Die Deutsche Wochenschau № 684 (1943)

Holland.

The ceremony of swearing in the newly formed SS division in the Netherlands.

Higher SS and Police Head of Dutch SS-Obergruppenführer Hans Albin Reuter circumvents formation of soldiers.

THE USSR. Estonia.

Sports parade and fascist marches in Reval (Tallinn), organized by the German occupation troops on the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of the existence of the fascist regime in Estonia.

It sounds a bell.

By area, marching columns in national costumes.

The stadium gymnasts perform, the audience reaction.

Germany.

German pilots Hartmann Grasser, Heinrich Sayn-Wittgenstein, Günther Rall and Walter Nowotny at the reception of the Fuhrer.

In many battles, they proved their bravery.

Hitler gives them the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross, Major Grasser and captain Site-Wittgenstein.

Captains Nowotny and Rall get Swords to the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.

Germany.

On the coast of the Baltic Sea German pilot Ernst Yahtman ready to fly.

It sets a world record in gliding on flight duration.

Two years ago, he crashed his glider and seriously injured foot, but this does not prevent him to take off into the air again.

Lieutenant of the Waffen SS Yahtman for its flying qualities by order of the commander of the National Socialist Air Corps General Keller was promoted to the rank of Major.

He must stay in the sky almost 56 hours, three days and two nights.

Reconciliation hours.

The glider soars over the coast.

On the sand wrote: "The wind intensified" in large letters.

Sky in thunderstorm clouds, lights flashlight.

On the glider landed write: "We congratulate Yahtmana", the pilot trays flowers.

THE USSR. The southern section of the eastern front.

The retreat of the German troops.

The Germans were transported to new areas of storage of ammunition and food.

The ferry troops across the Dnieper / the bridge and ferry /.

Stealing cattle: lead flocks of sheep, a herd of pigs, horses on the ferry.

There is a civilian population with wagons, carts.

Explosions of buildings, railways, bridges across the Dnieper German sappers during the retreat.

Retreat company rearguard against the background of a burning village.

Continued.

The southern section of the Eastern Front.

German troops left the North Caucasus.

Preparation of the Germans to the defensive battles: digging trenches on the field with sunflowers, installation tools.

Soviet aircraft bombed the German trenches.

Flare in the night sky.

Operation begins September 12 and ends on 19 October.

Novorossiysk port was left after the destruction of important military installations.

German guns firing at the enemy.

Kuban territory occupied by the Germans.

Assault group is assigned to one of the Kuban lagoons.

German powerboats out of the asylum, rushing river.

The landing under artillery fire.

German machine gunners.

Assault group performs the task and returns.

The southern section of the eastern front.

The retreat of German and Romanian troops from Crimea.

Sappers lay mines on the roads.

The caravan of trucks with soldiers.

Go carts with refugees.

Germans blow up railway tracks.

Loading munitions and wounded on the ships in the harbor of Taman.

The transfer of war material by cable car.

Air raid.

Soviet aircraft appears.

He fired at the German anti-aircraft guns.

Shoot guns.

Downed Soviet aircraft pilot to parachute into the sea.

After unloading the air raid in the port continues.

Port marina has not suffered any damage.

The crossing of the Germans on the ferry across the Kerch Strait.

German naval transports left coast of the Crimea.

Atlantic.

The German guard destroyers in the Atlantic Ocean.

Transfer orders flags - line up wake column.

The commander ordered squadron inspect the approaching vessel.

One of the destroyers suspends a move to the ship sailing boat.

Checking of ship documents, all right.

The crew of the French warship detains a fishing schooner, checks the documents.

Small exchange satisfied both sides, sailors take fish.

Court on the march.

German ship opened fire on the enemy.

Launching torpedoes.

Explosions.

German squadron continues its way.