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II. Estonians answer national call-up. Estonia's Landesdirektor Dr May (?) broadcasts general call-up announcement, also communicated by wall poster. Estonian males, who will provide ten thousand new fighters against Bolshevism, register at indoor centre and then undergo medical and eyesight tests. Outside, peasants arrive by horse and cart to register.
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I. Philippines Independence Day parade. Philippines flag flies as national (Volksturm) and student groups march past parade stand before Filipono national leaders (President Laurel in background ?) and senior representatives of the Japanese authorities (smiling white-collared Japanese in foreground standing before Nippon microphone). White-suited cameraman pans across parade bearing banners from various parts of the country (Lalawigan, Leyte, Cagayan, Bataan, Cavite, etc.)
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III. German exchange shops do flourishing trade. Window of one of shops established in many German towns to satisfy people's need for goods in fifth year of war displays items offered for barter: electric fire in exchange for linoleum, an accordion for radio or typewriter. Customers indoors select clothes, suitcase, leather breeches and footwear and assistant writes out docket, in accordance with officially authorised regulations. Small girl hankers after doll.
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IV. German ice-hockey championship final. Brandenburg defeat Berlin team 4-3 in match played on outdoor ring and watched by spectators including servicemen and many women.
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V. Herding reindeer in Lapland. Large herd of reindeer are mustered in snow in Lapland (Norway or Finland?) and individual animals lassoed for subsequent slaughter (not shown).
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VI. Germans use dog-sledges for supplies on Lapland front. Huskies play important role in transporting supplies across snow wastes of Lapland (Norway or Finland?), pulling small sledges loaded with supplies and watched over by soldiers on skis.
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VII. Off-duty German soldiers make toys for home front. Soldiers at (unspecified) front spend leisure hours crafting variety of wooden toys for children in Germany, including those evacuated or bombed out of their homes. Nurses in German Red Cross uniforms admire their handiwork.
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VIII. German heavy bombers prepare to attack London. Heinkel He 177 heavy bomber stands on airfield and is prepared for raid: engine cowling is replaced, gun turrets checked and bomb raised into rack and engines started. Inside the air station Gruppe (Kampfgeschwader 100 ?) commander wearing Knights Cross and German Cross in Gold stands over map with other officers making final plans; meteorologist provides weather forecast and crews receive final briefing for apparently multi-pronged attack on London; navigators plot course and synchronise watches before start of mission (not filmed). Oberleutnant returns through darkness after having completed 100 flights over England, as indicated by prepared placard, and receives Golden Clasp for Frontline Flying from Geschwader Kommodore, standing before wall map of South Eastern England. Commander in charge of (Steinbock) attacks on England Generalmajor Pelz stands in operations room with his officers waiting for return of other aircraft. Crews are debriefed and one, standing against unit emblem of geese in background, provides gesticulated description of how his plane fought off night fighters.
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IX. Hitler decorates heroes of Cherkassy breakout. Hitler awards decorations to Generalleutnant Lieb (Oak Leaves to Knights Cross), SS-Gruppenführer Gille (Swords to Oak Leaves) and SS-Hauptsturmführer Léon Degrelle (Knights Cross), leader of the Walloon battle group, at his headquarters at the Wolfsschanze in East Prussia. Himmler appears briefly in the background. Map of world hangs on wall. Same individuals, together with Degrelle's interpreter, then sit round low table listening to the Führer talking in relaxed mood. (End of Reel 1)
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X. (Reel 2) German tank battle on Eastern Front. Animated map from Nevel to Nikopol. As sun rises over snow-covered plain German armour, including half-tracks and Pzkpfw IV Ausf Hs wait at their start positions ready to launch counter attack, while Ju 87s wheel overhead. Hatches are closed and Pzkpfw Vs move forward in single line, past stationary Hummel. Grenadiers advance spread out over plain, with Ju 87s overhead. Dummy T-34 tanks made from material rigged over frames show Soviet deception. German armour, including camouflage white-painted Hummel, opens fire before Pzkpfw Vs and three Hummel self-propelled guns move forward to attack, followed by German infantry. Knocked out Russian tanks suggest outcome of battle.
