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II. Himmler inspects Croatian Waffen SS Volunteer Division. Reichsführer SS, flanked by unit commander, inspects members of newly raised 13.SS-Freiwilligen-bosnisch-herzogowinische Gebirgs-Division (Kroatien) (from June 1944 13th Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Handschar) standing on parade. Men, who wear fezes, are reportedly Moslems from South-Eastern Europe and are undergoing same basic training as Wehrmacht. Himmler talks with helmeted youths and looks along sight of rifle in firing position. Artillerymen manoeuvre weapons into position during exercise before Himmler departs in open car, seated in front seat and giving Hitler salute.
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I. Goering tours West German coal mining district. Reichsmarschall acquaints himself with working and living conditions of miners by seeing coalface six hundred metres below ground, where coal is transported away mechanically, then entering house of mining family. Indoors he chats in relaxed mood with woman. Reich's provision for German workers (Volksgenossen) in wartime, despite enemy's barbaric conduct of war, ensures that Germany's children and mothers have enough to eat; by contrast even in peacetime Britain, before the war, conditions in mining areas were wretched. Emerging from house Goering mingles with miners' children and their mothers, talking to children, lifting up a small girl and allowing at least three official photographers plentiful photo opportunities. Goering, with Generaloberst Loerzer at his side, reportedly talks about significance of maintaining coal output, before stepping into open car and departing to warm send off from mining families, whose children pursue his car. Civil policeman attempts in vain to hold back crowd.
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III. Wehrmacht prepares for Christmas festivities. With the approach of Christmas, soldiers of Luftwaffe Flak battery reserve their festive dinner by placing name shields around necks of ducks, which are fattened up in preparation. German Red Cross sisters pack cases full of presents for soldiers on the Eastern Front; one writes out message "Comrade in the East, a case full of love for Christmas" and one crate is marked Happy Christmas 1943. On the Atlantic Wall soldiers carve wooden toys for children against background of wire protected beach. Others create and play with toys indoors. Elsewhere at an air base men including Hauptmann with Knights Cross and three similarly decorated officers are seen at work with fret saw and finishing toys. Large display of toys prompts remark that even before outbreak of war it would not have been possible to purchase such a range of toys in a large store.
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IV. Berlin Air Defence command centre in action. Staff inside centre await terror attack on Reich capital by British and American air pirates; typed message reports arrival of first wave of planes over Magdeburg, heading for Berlin. Course is plotted on illuminated chart segmented into squares identified by letter codes (Stendal FD, Magdeburg HD). Flak opens fire at night against planes caught in searchlight beam; fighter fires tracer from below at twin-engined bomber in beam which disintegrates in flames. Day shots outside Berlin show widely scattered remains of terror bombers, including tail-fin of B-17 numbered H 23772, wreckage of RAF plane and corpses of four crew lying in field, reflecting heavy price paid by enemy.
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V. Goebbels oversees relief work after Berlin air raid. Reichsminister in his capacity as Reich Defence Commissar and Gauleiter of capital is seated at meeting for briefing his closest collaborators in the NSDAP and its constituent organisations, Wehrmacht, Police and Emergency Services responsible for restoring Berlin to full working order as rapidly as possible. Meeting ends and Goebbels leads way out. Relief work arranged by NSV includes unloading cauldrons from barge and erection of tent shelter. Emergency train Fuchs (with fox emblem) provides soup and food (timetable chalked up on board) to bombed out Berliners; Goebbels personally assures himself that arrangements have been properly carried out and drinks soup from bowl. Reichsminister stands (on raised platform presumably) surrounded by crowd of Berliners; most look grim and only a few smile. Sign identifies Wartburgplatz feeding centre, crowded with diners. Over film of unloading of further supplies by Red Cross nurses, and preparation of sandwiches for bombed out citizens, commentary asserts that no one from the city's four million population is hungry. Boxes of eggs, cigarettes and apples await distribution. Clearing up is also carried out by members of Wehrmacht, who receive orders from officer standing in car before clearing rubble from street (limited view of destruction, no panning). Pair of sculptured military figures from Frederick the Great period appear to look on. Slight damage is reportedly quickly repaired, as glass is cleared from grocer's shop containing food prices (including beet sugar) and planks are sawn to size to board over front of Schultheiss-Deutsche s Beer bar. Sign reads "Café open". Damage to railway tracks and bridges is immediately repaired; gangers work on overhead railway (S-Bahn?). All Berliners reportedly try to overcome transport