Tonwoche № 691 (1944)

Newsreel №64062, 2 parts, duration: 0:17:04, black-white
Production: UFA

Reel №1

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Prague.

November 14, 1944 there was held the constituent assembly Russian Peoples Liberation Committee.

General Vlasov, accompanied by Minister of State Frank bypasses system honor guard, enters the building.

Before the series with the peoples of Russia are tables with the current members of the committee.

The oldest member of the committee, Professor Rudnev opens the meeting and invites the Vlasov's candidacy as chairman of the committee.

Unanimously elected Vlasov takes the place of the Chairman.

He read out a welcoming message from the German side, in particular, one speaker Vlasov sends greeting from Himmler.

Vlasov read out the agenda: approval of the manifesto, approval of the Committee and election of members of the committee.

Vlasov read out the text of the manifesto (synchronously), all clap.

Vlasov Frank shakes his hand, they leave the courtroom.

Key words

Czechoslovakia, 1944, World War 2, the assembly, ROA, military leaders, celebrities, state. figures

Reel №2

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The suppression of the uprising in Slovakia.

German troops occupied the last bastion of the rebels, the city Noyzel.

In celebration of the liberation of the city come Slovak President Dr.

Tiso and the commander of German troops in Slovakia, SS General Epple.

They drive the car in the city, the population welcomes them.

Tiso circumvents formation of soldiers, stands on the podium with Epple.

President makes a speech to returning to the city residents and thanked the German troops for a quick and decisive assistance.

It awards the German soldiers who had distinguished themselves in the suppression of the uprising.

Parade of German troops.

The head of Croatia Ante Pavelic opens an exhibition of Croatian artists in Agram, which acquaints visitors with the work of the Croatian people.

Landscapes.

In German plants, in practice, used by the workers themselves invented the means of labor safety protection.

Thick plate protects the worker from the press.

Long hair in women, which may be the cause of the accident, covered with special helmets.

Protect the device on the lathe, women work.

German young people engaged in gliding.

The boys are trained to launch gliders on the ground.

In the sky there is a foreign car, sits down on the pitch.

The boys run to the plane, in the cabin one of the best German pilots Lt.

Col.

Baumbach.

Together with the guys he plays sports, then tells them about the front.

German swimmers demolition.

Medical check before surgery.

Boys wear costumes on wool suit pull the rubber, and over more gray protective overalls, woolen hat, breathing apparatus and fins.

September 28 they blew the bridge at Nijmegen over the river Waal in Holland.

Swimmers go into the water, the explosion in the night.

The map points in the Netherlands: Nijmegen, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Antwerp.

Throughout the Western Front allies went on the offensive, trying to undermine the German front.

American planes "Leydning" system bombed village.

German soldiers in the forest.

By aircrafts hit German anti-aircraft guns.

In the sky the trail from the burning plane, it falls to the ground, explodes.

German fighters to repel the attacks of the enemy.

Falls American plane.

East Prussia.

Map: items Gumbinnen, Majdaneks, Nemmersdorfs, Rominten, Goldap.

The new division of the German national youth inflict crushing blows to the enemy.

With the support of the German assault guns grenadiers fight off the attack of Soviet tanks in the forest area.

Go German soldiers with bazookas.

In the village burning houses.

Shoot anti-tank guns of the Germans.

Broken Soviet tanks, numerous holes in the armor.

Counterattack German troops supported by artillery eliminated local breakout.

Go German tanks.

Fierce fighting continued into the night, six-barreled mortar fire lights up in the dark.

Key words

Slovakia, 1944, World War 2, the state. figures, celebrities, generals, the SS people, the parade
Croatia 1944, World War 2, the state. figures, personalities, art exhibition
Germany, in 1944, World War 2, industry, safety
Germany, in 1944, young people, ballooning, personalities
Germany, in 1944, World War 2, swimmers, demolition, river
Holland 1944, world war 2, Air Force bombing
East Prussia, in 1944, World War 2, youth, artillery, tanks

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