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XI. German flak in Anzio sector. Animated map of Italy, including Aprilia and Nettuno. Intensity of engagements in Southern Italy is likened to First World War. Enemy planes pass high overhead and 8.8cm Flak is elevated. Gunner fuses shells before loading Flak. Battery of 8.8cm Flak in sunken emplacements opens fire, and plane descends in flames. Wreckage burns on ground.
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XII. Germans capture Allied men and matériel in Anzio sector. Pzkpfw IVs stand camouflaged by side of road leading to Aprilia and paratroop reconnaissance unit on BMW motorcycles wait by their machines. Mass of telephone cables overhead link battle front with higher command. Paratroop assault unit prepare to mount attack as enemy shells land nearby. Men on foot and on motorcycles move down Brette******* valley, followed by Pzkpfw III (Fl) flamethrower. Artillery shells Nettuno in distance and 8.8cm Flak fires in ground role. Captured American soldiers pass along road and small group of British prisoners sit under guard. Another Pzkpfw III (Fl) passes, as does a Sdkfz 251/8 armoured ambulance marked with Red Cross. Sign in English "Danger mines" identifies cleared German minefield, with Teller mines lying unearthed on surface, in area now retaken by Germans. Other signs of German success are wrecked US tanks by roadside, including Sherman nicknamed Ellzapoppin II with cartoon lady captioned Ready and Willing, knocked-out M10 tank, captured British Bren carrier driven towards camera by German soldier, and enemy dead among shattered matériel. Survivors of British unit captured south of Aprilia wait in group.
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XIII. German E-boat night time mission. Repeated OKW reports of E-boat successes are illustrated by day-for-night recreation of attack on enemy steamer. E-boat flotilla casts off in darkness and reaches operational area; E-boat waits in ambush with engines quiet, "moon" lighting the sea and the crew waiting patiently into the early hours of the morning. Unspecified ship is spotted on horizon, port and starboard torpedoes fired and engines started for rapid departure after ship is struck. E-boat fires tracers at enemy escort vessels (invisible), lays smokescreen and heads for port.
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I. Philippines Independence Day parade. Philippines flag flies as national (Volksturm) and student groups march past parade stand before Filipono national leaders (President Laurel in background ?) and senior representatives of the Japanese authorities (smiling white-collared Japanese in foreground standing before Nippon microphone). White-suited cameraman pans across parade bearing banners from various parts of the country (Lalawigan, Leyte, Cagayan, Bataan, Cavite, etc.)
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II. Estonians answer national call-up. Estonia's Landesdirektor Dr May (?) broadcasts general call-up announcement, also communicated by wall poster. Estonian males, who will provide ten thousand new fighters against Bolshevism, register at indoor centre and then undergo medical and eyesight tests. Outside, peasants arrive by horse and cart to register.
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III. German exchange shops do flourishing trade. Window of one of shops established in many German towns to satisfy people's need for goods in fifth year of war displays items offered for barter: electric fire in exchange for linoleum, an accordion for radio or typewriter. Customers indoors select clothes, suitcase, leather breeches and footwear and assistant writes out docket, in accordance with officially authorised regulations. Small girl hankers after doll.
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IV. German ice-hockey championship final. Brandenburg defeat Berlin team 4-3 in match played on outdoor ring and watched by spectators including servicemen and many women.
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V. Herding reindeer in Lapland. Large herd of reindeer are mustered in snow in Lapland (Norway or Finland?) and individual animals lassoed for subsequent slaughter (not shown).
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VI. Germans use dog-sledges for supplies on Lapland front. Huskies play important role in transporting supplies across snow wastes of Lapland (Norway or Finland?), pulling small sledges loaded with supplies and watched over by soldiers on skis.
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VII. Off-duty German soldiers make toys for home front. Soldiers at (unspecified) front spend leisure hours crafting variety of wooden toys for children in Germany, including those evacuated or bombed out of their homes. Nurses in German Red Cross uniforms admire their handiwork.
