Tonwoche №493 (1940)

Newsreel №63971, 2 parts, Duration: 0:17:52 B/W
Studio UFA

Reel №1

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Propaganda scene in favor of winter aid /sale of lottery tickets/.

Germany.

In the studio of the sculptor Fritz Klimsch.

Sculptures of naked girls.

Klimsch works in the studio on two sculptural groups for fountains.

Girl on a seal.

Concert of the orchestra of the musical unit of the SS Leibstandarte "Adolf Hitler" for workers of a Berlin bakery under the direction of Müller John.

View of the orchestra members and worker listeners, the conductor at the podium.

The Kulmbach health resort, founded by the general inspector of the construction of defensive structures and highways, Dr.

Todt.

People of different ages are engaged in physical education in the fresh air, Todt does exercises in the snow with them, the teams play tug of war against each other, a ball game.

The detachment marches to the resort, located in the castle.

Vacationers play table tennis, cards, chess, read books and newspapers.

Winter on the Rhine, a frozen river in hummocks and ice.

Soldiers are walking on the ice.

In the middle of the river there is a small passage for ships.

Germany.

At an aircraft factory.

Production processes in the workshops.

Assembly shop, assembly of propellers, fuselages, wings, engines.

Checking the operation of engines with a propeller, grinding the propeller blades.

Workers assemble the frame of the aircraft, hang the engine.

The aircraft is taken out of the hangar for a test flight.

The aircraft is in the air.

Keywords

Germany, propaganda plot, Winter help, charity, Germany, 1940, sculpture, personalities, Germany, 1940, World War 2, concert, military orchestra, personalities, Germany, 1940, boarding houses, state, figures, personalities, physical training, rest, Germany, 1940, natural phenomena, river, icing, Germany, 1940, World War 2, aviation industry, aircraft

Reel №2

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Germany.

Winter forest.

Soldiers clearing snow from roads.

A soldier falls into the snow.

Freeing a truck from snow captivity.

A snowplow drives along the highway, another vehicle throws sand.

Western Front.

At the positions of an artillery battery in a snow-covered forest.

Soldiers run out of dugouts on alarm, prepare camouflaged guns for battle.

They carry shells, fire guns.

Germany.

Air defense service.

View of the device for capturing the noise of an airplane engine.

A sentry on duty.

Pilots at leisure in the barracks.

They play cards, chess, read, sleep.

An air raid information reception point, girls in headphones at the tables, they receive messages that are sent to headquarters, where the situation is assessed.

An order for fighters to intercept enemy bombers is recorded in a special diary.

Radio operators at work.

An alarm sounds in the flight crew barracks, the pilots take their places in the fighter cockpits.

Night flight.

Bombers come under the rays of searchlights.

Night air battle.

Fighters return to the airfield.

The North Sea.

Work on lowering mines to protect the coast from British warships.

A signalman with flags.

A view of a convoy of ships.

The icy deck of a German cruiser.

Enemy planes appear over the sea, the ships' guns fire at them.

Keywords

Germany, 1940, World War 2, soldiers, natural phenomena, snow drifts, Western Front, 1940, World War 2, artillery, natural phenomena, Germany, 1940, World War 2, Air Defense, BBC, radio operators, North Sea, 1940, World War 2, Navy, natural phenomena, BBC, mines

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