difficulties to arrive at work by 8 am; car driver drops passenger and others walk and emerge from Underground entrance. Commentary asserts that whole of Berlin has vowed to fight on together, characterised by expression "We won't give in". Tall figure of Berlin city commandant visits scene; filled shopping bags are further proof that food supplies to capital have not been interrupted. Special theatre performance by acrobats and dancers is put on for victims of bombing, most of whom are elderly and some of whom have bandaged heads. Inside Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (scrawled sign on door) Air Warfare Damage Committee meets; similar door signs for G B Bau (Greater Berlin construction ?), Reichsministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, NSV and Oberkommando des Heeres imply that all these organisations are cooperating in relief work. Trucks wait in line while salvaged furniture is loaded onto vehicles. Mutual assistance and an even closer fraternity, have been, as elsewhere in the Reich, the people's response to terror. Mother is helped with her baby (in 1930s design pram) onto Berlin double-decker bus (with advertisement for Quantmeyer und Ecke, 61 Kronenstrasse) and train pulls out of station with evacuees, part of NSDAP's far reaching relief measures. Mothers with their children, seen eating indoors, are well looked after by NSV at homes in regions safe from incendiary and explosive bombs of British and American killer bombers. Back in Berlin Goebbels in white trilby awards medals to rescue workers, including soldier with Gebirgsjäger cap emblem, and chats easily with large jovial women. Commentary affirms that Berlin remains unshaken by British air gangsters and destroyers of residential housing. Berlin Wachregiment parades under Brandenburg Gate down Unter den Linden, showing that life in the capital carries on, and past (famous) Kranzler Restaurant.
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VI. Germans counterattack as winter starts on the Eastern Front. Animated map from Vitebsk to Zaporozhe. Defensive battles are now marked by onset of winter; camera pans from German soldier standing shivering in trench to nearby corpses of Bolsheviks killed in attack on German lines. In area of Dnieper Bend skirted StuG III and Pzkpfw VI Ausf As marked with emblem of 1st SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler move forward for counterattack. Colossal achievement of grenadiers is praised, over film of small unit of men led by soldier with Iron Cross and armed with three egg grenades, stick grenade and MP 40, standing in gently falling snow before trudging off through mud and snow now falling more heavily. 10.5cm le FH 18M opens fire in background. Other grenadiers climb out of trench and trudge forwards to attack; resolute comradeship in arms, typified by one soldier lighting his cigarette from another's, opposes the enemy onslaught; one soldier in foxhole places Panzerhandmine 3 by his side; another is decorated in trench with Iron Cross by his company leader. The face of the German soldier has hardened, claims commentary over determined features of infantryman; T-34 stands shattered and line of soldiers, armed with MG 42, passes by. Meanwhile in
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VII. German forces celebrate capture of Samos and Leros. Animated map of Dodecanese shows Samos and Leros. White flag of capitulation flies on small building ("British citadel") on Leros; destroyed shipping in small harbour and dead (British ?) soldier by gun position reportedly suggest hard battle. German soldiers stand reading Thursday 18 November 1943 edition of Deutsche Nachrichten in Griechenland, paper published in Athens which headlines capture of British base of Leros with 3000 British and 5000 Badoglio Italians. Holder of Oak Leaves Generalleutnant Müller, who led Dodecanese operation, stands with his officers. Meanwhile on Samos soldiers and sailors celebrate victory by drinking famous Samos wine and enjoying locally grown bananas and figs. Prisoners taken on Leros wend way up road before being seen aboard transport ship en route to Greek mainland, where men, including Sikh, disembark for Athens.
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VIII. German minesweepers escort convoy off Atlantic coast. Type 1935 minesweepers steam out of base on Atlantic coast and signal at sea. 2cm Flakvierling opens fire against British fighters which fly low across port area, with tracer fire visible from flak; plane catches fire above sea in distance. Black puffs of flak explosions are visible overhead. At sea minesweepers sail in line astern; score board on focsle of camera ship shows downed enemy twin-engine and single engine planes and torpedo boats, as well as unidentified emblem (Flotilla?). Flotilla's task is to escort German convoy; barrage balloons are prepared and released overhead. Heinkel He 115s, with Blohm und Voss Bv 138 in foreground, take off to strengthen protection and fly low over convoy, before signalling air alarm. Flak on board ship is prepared and bombs fall near vessels (filmed from air). On board convoy vessel sea pours into engine room after near-miss; mascot dog climbs gangway; sailors fix plate over hole. Flakvierling wards off enemy attack (distant crash cut-in) and reusable undercarriage of large plane is lifted from sea. Convoy reportedly completed voyage without loss; R-boats astern.