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VIII. German heavy bombers prepare to attack London. Heinkel He 177 heavy bomber stands on airfield and is prepared for raid: engine cowling is replaced, gun turrets checked and bomb raised into rack and engines started. Inside the air station Gruppe (Kampfgeschwader 100 ?) commander wearing Knights Cross and German Cross in Gold stands over map with other officers making final plans; meteorologist provides weather forecast and crews receive final briefing for apparently multi-pronged attack on London; navigators plot course and synchronise watches before start of mission (not filmed). Oberleutnant returns through darkness after having completed 100 flights over England, as indicated by prepared placard, and receives Golden Clasp for Frontline Flying from Geschwader Kommodore, standing before wall map of South Eastern England. Commander in charge of (Steinbock) attacks on England Generalmajor Pelz stands in operations room with his officers waiting for return of other aircraft. Crews are debriefed and one, standing against unit emblem of geese in background, provides gesticulated description of how his plane fought off night fighters.
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IX. Hitler decorates heroes of Cherkassy breakout. Hitler awards decorations to Generalleutnant Lieb (Oak Leaves to Knights Cross), SS-Gruppenführer Gille (Swords to Oak Leaves) and SS-Hauptsturmführer Léon Degrelle (Knights Cross), leader of the Walloon battle group, at his headquarters at the Wolfsschanze in East Prussia. Himmler appears briefly in the background. Map of world hangs on wall. Same individuals, together with Degrelle's interpreter, then sit round low table listening to the Führer talking in relaxed mood. (End of Reel 1)
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X. (Reel 2) German tank battle on Eastern Front. Animated map from Nevel to Nikopol. As sun rises over snow-covered plain German armour, including half-tracks and Pzkpfw IV Ausf Hs wait at their start positions ready to launch counter attack, while Ju 87s wheel overhead. Hatches are closed and Pzkpfw Vs move forward in single line, past stationary Hummel. Grenadiers advance spread out over plain, with Ju 87s overhead. Dummy T-34 tanks made from material rigged over frames show Soviet deception. German armour, including camouflage white-painted Hummel, opens fire before Pzkpfw Vs and three Hummel self-propelled guns move forward to attack, followed by German infantry. Knocked out Russian tanks suggest outcome of battle.
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XI. German flak in Anzio sector. Animated map of Italy, including Aprilia and Nettuno. Intensity of engagements in Southern Italy is likened to First World War. Enemy planes pass high overhead and 8.8cm Flak is elevated. Gunner fuses shells before loading Flak. Battery of 8.8cm Flak in sunken emplacements opens fire, and plane descends in flames. Wreckage burns on ground.
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XII. Germans capture Allied men and matériel in Anzio sector. Pzkpfw IVs stand camouflaged by side of road leading to Aprilia and paratroop reconnaissance unit on BMW motorcycles wait by their machines. Mass of telephone cables overhead link battle front with higher command. Paratroop assault unit prepare to mount attack as enemy shells land nearby. Men on foot and on motorcycles move down Brette******* valley, followed by Pzkpfw III (Fl) flamethrower. Artillery shells Nettuno in distance and 8.8cm Flak fires in ground role. Captured American soldiers pass along road and small group of British prisoners sit under guard. Another Pzkpfw III (Fl) passes, as does a Sdkfz 251/8 armoured ambulance marked with Red Cross. Sign in English "Danger mines" identifies cleared German minefield, with Teller mines lying unearthed on surface, in area now retaken by Germans. Other signs of German success are wrecked US tanks by roadside, including Sherman nicknamed Ellzapoppin II with cartoon lady captioned Ready and Willing, knocked-out M10 tank, captured British Bren carrier driven towards camera by German soldier, and enemy dead among shattered matériel. Survivors of British unit captured south of Aprilia wait in group.
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XIII. German E-boat night time mission. Repeated OKW reports of E-boat successes are illustrated by day-for-night recreation of attack on enemy steamer. E-boat flotilla casts off in darkness and reaches operational area; E-boat waits in ambush with engines quiet, "moon" lighting the sea and the crew waiting patiently into the early hours of the morning. Unspecified ship is spotted on horizon, port and starboard torpedoes fired and engines started for rapid departure after ship is struck. E-boat fires tracers at enemy escort vessels (invisible), lays smokescreen and heads for port.
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35mm