Tonwoche №651 (1944)

Newsreel №64037, 2 parts, Duration: 0:16:21 B/W
Studio UFA

Reel №1

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A circus performance for Russian workers at a large German factory.

A pair dance on roller skates.

Six girls perform on bicycles, performing various figures.

A man on a bicycle does gymnastic exercises, then rides on one wheel.

Celebrations in Barcelona on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the liberation from the "red terror".

A service in Victoria Square.

General Moscardo attaches a ribbon to the banner, then awards the officers on behalf of Generalissimo Franco.

A parade of troops in front of the general.

Residents watch, raising their hands in a fascist salute.

Horse races for the city's grand prize took place in the city of Nice.

The fashions of the coming season were also demonstrated here.

A hippodrome, models walk among the crowd.

Steeplechase races over a distance of 4,300 meters.

Spectators look through binoculars.

The jockey on the horse Ornado wins.

Bicycle races for the Grand Prix of Belgium.

After 10 laps, Sheeran and Gosselin showed the same result.

Gosselin won the final race and was awarded the prize.

Competition in Berlin for the title of hockey masters, a meeting of the Berlin and Klagenfurt team clubs.

Moments of the game.

Among the spectators are soldiers on vacation.

The Berlin club wins with a score of 7:4.

Keywords

Germany, 1944, migrant workers, circus, concert, factory, Spain, 1944, celebrations, military leaders, personalities, awarding, parade, France, 1944, hippodrome, horse racing, fashion, Belgium, 1944, sport, bicycle racing, personalities, Germany, 1944, sport, hockey

Reel №2

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Grand Admiral Doenitz delivers a speech to sailors at one of the German naval bases.

Doenitz inspects the formation of submariners, presents awards to the crew members. 7. Italy.

Military operations in southern Italy in the area of Nettuno and Aprilia.

German units, motorized artillery, and tanks drive through the city streets.

German heavy guns are installed in mountain positions.

Soldiers run in the forest.

Guns fire.

Shells fly over a military cemetery with crosses.

Aprilia, a city at the foot of the Albanian Mountains, had already been in the hands of Anglo-American troops, but it was recaptured.

The Americans lost a battalion of elite units.

View of a camouflaged German observation post.

Soldiers carry shells, load a gun, and fire.

Combat point of an anti-aircraft battery.

Headquarters, officers at the map.

English and American prisoners are unloaded from trucks in Rome.

Prisoners march past the Colosseum.

The column is accompanied by German guards and Italian motorized police.

Residents look at the column.

Map: Dnieper, the cities of Vitebsk and Zhitomir.

One general introduced a custom of sending seasoned German soldiers from the front lines on leave to the rear for a few days.

The soldiers are seen off by their comrades, they get into trucks.

The general wishes them a good rest.

After the session near the cinema, the vacationers receive gifts: cigarettes, canned goods, chocolate.

Vitebsk is a city in the center of battles.

Cars are driving along the city street, churches are visible in the distance.

A traffic controller at his post.

A sign with many inscriptions.

Buses with soldiers are driving.

Boarding train cars.

The railway station and commandant's office in Vitebsk, soldiers are getting off.

A soldier is looking at a board with a poster for sessions of the newsreel "Wochenschau" near the front-line theater.

The publishing house of the front-line newspaper, a soldier is getting off with the newspaper "Panzerfaust" in his hands.

A column of trucks is driving along the road.

A German messenger on a motorcycle is riding through snowy and icy terrain.

Soldiers are sleeping in a dugout, a messenger arrives.

A battle group is raised on alert.

This group is intended as the next shift for the front line.

Soldiers are washing, eating, walking through the forest.

Observers in camouflage suits.

Infantry is making its way through the ruins.

Enemy tanks are advancing, anti-aircraft artillery is firing at them.

A tank is burning.

The fighting continues until dark.

Flashes of fire in the night.

Keywords

Germany, 1944, World War 2, military leaders, personalities, Navy, awarding, Italy, 1944, World War 2, troops, tanks, artillery, prisoners, Eastern Front, 1944, World War 2, soldiers' vacation, movie, rail transport, frontline press, tanks, artillery

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