Tonwoche №441 (1939)

The first footage of the earthquake in Chile, a view of the ruins of houses.

More than 1,000 people died in the disaster.

Germany sent Junkers planes across the ocean from the military department to provide assistance.

A view of the destruction from the air.

Medicines are unloaded from the plane, the wounded are ferried over the mountains to the hospital.

Chilean President Pedro Aguirre Cerda personally supervises the recovery work.

Residents at the ruins of houses, they are sorting through the debris.

A giant panda from Tibet was brought to the Berlin Zoo for a while, it is in an enclosure.

The cameraman films the panda inside the enclosure on camera.

The animal lazily stretches out on the ground.

USA. A view of the ice-bound river from an airplane, giant ice masses squeezed the ship "Comanche".

Ice drift breaks the ice to allow ships to pass.

Canada.

A hockey match in which the Canadian team won the championship against the USA for the 12th time.

Moments of the game, emotions of the spectators.

Caracciola sets records.

The area near Dessau.

Caracciola races along the autobahn in a racing car, reaching speeds of 150 km/h.

That same day, he sets two more records in another car.

The Spanish Civil War.

Franco's troops occupy Catalonia.

The defeated Republicans cross the border in the Pyrenees, carrying weapons and military equipment with them.

French soldiers confiscate weapons, a view of a pile of rifles.

Republican soldiers walk along the road, many in civilian clothes, carrying sacks in their hands.

Close-ups of the exhausted faces of the fighters and an old man.

General Franco's troops enter a Spanish town, the locals greet them joyfully, and the national flag is hung on the balcony.

On the first Sunday of winter, 1,400 distinguished workers are honored in the courtyard of the Reich Chancellery, a dinner is arranged for them.

Women pour soup from cauldrons.

Hitler emerges from the doors of the Reich Chancellery, the workers greet the Fuhrer.

He puts money into the winter relief fund.

14.02.1939 in Hamburg before the party congress the ceremonial launch of the battleship Bismarck took place.

View of the Blomen and Voss shipyard, the ship on the slipway, the final work on decorating the vessel.

Previously there was a ship with this name, a type of model training ship for cabin boys, then there was an armored cruiser.

Celebrations on the occasion of the launch of the battleship.

A boat with Hitler and Goering on board sails up to the pier, they go ashore, walk through a crowd of workers, shake hands.

The best workers are introduced to Hitler.

Hitler goes up to the podium with Goering, Hess, Admiral Raeder and other generals.

The Fuhrer gives a speech about the significant event and the meaning of the name Bismarck - the founding father of the Reich.

Faces of workers, sailors.

The name of the battleship is hung out, a bottle of champagne is smashed against the side, the props are removed.

The ship leaves the slipway.

Panorama of the port, small ships sail around the new giant, greeting it with horns.