Tonwoche №492 (1940)

A propaganda play about patience in the face of wartime hardship.

An elderly man named Ludwig and his young friend are sitting in a room.

Ludwig is writing a letter to the front complaining about his difficulties.

His friend asks him if he wrote that he lives alone and has everything he needs provided by his homeland.

Winter sports in Japan, German style.

View of Mount Fuji.

Japanese athletes skiing up the slope, downhill.

International winter sports competitions in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Flags of the eight participating countries.

Skiers at the start.

Cross-country skiing, Alois Simon and Loefeld are in the lead, Kranz wins the slalom.

Ski jumping, winners Josef Weiner and Franz Mayer.

Sports festival of the Hitler Youth organization in the Berlin Sports Palace.

Mass gymnastics exercises.

The boys demonstrate jumps and somersaults.

Exercises on the parallel bars, weightlifting.

An athlete lifts a barbell with one hand. 100-meter relay race.

Poster of the German Labor Front.

Training of skilled workers in German workshops.

Making shoes for the army in a shoe workshop.

Tailors making officer uniforms.

Carpenters and painters decorate the interiors of buildings.

Workers at lathes, welders.

German Police Day.

Calling the fire brigade: a person’s hand breaks the glass in front of the fire brigade call button.

An alarm signal at the fire station.

The device shows the area number, the area of the fire is found on the list – Berliner Allee, 178. Firefighters are having lunch, when the alarm signal sounds, they throw down their food, slide down the pole, and get into the car.

The team leader receives his outfit.

In a matter of minutes, the cars leave for the site.