Tuesday 12 July 2022

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (UFA-Tonwoche) – Newsreel No. 518 – 07 August 1940


1. Germany.

 

Event of the German Red Cross.

 

– Speeches artists and acrobats to holidaymakers one of the resorts.

 

– Air acrobats climbing on a pole, aerial gymnast rolls on a rope on the wheel.

 

– The audience, among them many soldiers.

 

– Comic number on a rope: acrobat sitting on a chair at the table with a samovar, the chair falls down.

 

– Acrobats are walking on high with a feather in their hands.

 

2. Germany, Berlin.

 

Carl Hagenbeck Circus, the name above the entrance.

 

– Circus performance

 

– Performance for wounded soldiers and vacationers.

 

– Tamed horses, elephants, tigers.

 

– Acrobats jumping up from the board.

 

– The grateful audience.

 

3. Germany.

 

Boarding house for women.

 

– Sports.

 

– Girls jump high, do gymnastics, shot put, do exercises with hoops.

 

4. Germany.

 

The Great German Exhibition of 1940 in Munich.

 

– Opens the door, directly opposite the entrance is a triptych: in the center is a large portrait of Hitler, on the sides of the images of two soldiers.

 

– Exhibits: genre paintings, sculptures.

 

5. Germany.

 

One of the laboratories, developing new models of tanks.

 

– Drawing of a new tank.

 

– Laboratory staff at work.

 

– In a factory that manufactures tanks.

 

– Production of parts of tanks.

 

– Workers at the machines.

 

– Grinding and machining parts.

 

– Show machines in the spirit of German expressionist cinema.

 

– Assembly shop, is the assembly of tanks.

 

– Individual operations on the assembly.

 

– Workers at work.

 

– General view of the workshop from above.

 

– The crane lowers the tank hull, workers take it, assemble, works welder.

 

– The tanks are ready for assembly.

 

– Ready-made tanks leave the shop and go to the testing ground.

 

– Tanks on the road.

 

– Tests on rough terrain.

 

– The tank hits the camera.

 

– Work at the plant continues.

 

– Workers in the shop.

 

– During breaks workers and workers perform complex exercises.

 

6. Germany.

 

Hamburg district Barmbek, street traffic, riding a streetcar, passers-by leisurely stroll along the sidewalk, stands a man with a bike.

 

– Consequences of the bombing of this area of the city by British aircraft.

 

– Destroyed house, broken windows.

 

– Members of the press visiting Hamburg to ensure the falsity of claims the British press on the destruction of Hamburg. panorama of the city from the observation deck.

 

– Journalists make notes in notebooks.

 

7. Germany.

 

View of trophy orders in a huge pile captured from French soldiers.

 

– A close-up of several orders in the palm of his hand.

 

– Order for the Capture of Hamburg.

 

– French prisoners of war at the harvest in Germany, they are stacking ears of wheat into stacks.

 

8. Occupied territory of France.

 

Prisoners of war are loading various materials for shipment to Germany from the warehouse in the wagons: metal ingots, timber, pipes, etc.

 

– Restoration of the destroyed lines of high voltage.

 

– Bomb squad at work.

 

– Demolition of the ruins of buildings destroyed in the war.

 

– Loading debris and garbage on the vehicles.

 

– Awarding the iron crosses to members of the French campaign.

 

– The general bypasses formation of soldiers.

 

– Sergeant Nelke receives the Iron Cross.

 

– Story of the soldiers in the woods, non-commissioned officer Kalkov was awarded the Iron Cross for undermining the bunker.

 

9. Jersey Island, the coat of arms on the facade of the building.

 

Territory of the British base on Jersey Island in the English Channel, captured by the Germans.

 

– Office of the British Air Force base. The building of the German commandant’s office, stands sentry.

 

– The streets of the city, an English police officer opens the door of the car, out of the German officers go to the commandant’s office.

 

– The car carries a flag with the inscription: Commandant.

 

– Streets, double-decker buses.

 

– German soldiers standing near the British “bobby”, smiling.

 

– German posts guarding the island and the base.

 

10. Germany.

 

German submarine returns to base after another raid.

 

– Boats in the harbour.

 

– Mooring the boat.

 

– Rear Admiral Doenitz awarded the submariners iron crosses.

 

– Handshake.

 

11. German military airfield.

 

Refuelling planes.

 

German pilot on vacation.

 

– The pilots read, sunbathe, play chess, golf.

 

– The dog at the airfield.

 

– Landing combat aircraft.

 

– Pilots welcome friends.

 

Playback film shot by a reconnaissance aircraft.

 

– Plans for the next operation in the headquarters.

 

– The pilots sit down by car.

 

– Aircraft with automatic movie camera.

 

– The engines are turned on, the planes take off.

 

The squadron headed toward England.

 

– Planes in the air.

 

– Seen the court in the English Channel.

 

– The sinking of an English ship.

 

– English coast.

 

– The bombs are flying at the target.

 

– Planes dive, explosions.

 

– Fires in English territory.

 

12. Propaganda film.

 

A certain fat man arrives with a suitcase and forgets about it in a musical instrument store.

 

– He buys a grand piano and completely forgets about the suitcase.

 

– Remembering, he opens the suitcase.

 

– The potatoes in the case are spoiled.

 

– The moral of the story: It is necessary to treat food carefully and not to allow it to spoil.

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