFA

Reel №1

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Thailand.

Bangkok.

Parade of Thai troops to mark the settlement of border disputes between Thailand and Indochina.

Troops marching.

Local residents watch the parade.

Armored vehicles driving by.

Air parade.

Japan.

Tokyo.

Parade of Japanese army troops.

Emperor Hirohito on horseback rides around the troops, accepts the parade.

Troops, artillery, and tanks marching.

China.

Japanese military operations against China.

Japanese aircraft bomb Chinese territory.

Japanese landing force on the offensive.

Burning village by the river.

Artillerymen fire cannons.

Capture of a Chinese city.

Italy.

Imperial youth leader Arthur Axmann arrives in Rome for a rally of fascist youth.

Axmann and Mussolini inspect the guard of honor at the train station.

They are at the Foro Mussolini stadium.

Athletes marching.

Mass physical training exercises of athletes with flags. "Living pictures": geometric figures and words.

Duce and Axmann on the platform.

Mussolini greets the youth.

Austria.

Vienna.

Children from Hamburg and other areas affected by air raids in the Prater park.

Riding the children's railway, children waving flags with swastikas.

Riding the carousel, Ferris wheel, roller coaster.

Germany, Berghof.

Hitler receives the Bulgarian Tsar Boris III. After a private conversation, they say goodbye on the stairs.

Boris III gets into a car.

Germany.

Romanian leader Ion Victor Antonescu arrives in Munich /June 11-12, 1941/.

Laying a wreath on the graves of fallen fighters.

Antonescu drives up to the palace in a car, he is met by Field Marshal Keitel and Foreign Minister Ribbentrop.

They go into the hall, where Antonescu is received by the Fuhrer.

Conversation between Antonescu and the Fuhrer.

Yugoslavia, Serbia.

German sappers restoring a destroyed bridge in Belgrade.

Sappers at work.

The restored bridge.

The opening ceremony.

A train decorated with flowers is crossing the bridge.

The inscription: "The General Ville Bridge, built between April 23 and May 29, 1941." A view of the bridge from above.

Greece.

Crete.

The landing of German and Italian troops on the island.

Soldiers disembark from the ship onto barges and boats and are transported to the shore.

Soldiers disembarking.

Military action against the British.

German soldiers in mountainous terrain, shell explosions are visible.

The Germans advance to the southern part of the island.

British prisoners are led, water is poured for them.

Abandoned British equipment, ammunition.

The aftermath of the fighting, destroyed equipment, tanks, cars.

Keywords

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Reel №2

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Atlantic.

German ships on a voyage.

An albatross flies over the water, dolphins splash.

Sailors are resting and sunbathing on the deck.

A puppy is carrying a cap in its teeth.

Routine repairs in the engine room.

An observer is at his post.

An English armed ship appears.

The German captain and sailors go to the ship in a boat, inspect the enemy vessel.

The ship's cargo is confiscated and taken aboard the German vessel, the sailors stack boxes labeled "eggs".

The English crew goes aboard the German ship.

The German ship fires at the steamer, it goes to the bottom.

The voyage continues in a storm.

Another enemy ship.

The crew is taken aboard the ship.

The sinking of the English ship.

The third, fourth, fifth and sixth ships.

They also go to the bottom.

Keywords

Atlantic, World War 2, Navy, troops, natural phenomena, rest, weapons

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