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I. Goering tours West German coal mining district. Reichsmarschall acquaints himself with working and living conditions of miners by seeing coalface six hundred metres below ground, where coal is transported away mechanically, then entering house of mining family. Indoors he chats in relaxed mood with woman. Reich's provision for German workers (Volksgenossen) in wartime, despite enemy's barbaric conduct of war, ensures that Germany's children and mothers have enough to eat; by contrast even in peacetime Britain, before the war, conditions in mining areas were wretched. Emerging from house Goering mingles with miners' children and their mothers, talking to children, lifting up a small girl and allowing at least three official photographers plentiful photo opportunities. Goering, with Generaloberst Loerzer at his side, reportedly talks about significance of maintaining coal output, before stepping into open car and departing to warm send off from mining families, whose children pursue his car. Civil policeman attempts in vain to hold back crowd.
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II. Himmler inspects Croatian Waffen SS Volunteer Division. Reichsführer SS, flanked by unit commander, inspects members of newly raised 13.SS-Freiwilligen-bosnisch-herzogowinische Gebirgs-Division (Kroatien) (from June 1944 13th Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Handschar) standing on parade. Men, who wear fezes, are reportedly Moslems from South-Eastern Europe and are undergoing same basic training as Wehrmacht. Himmler talks with helmeted youths and looks along sight of rifle in firing position. Artillerymen manoeuvre weapons into position during exercise before Himmler departs in open car, seated in front seat and giving Hitler salute.
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III. Wehrmacht prepares for Christmas festivities. With the approach of Christmas, soldiers of Luftwaffe Flak battery reserve their festive dinner by placing name shields around necks of ducks, which are fattened up in preparation. German Red Cross sisters pack cases full of presents for soldiers on the Eastern Front; one writes out message "Comrade in the East, a case full of love for Christmas" and one crate is marked Happy Christmas 1943. On the Atlantic Wall soldiers carve wooden toys for children against background of wire protected beach. Others create and play with toys indoors. Elsewhere at an air base men including Hauptmann with Knights Cross and three similarly decorated officers are seen at work with fret saw and finishing toys. Large display of toys prompts remark that even before outbreak of war it would not have been possible to purchase such a range of toys in a large store.
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IV. Berlin Air Defence command centre in action. Staff inside centre await terror attack on Reich capital by British and American air pirates; typed message reports arrival of first wave of planes over Magdeburg, heading for Berlin. Course is plotted on illuminated chart segmented into squares identified by letter codes (Stendal FD, Magdeburg HD). Flak opens fire at night against planes caught in searchlight beam; fighter fires tracer from below at twin-engined bomber in beam which disintegrates in flames. Day shots outside Berlin show widely scattered remains of terror bombers, including tail-fin of B-17 numbered H 23772, wreckage of RAF plane and corpses of four crew lying in field, reflecting heavy price paid by enemy.
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V. Goebbels oversees relief work after Berlin air raid. Reichsminister in his capacity as Reich Defence Commissar and Gauleiter of capital is seated at meeting for briefing his closest collaborators in the NSDAP and its constituent organisations, Wehrmacht, Police and Emergency Services responsible for restoring Berlin to full working order as rapidly as possible. Meeting ends and Goebbels leads way out. Relief work arranged by NSV includes unloading cauldrons from barge and erection of tent shelter. Emergency train Fuchs (with fox emblem) provides soup and food (timetable chalked up on board) to bombed out Berliners; Goebbels personally assures himself that arrangements have been properly carried out and drinks soup from bowl. Reichsminister stands (on raised platform presumably) surrounded by crowd of Berliners; most look grim and only a few smile. Sign identifies Wartburgplatz feeding centre, crowded with diners. Over film of unloading of further supplies by Red Cross nurses, and preparation of sandwiches for bombed out citizens, commentary asserts that no one from the city's four million population is hungry. Boxes of eggs, cigarettes and apples await distribution. Clearing up is also carried out by members of Wehrmacht, who receive orders from officer standing in car before clearing rubble from street (limited view of destruction, no panning). Pair of sculptured military figures from Frederick the Great period appear to look on. Slight damage is reportedly quickly repaired, as glass is cleared from grocer's shop containing food prices (including beet sugar) and planks are sawn to size to board over front of Schultheiss-Deutsche s Beer bar. Sign reads "Café open". Damage to railway tracks and bridges is immediately repaired; gangers work on overhead railway (S-Bahn?). All Berliners reportedly try to overcome transport difficulties to arrive at