Tuesday, 22 November 2022

Die Deutsche Wochenschau – Newsreel No. 537 – 18 December 1940


1. Poland.

 

Governor General’s Office.

 

– Rest house of German soldiers in the High Tatras, here they can improve their health before returning to the front.

 

– Games, physical exercise in the air.

 

– The soldiers on the walk.

 

– View of the Tatras.

 

– Physical exercises, a competition in tug-of-war.

 

2. Eastern Front.

 

Supreme Commander of the land forces, Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch inspects the winter quarters of the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front.

 

– With officers he walks around the positions.

 

– Gun crews at the gun, pointing the gun.

 

– The general examines the barracks, which have been improved to keep out the cold.

 

– He talks with soldiers, officers.

 

3. Romania.

 

Bucharest.

 

– Military parade in honour of Romania’s accession to the Axis countries, which takes Romanian King Mihai I and General Ion Antonescu.

 

– Passage of the columns.

 

– Guests of honour.

 

– Air parade.

 

– Motorized infantry, artillery, tanks.

 

4. Norway.

 

Construction of roads with German assistance.

 

– The grand opening of the road Oslo-Bergen.

 

– Flags of Norway and Germany in Geilo.

 

– The orchestra plays.

 

– Along the road moving cars.

 

In the north of Norway.

 

– Arrival of the ship with food.

 

– Unloading of fruit and vegetables for the army for a long winter.

 

– Soldiers walk in the local town, talk to residents, make purchases from the market.

 

– A soldier with a girl in his arms.

 

– A soldier milking a cow, the local women laugh.

 

– German soldiers are cleaning horses, carts on horseback riding on snow.

 

The ceremony of new German recruits in Oslo.

 

– There is a military band, marching soldiers.

 

– Lines on the field, taking the oath.

 

– Awarding soldiers who have distinguished themselves in battles for Norway, the Iron Cross.

 

5. France.

 

Restoration of the railway line Paris-Strasbourg.

 

– Drawing of a railway bridge, the finished bridge.

 

– Military engineers inspect the bridge, help to start the railway movement.

 

– There comes a train.

 

– In the carriages - German officers, civilians.

 

Meeting of deputies in Paris, in the premises of the Chamber of Deputies.

 

– Scene of inflammatory speeches against Germany.

 

– Alfred Rosenberg, chief of the foreign policy of the NSDAP, arrives at a special session and makes a speech about the liberation of France by Germany.

 

The collection of winter clothes in Paris for the population of the former border areas at the call of Marshal Pétain.

 

– Young people take things, puts them on carts.

 

6. Germany.

 

Wounded German soldiers on Christmas Eve make toys for children.

 

– Wooden clowns, moving cockerels, ships.

 

– The National Socialist Women’s Organization with children visiting the wounded in the hospital.

 

– The children sing Christmas carols.

 

– The soldier is talking to a girl.

 

German shipyard.

 

– Construction of warships.

 

– Hull of a submarine in the scaffolding.

 

– Welding, riveting, painting.

 

– The descent of the submarine into the water.

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