Tonwoche №477 (1939)

Germany.

A propaganda sketch on the harmfulness of rumors.

An elderly man named Ludwig meets a young man and whispers a rumor in his ear about coffee disappearing from the trade.

The man, turning to the audience, assures them not to believe the rumors, and tells Ludwig that, according to rumors, there is coffee in Brazil.

Spain.

The first meeting of the cabinet of ministers chaired by Franco took place in Madrid, the first since 1936. Norway.

An international conference on the English blockade was held in Stockholm from 18 to 19 October 1939. The heads of government discussed how to ease the catastrophic situation of the countries as a result of the blockade.

Journalists are standing outside the building and cars are pulling up.

The King of Sweden Gustav V, the King of Denmark Christian X, the President of Finland Kallio, and the King of Norway Haakon VII enter the meeting hall.

Panama.

The Republican Party of the USA is present at the conference in Panama from 25 September to 2 October 1939. The conference resolved on the neutrality of all states.

Manchuria.

After all border disagreements between the USSR and Japan were resolved, parliamentarians from the Japanese and Soviet sides meet on the border between Mongolia and Manchuria.

Japanese General Kuzhimoto and Soviet General Potapov negotiate on establishing a new demarcation line for troops.

Poland.

After the liberation of the eastern part of Upper Silesia from the Poles, German engineers and technicians immediately set about restoring industrial enterprises.

Steel mills, which were built by the Germans and brought to complete ruin by the Poles, were put back on track, and the same blast furnaces were put into operation.

Volksdeutsche of the city of Katowice are raising funds for the construction of blast furnaces and mines.

Kindergartens have been created for working women whose husbands are at the front.

Children are out for walks with their caregivers, swinging on swings, and sliding down hills.

Sports are developing in Poland.

Young people in a pool, a young man goes down the steps on his hands, jumps into the water.

A woman with a child in a pool.

A chain of young people jumps into the water like a wave.

France.

After the French left, German outposts were set up on the coast, two soldiers are sitting on a hillock, looking at the river.

Bunkers of the Western Wall, German soldiers marching into the bunker.

A gun barrel sticks out of the embrasure.

Soldiers in a trench.

A shooter with a machine gun at the embrasure.

There are tables by the wall of the bunker, soldiers are eating in the open air.

An observer at his post.

German soldiers carry loudspeakers, set them up on the shore to agitate the French soldiers, German music is carried to the French shore.

France.

German soldiers help local peasants harvest grapes.

Soldiers help a peasant drive a cart with a barrel up the hill.

The grapes are dumped into a press, a German soldier turns the handle of the press.

Soldiers help girls tie a headscarf and an apron.

Western Front.

Japanese General Terauchi visits German fortifications on the Western Front, which he called simple and acceptable.

He is among the officers, looks through a telescope, and enters a bunker.

Western Front.

French and English air force raid on German positions.

German planes take off.

Artillerymen set up guns, turn on searchlights.

Three downed French planes are on the ground.

By October 18, German troops have taken 25 French officers and 664 soldiers prisoner, they are led across a field, through a village.

A stop in the village.

The prisoners smoke, twist the bandages on their boots.

A German soldier photographs the prisoners.

The prisoners are transported in trucks.

Western rampart, guns are prepared for battle, shelling of French positions begins.

The German fleet on a campaign.

The submarine under the command of Gunther Prien returns to its home port.

The sailors stand in formation on board the boat.

Residents from the shore greet the sailors.

The sailors on board the cruiser wave their arms.

The Nazi flag flutters in the wind.

Germany.

The plane with the sailors on board lands at Tempelhof airfield in Berlin.

A crowd of residents and soldiers greets the sailors, the commanders descend the gangway.

The faces of the sailors.

The commanders get into their cars and drive through Berlin.

Residents greet them, throw flowers.

A crowd at the Reich Chancellery, the police hold back the pressure.

The delegation of sailors heads to the Reich Chancellery.

Captain Gunther Prien speaks in front of the microphone.

A Wunschconcert /concert by request/ is organized for the sailors.

A symphony orchestra plays.

The announcer reads out the requests.

The numbers are interspersed with shots of newborn children, children playing.

A hall with spectators and soldiers.

The concert is being listened to in homes on the radio, soldiers are at rest.

Pilots are singing their march in front of the microphone.

German aviation is taking off.

The pilot is in the cockpit.