Die Deutsche Wochenschau (UFA-Tonwoche) - Newsreel No. 497 – 14 March 1940

1. Tran and Helle propaganda sketch about promoting heightened vigilance in wartime conditions.

 

2. Japan

 

Snowstorms in Japan.

 

– View of the town in the snow.

 

– Residents are clearing the streets, roofs of houses.

 

– Children pass through a snow tunnel.

 

– Panorama of the street: the snow cover reaches almost the wires on the telegraph poles.

 

– A Japanese man in a straw cloak is coming out of the cleared passageway.

 

2. Germany.

 

Deer against the backdrop of snow-covered forest.

 

– Ranger puts hay in the feeder, the deer come to them.

 

Rescue service in Germany.

 

– View of the cabin rescue service.

 

– Skier brings news of the accident on the track.

 

– Rescuers go on the road, they go skiing on the slopes, climbing up the steep, downhill with mountaineering equipment.

 

– Found injured skier in a crevasse, he put the splint.

 

– Rescuer comes down from the cliff on a rope, holding the victim on his back, below him laid in a sled, down in the valley.

 

Memorial Day in memory of fallen soldiers.

 

– The countryside.

 

– General von Brauchitsch and officers of the Wehrmacht pass through the cemetery past the graves of fallen soldiers from the western front.

 

– Laying a wreath from the General Command of the land forces on the graves of fallen soldiers.

 

– Brauchitsch is saluting.

 

Mourning celebrations in Berlin

 

– At the building Zeughaus lined troops.

 

– At the high porch played by an orchestra.

 

– A group of military leaders- Adolf Hitler, Goering, Admiral Raeder.

 

– Adolf Hitler close-up.

 

– A minute of silence.

 

- Adolf Hitler is on the podium addressing the crowd.

 

– Close-up of the faces of Goring, Brauchitsch, Raeder.

 

– Among the military stand Himmler, Goebbels.

 

– Drummers are playing, soldiers are lowering their banners.

 

– After the rally the Führer and Goering are lined up in front of the troops.

 

– Soldiers, sailors in front of the pantheon on Unter den Linden.

 

– Hess close-up.

 

– Behind the lines of soldiers are residents.

 

– Soldiers carry a large wreath into the pantheon, followed by Hitler, Goering, Roeder, Brauchitsch.

 

– View of the plate in the pantheon.

 

– After laying a wreath, the Führer goes out to the disabled war veterans sitting on the benches, talking to them.

 

– The parade of troops in front of the pantheon.

 

– Standard-bearers, sailors and soldiers.

 

– Close-up of the National Socialist banner.

 

German submarine returns home.

 

– The team stands on deck.

 

– Close-up of Captain Hartmann.

 

– Sailors happy, waving their hands to the sailors on the ship.

 

– The signalman waving flags.

 

– Captain Hartmann descends the gangway, gives his report to the officer.

 

– Sailors are greeted by colleagues, offering cigarettes.

 

– Children are presented with flowers for the sailors.

 

– Hartmann holds a little girl.