work by 8 am; car driver drops passenger and others walk and emerge from Underground entrance. Commentary asserts that whole of Berlin has vowed to fight on together, characterised by expression "We won't give in". Tall figure of Berlin city commandant visits scene; filled shopping bags are further proof that food supplies to capital have not been interrupted. Special theatre performance by acrobats and dancers is put on for victims of bombing, most of whom are elderly and some of whom have bandaged heads. Inside Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (scrawled sign on door) Air Warfare Damage Committee meets; similar door signs for G B Bau (Greater Berlin construction ?), Reichsministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, NSV and Oberkommando des Heeres imply that all these organisations are cooperating in relief work. Trucks wait in line while salvaged furniture is loaded onto vehicles. Mutual assistance and an even closer fraternity, have been, as elsewhere in the Reich, the people's response to terror. Mother is helped with her baby (in 1930s design pram) onto Berlin double-decker bus (with advertisement for Quantmeyer und Ecke, 61 Kronenstrasse) and train pulls out of station with evacuees, part of NSDAP's far reaching relief measures. Mothers with their children, seen eating indoors, are well looked after by NSV at homes in regions safe from incendiary and explosive bombs of British and American killer bombers. Back in Berlin Goebbels in white trilby awards medals to rescue workers, including soldier with Gebirgsjäger cap emblem, and chats easily with large jovial women. Commentary affirms that Berlin remains unshaken by British air gangsters and destroyers of residential housing. Berlin Wachregiment parades under Brandenburg Gate down Unter den Linden, showing that life in the capital carries on, and past (famous) Kranzler Restaurant.
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VI. Germans counterattack as winter starts on the Eastern Front. Animated map from Vitebsk to Zaporozhe. Defensive battles are now marked by onset of winter; camera pans from German soldier standing shivering in trench to nearby corpses of Bolsheviks killed in attack on German lines. In area of Dnieper Bend skirted StuG III and Pzkpfw VI Ausf As marked with emblem of 1st SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler move forward for counterattack. Colossal achievement of grenadiers is praised, over film of small unit of men led by soldier with Iron Cross and armed with three egg grenades, stick grenade and MP 40, standing in gently falling snow before trudging off through mud and snow now falling more heavily. 10.5cm le FH 18M opens fire in background. Other grenadiers climb out of trench and trudge forwards to attack; resolute comradeship in arms, typified by one soldier lighting his cigarette from another's, opposes the enemy onslaught; one soldier in foxhole places Panzerhandmine 3 by his side; another is decorated in trench with Iron Cross by his company leader. The face of the German soldier has hardened, claims commentary over determined features of infantryman; T-34 stands shattered and line of soldiers, armed with MG 42, passes by. Meanwhile in
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VII. German forces celebrate capture of Samos and Leros. Animated map of Dodecanese shows Samos and Leros. White flag of capitulation flies on small building ("British citadel") on Leros; destroyed shipping in small harbour and dead (British ?) soldier by gun position reportedly suggest hard battle. German soldiers stand reading Thursday 18 November 1943 edition of Deutsche Nachrichten in Griechenland, paper published in Athens which headlines capture of British base of Leros with 3000 British and 5000 Badoglio Italians. Holder of Oak Leaves Generalleutnant Müller, who led Dodecanese operation, stands with his officers. Meanwhile on Samos soldiers and sailors celebrate victory by drinking famous Samos wine and enjoying locally grown bananas and figs. Prisoners taken on Leros wend way up road before being seen aboard transport ship en route to Greek mainland, where men, including Sikh, disembark for Athens.
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VIII. German minesweepers escort convoy off Atlantic coast. Type 1935 minesweepers steam out of base on Atlantic coast and signal at sea. 2cm Flakvierling opens fire against British fighters which fly low across port area, with tracer fire visible from flak; plane catches fire above sea in distance. Black puffs of flak explosions are visible overhead. At sea minesweepers sail in line astern; score board on focsle of camera ship shows downed enemy twin-engine and single engine planes and torpedo boats, as well as unidentified emblem (Flotilla?). Flotilla's task is to escort German convoy; barrage balloons are prepared and released overhead. Heinkel He 115s, with Blohm und Voss Bv 138 in foreground, take off to strengthen protection and fly low over convoy, before signalling air alarm. Flak on board ship is prepared and bombs fall near vessels (filmed from air). On board convoy vessel sea pours into engine room after near-miss; mascot dog climbs gangway; sailors fix plate over hole. Flakvierling wards off enemy attack (distant crash cut-in) and reusable undercarriage of large plane is lifted from sea. Convoy reportedly completed voyage without loss; R-boats astern.
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35mm