Wednesday 22 February 2023

Die Deutsche Wochenschau – Newsreel No. 545 – 12 February 1941


1. Hungary.

 

Budapest.

 

– The funeral of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary.

 

– The funeral ceremony in the Dome Hall of Parliament.

 

– Regent Horthy at the ceremony.

 

– Bear the coffin of the deceased.

 

2. Germany.

 

Berlin, the reception by the Führer Japanese Ambassador Kuruzu on his departure home.

 

– Adolf Hitler and the ambassador for a conversation.

 

3. Japan.

 

Manoeuvres in one of the military units.

 

– The soldiers with sheepdogs.

 

– On the road going trucks with soldiers, motorcyclists.

 

– The use of dogs to transmit emergency messages in battle.

 

– Soldiers with dogs.

 

4. Norway.

 

Visit Reichsjugendführer (the leader of the Hitler Youth) Arthur Axman in Norway.

 

– Meeting at the airport in Oslo.

 

– Axman welcomes Quisling’s youth, girls bring flowers.

 

– Axman lays wreaths at the cemetery of German heroes in Oslo.

 

Oslo, the German soldiers go to winter sports.

 

– Soldiers are skiing and skating.

 

6. Prague.

 

Reichsprotector von Neurath and the head of the Protectorate RAD (Imperial Labour Service) walk around the guard of honour of the RAD units. Concert in honour of Neurath and the head of the RAD. The orchestra plays, the audience sways to the beat of the music.

 

7. Lower Silesia – Celebrations on the occasion of the entry into office of the Lower Silesia Gauleiter Karl Hanke.

 

– Solemn meeting.

 

– Speech by Rudolf Hess.

 

– Presentation of the letter of appointment (Ernennungskunde).

 

8. Upper Silesia – Solemn ceremony in Katowice on the occasion of the assumption of office by the Upper Silesian Gauleiter, Fritz Bracht.

 

– Speech by Rudolf Hess.

 

– Presentation of the letter of appointment to the post.

 

9. Germany.

 

Gifts for children collected during the so-called “Wunschkonzert” - concerts on request for the Wehrmacht.

 

The captain of one of the submarines and her crew on vacation in the mountains.

 

– Skiing, downhill.

 

– Outdoor games, wrestling.

 

Berlin, Palace of Sports.

 

– Solemn meeting in honour of the German submariners.

 

– Speeches by commanders of the boats distinguished themselves in battles against England.

 

Manoeuvres of the regiment “Greater Germany”.

 

– Moves motorized infantry.

 

– Reruns on the ground.

 

– Machine gunners are firing, firing guns.

 

– The infantrymen move to new positions, they haul guns.

 

– The commander looks through the slot in the cannon, gives instructions to his soldiers.

 

– Tanks go on the attack, followed by infantry.

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