Tonwoche №511 (1940)

Japan.

Invention of a new attraction: jumping from a tower with a parachute attached to a frame with ropes.

A man switches on the mechanism, the parachute glides smoothly inside the tower.

USA. Demonstration of summer fashion near a resort establishment.

People are sitting at tables under awnings, models are walking along the side.

A girl in a sports outfit with a straw hat, a girl in a white dress with a racket in her hands, a girl in a dress with a basket of flowers.

Summer outfit with a bolero.

A pilot is photographing a model.

A long bathrobe, a sarafan, elegant long dresses.

Soldiers are sitting among the audience.

A folk male dance in a Romanian village.

Men in national costumes dance in a round dance.

Residents watch the dance, children's faces.

Austria.

Canoeing competition on a river with rapids.

Some boats capsize on the breakers.

The spectators applaud the skill of the rowers.

Freeing the Egyptian obelisk from sandbags and the remains of a wooden frame to protect against bombing in Paris.

Germany.

Destruction in the city as a result of British air raids.

Residents look at the ruins.

Men remove stones and debris.

A view of destroyed garages, collapsed sections of houses.

Traces of bullets and shells on the walls of the houses.

Surviving things are stacked against the wall.

A view of a destroyed room.

Soldiers work on the rubble.

A group of children stands in the street, watching the work.

A decorative detail falls from the roof of a building.

French refugees are returning to their native places, they are in a collection camp.

Women with children are sitting on the ground near carts.

A woman is rocking a stroller, a mother is breastfeeding a child.

Children with a doll.

A girl climbs into a cart where children are already sitting.

Representatives of the German National Socialist Charity Society are handing out canned food to refugees.

Belgium.

Delivery of military supplies to the Western Front.

There are barrels of fuel in the cars, they are being reloaded onto German trucks.

Cranes are working in the port.

German soldiers unload canisters of fuel in a chain from an airplane.

There are German planes on the airfield.

Trucks are driving along the road, a railway bridge.

Road sign: Kraut, Mechelen, Brussels, Mons.

Trucks are driving along a city street, a traffic controller is at his post.

Residents are looking at the passing cars.

France.

French prisoners are being led along a city street, they are in a collection camp.

A group of prisoners is sitting on the ground, playing cards.

A field kitchen is giving hot food to the prisoners.

Colonial soldiers in front of the camera: blacks, Indians.

Black soldiers are dancing and singing in a circle of prisoners.

Belgium.

A top view of broken trains on the railroad tracks, bent rails.

German soldiers pass by piles of locomotive axles.

Restoration work on the railway by local residents under the supervision of German soldiers.

Men carry a rail, lay it on the ground.

Earthworks in a quarry.

Work in a tunnel by members of the Todt organization, welding in progress.

Work on restoring a bridge over a river, a crane carries a bridge truss.

The first train goes along the restored bridge, in front it is decorated with a swastika and a garland.

Paris, Gare du Nord.

Arrival of German military transport.

Soldiers sit in an open carriage near an anti-aircraft gun.

Trains are met by German officers.

Holland.

Pictures of peaceful life under German occupation.

View of the cathedral square, old buildings.

Street traffic in the city, many are riding bicycles.

A narrow old street with passers-by, a nun is walking in the crowd.

Trams are moving around the city.

People are sitting at tables in an outdoor cafe, among them German soldiers.

Market in the square, fruit, vegetables, cheeses, etc. are being sold.

Atlantic coast, France.

Grand Admiral Raeder visits an artillery battery on the coast.

The generals report the situation to him.

Raeder goes to the gun.

The muzzle of the heavy gun, covered with a net, is raised up.

Fortifications are being built in Germany.

A panorama of the huge construction.

Soldiers and civilians doing excavation work, concreting the foundation.

Norway.

View of the bay, ships are in the port.

A German ship shelling English planes.

A German squadron at sea.

German fighters in a counterattack.

Torpedoes are launched from the ship.

A signalman works with flags.