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Die Deutsche Wochenschau – Newsreel No. 630, 30 September 1942


1. Africa.

 

Loading ships bound for Africa in an Italian port.

 

Loading wagons and locomotives.

 

Ships of the Italian escort convoy at sea.

 

Appearance of a British aircraft.

 

Gunfire.

 

Anti-aircraft guns firing.

 

A downed British aircraft on fire.

 

An Italian aircraft in the air.

 

An Italian ship.

 

Arrival at the port of destination.

 

Special ferries deliver cargo to land.

 

Unloading sheep, barrels of fuel, and other cargo.

 

A truck leaves with its cargo.

 

Unloading of a locomotive and carriages.

 

The locomotive is placed on mobile tyres, on which it will be delivered to the coastal railway station.

 

The train with its cargo sets off for El Alamein.

 

A caravan of camels passes by.

 

The train is on its way along the Egyptian coastal railway.

 

Provisions and other cargo are unloaded at one of the units.

 

Field Marshal Rommel, Field Marshal Kesselring and other officers discuss the military situation.

 

A car with pilots arrives, Captain Marseilles reports to Rommel that he has shot down 168 aircraft to date.

 

A souvenir photo.

 

A German aircraft takes off (night shot).

 

Flight to Alexandria, a powerful British fortress in the Nile Delta.

 

Numerous ammunition depots in Alexandria are on fire (shot from the plane).

 

2. The Atlantic coast of Europe.

 

A Japanese submarine approaches a German naval base.

 

During a joint naval operation, the countries that signed the Tripartite Naval Pact came into contact with active

 

During a joint naval operation, the countries that signed the Tripartite Naval Pact came into contact with German submarines operating in Atlantic waters - the ‘wolf pack’.

 

The crew on board.

 

Meeting with Japanese allies.

 

Commander-in-Chief of the German submarine fleet, Admiral Dönitz, visits Japanese sailors.

 

He inspects the formation.

 

Presentation of flowers.

 

Report of the captain of the Japanese submarine to Grand Admiral Raeder.

 

The Japanese ship will undergo repairs in a German submarine bunker.

 

Japanese submariners hold a solemn reception for their German comrades.

 

Presentation of a souvenir: dolls in kimonos.

 

Sports performances and games.

 

Japanese wrestling.

 

3. The crew of a German submarine returns to their home port after a successful voyage.

 

The boat of Captain 3rd Rank Ernst Kals, who has sunk 16 merchant ships to date.

 

Ernst Kals has been awarded the Knight's Cross.

 

Another boat approaches the shore. Captain 3rd Rank Klaus Scholtz smiles among the crew on deck. His achievements total 176,000 tonnes.

 

He has been awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.

 

4. USSR. Eastern Front.

 

Finnish airfield on the coast of the Arctic Ocean.

 

In the German section.

 

Preparing for the operation.

 

Technicians carry shells on a trolley, one of which has the inscription: Murmansk.

 

Loading bombs.

 

Machine gun belts are loaded for the aircraft's weapons.

 

Pilots receive their assignments and check their watches.

 

The planes take off.

 

Destination: Murmansk.

 

A real dog barks near the planes with a dog painted on them.

 

5. USSR. Murmansk region.

 

Aircraft in the air, bombing of the Murmansk port.

 

Fragments of combat with Soviet fighters, explosions.

 

6. USSR. In the Stalingrad region.

 

Flight unit, Focke-Wulf reconnaissance aircraft take off.

 

View of Stalingrad.

 

The observer pilot accurately determines the location of the enemy's defence line.

 

He puts the reconnaissance data in a case and throws it to the artillery battery, where the data is marked on a map.

 

German guns fire.

 

Infantry on the approaches to Stalingrad, the city is surrounded on all sides.

 

The only Soviet tank that managed to break through to the front line is destroyed by a direct hit.

 

German soldiers in a trench.

 

Fierce tank battle on the approaches to Stalingrad.

 

Tanks in the vicinity of the city.

 

They are moving forward.

 

The great battle for the city has turned into small skirmishes.

 

Destroyed Soviet tanks.

 

Burning houses.

 

Charred stove pipes.

 

German soldiers in Stalingrad.

 

The city is shelled from aircraft and artillery.

 

7. USSR. Caucasian Front.

 

View of Mount Elbrus, camp of German mountain troops.

 

Soldiers going about their daily business.

 

A group of riflemen set off on their journey; they are in the mountains, walking along mountain paths.

 

Combat position at the top of the mountain; riflemen climb to the summit.

 

Firefight with Soviet troops.

 

Machine gun and mortar fire.

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