Die Deutsche Wochenschau – Newsreel No. 719 – 14 June 1944

1. Atlantic.

June 6, 1944 - the date of historic significance.

– Newspaper headlines. „Under pressure from Moscow, the British and Americans have begun long ago publicized offensive.“

– Berliners at newsstands and pedestals read newspapers.

– The announcer speaks of repelling the invasion.

France Map of the Coast.

– In the first hours after midnight June 6, the Allied campaign begins.

– The enemy starts simultaneous bombardment of the coast and a landing in the bay of the Seine large landing.

– German observation post.

– German patrol boats to notice the approaching enemy and transmitting the message further.

– German radio station.

– Alarm announcement in military units and bunkers.

– The batteries of heavy artillery and anti-aircraft gunners firing at the enemy bombers and airborne units.

– Tracer bullets and explosions light up the night.

– Assault infantry units are preparing for a meeting with the aircraft landed from the enemy.

– The bombardment of Americans.

– Night shootout.

2. Start the day.

– German observers.

– The outposts report on approaching the fence line of the major forces of the enemy squadron.

– German coastal artillery and warships are firing on the Allied fleet.

– There is a shootout between the coastal artillery and naval guns.

Enemy landing craft approaching the mouth of the Orne.

– Landed Anglo-American troops are subjected to continuous bombardment.

– The German troops and tanks, supported by artillery of all kinds are going to meet the enemy.

– Damaged US landing craft.

– Fragments of fierce fighting in the area of ​​Caen and Bayeux.

– Tanks and German reserve units advancing on the enemy.

– Forest area, where 1,000 US Marines landed, surrounded.

– View of the American transport plane, which crashed into a tree.

– On the tree hanging parachute pilots are dead.

– After heavy fighting US Marines captive out of the woods.

– They were without food or water for three days.

– American shows something to the Germans on the map.

– Downed US transport planes.

– From the plane pulled in disguise, fully equipped American radioavtomobil.

– Prisoners Scots Canadians.

– A crowd of prisoners.

The emergence of American bombers.

– Shoot the German anti-aircraft guns.

– The bombing by the Americans the French city of Caen.

3. Atlantic.

German anti-aircraft gunners fired at US planes.

– German fighter planes in flight.

– Shoot guns.

– Crumbled house from a direct hit.

– Air battle, drops an American bomber.

Caen City in ruins.

– View of the surviving tower with an angel.

– Residents leaving the city.

– The Germans on the streets.

– German tanks on the highway.

– German SS Panzer Division „Hitler Youth“ in the fighting.

– With the help of field artillery shot down an enemy tank.

– Heavy fighting.

First fertile Normandy landscape destroyed by ruthless military intervention.

– German soldiers go to meet them, surrendering captured Americans.

– „Sherman“ Broken American tanks.

– Potholes on the fire on the armour of tanks, shirt is a Canadian soldier.

– The division commander in the car toured the battlefield.

– Grenadiers of SS and motorized units are moving forward.

– German soldiers in the grain field.

– The German tanks are going forward.

Speaker of the resistance to the aggressors.

German soldiers in street fighting in the town of Bayeux.