Tonwoche №494 (1940)

Germany.

A propaganda scene in a store.

An elderly man, Ludwig, and his young friend enter a lingerie store.

After serving a customer, the salesman begins to speak rather rudely to Ludwig, who has decided to buy a pair of long johns.

Ludwig reminds the rude salesman that they are customers and that war is no reason for rudeness.

The young man appeals to the audience to treat each other politely.

China.

The Sino-Japanese War.

Japanese troops carry the dead from the battlefield and cross a bridge.

Soldiers lead horses with cargo.

Artillery fires.

An important railway line in Yungto between Canton and Hong Kong is captured.

Japanese aircraft bomb the city of Lanzhou, an important strategic facility through which supplies were sent to China.

Holland.

The English blockade forces neutral countries to take military action.

Posts are set up on the coast of Holland to monitor the sea and air.

Warships are sailing.

A note in the observation log, information about the enemy is passed on.

East Prussia.

Fishing in winter on the Curonian Spit.

Despite the frost, the fishermen make a hole in the ice and lower the nets.

The nets with the catch are raised with winches.

Germany.

Entertainment for the military.

The mobile theater of the KDF organization pitches its tent on the outskirts of Berlin.

The tent, which can accommodate 1,000 spectators, can be assembled and disassembled in a few hours.

Reich Minister Goebbels and Dr.

Ley attend the performance for the military; they are in the hall next to the soldiers.

Acrobats perform on the stage.

Germany.

The propaganda of flying in German schools has now become mandatory.

The children go in for gliding, make their own glider models, and organize competitions.

The school building, the sculpture of Icarus, the children play in the yard with the models.

After the theory, it is time for practice for the high school students.

There are competitions of large gliders.

Germany.

Soldiers' amateur performance.

Three soldiers perform a folk song with a guitar.

The audience joins in with the verses.

The radio broadcasts not only music, but also reports on achievements at the front.

A choir and orchestra perform.

The Western Front.

Where information needs to be obtained and obstacles to be overcome, engineering troops are sent forward.

Soldiers spread rubber boats on the snow and inflate them with pumps, drag them to the river, and cross the Rhine despite the ice.

France.

The area on the border between Germany and France was occupied by the French at the beginning of the war, and then returned to the Germans.

A French city through which German soldiers are advancing.

They are heading to an observation post from which they will be able to see the location of troops 300 meters away.

The soldiers walk around the ruins of buildings, basements, and look out of the attic window.

Explosions in the city.

Germany.

Military maneuvers of mountain rifle units in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

A squad of skiers climbs the mountains, dragging a gun on a sled.

The gun is installed at the top.

A squad of "enemies" in camouflage suits goes on skis.

A shootout ensues.

View through the gun's eyepiece.