Tonwoche №339 (1937)

Newsreel №63854, 2 parts, Duration: 0:11:41 B/W
Studio UFA

Reel №1

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A football match between teams from the western regions of Germany – Saxony and Lower Rhine.

Players run onto the field.

Moments of the game.

Spectators in the stands of an open stadium.

The match ends with a score of 2:1. The construction of a new Rome after the civil war.

Excavation work at the construction site.

Mussolini is present at the demolition of old parts of the city.

Workers greet the Duce.

Mussolini thrusts a pickaxe into the ground, workers applaud.

The Duce embraces a worker.

A view of the project for a new building.

Mussolini climbs the wall of a building slated for demolition, hits the masonry with a pickaxe, breaking off pieces.

Workers lay tiles on the roof of a new building.

German comedian Ludwig Manfred Lommel in a scene from a play; the actor plays a comic role in a woman's dress.

Lommel, in a regular suit, agitates the population to collect donations for public needs.

An agitator in a post cap with a box in his hands offers lottery tickets.

Labor detachments work on draining the Bentheim moors in Emsland.

A parade of labor detachments in Emsland, to which Reichssarbeitführer Girle arrives.

Girle passes a line of girls in uniform, they greet him with a wave of their hand.

Soldiers in formation throw shovels over their shoulders.

Girle walks around the formation, chatting with the soldiers.

The detachment marches to work.

Close-up of the patch on a soldier's sleeve: "Emsland 19" and a swastika.

The detachment in the moors.

Water is scooped out of dug trenches, the earth is dug.

A pump is working.

Soil is poured out of a mine cart.

Water flows from a diversion channel into the river.

The labor detachment marches back to the barracks after work.

Keywords

Germany, 1937, sport, football, Italy, 1937, construction, Mussolini, workers, buildings, Germany, 1937, theater, actors, personalities, lottery, donations, Germany, 1937, labor service, swamps, parade, labor detachments, state, figures, personalities

Reel №2

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Germany. 50 planes take off in Kiel.

Training maneuvers are taking place here.

Airplanes fire at targets on the ground.

Mass takeoff of planes.

Japanese troops are preparing to advance into Manchuria.

Rows of soldiers on a field, commanders on horseback ride around them.

Troops solemnly march through the city, residents see off the soldiers, wave their hands and flags.

Schoolchildren shout words of greeting.

USA. Demonstration of tanks at a training ground.

View of a tank and a tanker looking out of a slit.

He turns the turret of the tank with a gun.

Tanks drive over rough terrain, break bushes and small trees, climb hills.

Military and civilians watch the tank maneuvers.

Tanks drive towards a camera.

Japanese sumo wrestlers before a competition.

Spectators in the hall.

Wrestling competitions.

American boxer, world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey is present at boxing matches among 11-year-old boys.

He watches the match right in the ring, gives advice.

Two younger boys are boxing, but soon it just turns into a fight.

Flooding in western Germany.

View of the city of Cologne from the river.

The river overflow has led to a flood.

Houses, an alley of trees, a port are in the water.

A truck and a cyclist are driving along the water.

Residents are saving themselves in boats and horses.

Children with backpacks on their backs are sitting on the parapet and looking at the port cranes in the water.

View of the dam with a high cascade of water.

People on the bridge, looking at the river, which has come very close to the bridge.

Keywords

Germany, 1937, BBC, maneuvers, Japan, 1937, soldiers, military leaders, USA, 1937, tanks, polygon, maneuvers, Japan, 1937, sport, wrestlers, sumo, USA, 1937, sport, boxing, personalities, children, Germany, 1937, natural disasters, flood

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