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II. Goebbels congratulates agricultural leaders. At ceremony in Berlin on Harvest Festival Day Reichsminister Backe and Goebbels enter hall filled with farmers in Nazi uniforms and greet those standing in front row. Backe speaks from podium, reportedly declaring that bestowal of honours on agricultural leaders commits them to even greater productivity until the victorious end of the war and that they must completely fulfil their onerous duties to the German people. Knights Cross to War Service Cross is then handed to eight leaders of agriculture: Kurt Hecht (Chairman of German Potato Economic Association), Reinhold Huber (Farmers Leader in Carinthia), Helmut Körner (Farmers Leader and Military and Deputy Military Controller), Hans Joachim Kohnert (Farmers Leader in Wartheland), Dr Walter Pflaumbaum (Chairman of German Cattle Economic Association), Gustav Behrens (Reichsobmann in Reichsnährstand), Wilhelm Bloedorn (Farmers Leader in Pomerania), and Dr Albrecht Brunnenbaum (Chief Section Leader in Reichsnährstand). Goebbels ends ceremony by reportedly conveying appreciation of Führer and whole German people to the farmers.
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I. Tenth anniversary of Hitler Youth Landdienst. Same as item I of GWY 235/1
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III. Old men and women workers exemplify Total War Effort. Same as item II of GWY 235/1.
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IV. Grossadmiral Doenitz addresses shipyard workers. Commander-in-Chief of Navy addresses a gathering of men and women at a shipyard hall in Gau Weser-Ems. After mounting podium Doenitz reportedly declared that what the workers had achieved in spite of air raid attacks was perhaps the greatest page of honour in their history. He reportedly continued (Wagner's Rienzi Overture underlaid) that Germans must never capitulate, for they would then be reproached for being too cowardly to remain firm and steadfast. He reportedly concluded "We must stand together with fanatical faith" (tepid reception in hall, but loud applause on soundtrack).
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V. One-man-torpedo heroes visit Berlin. Sailors and officers arrive in Berlin by train for few days' visit at invitation of Reichsjugendführer Axmann. Schreibermaat Gerhold and Leutnant zur See Vetter are greeted on platform with bouquets by young girls of the Bund deutscher Mädel, then accompanied by admiring young members of Hitlerjugend Marine section, travel by bus with their comrades to reception by Axmann. Each Hitler Youth is allowed to sit inside steering compartment of Marder midget submarine before unidentified blonde sailor wearing Iron Cross holds his youthful audience spellbound with (live) account of how he attacked British destroyer off French coast. Capbands of Hitler Youths indicate they are from Kiel, Rostock and Berlin.
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VI. German demolitions in Northern Italy. Animated map of Northern Italy from Milan to Florence. Enemy has reportedly suffered disproportionately heavy losses in men and matériel. Sun rises over Adriatic Front and hut on distant hill is shelled by enemy, causing horses to stampede. Regimental commander holds briefing at command post; 8.8cm Flak fires in ground role against enemy supply routes, with cliffs of San Marino visible in background. In order to delay enemy's slow advance still further, Pioneers detonate road bridge with large Italian bomb, lighting fuse and awaiting detonation, and dynamite trees in a wood to block road. (End of Reel 1)
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VII. Germans foil British airborne attack at Arnhem. Animated map of Belfort to Arnhem. Defeat of 1st British Airborne Division after ten day battle counts as greatest German tactical success since Normandy invasion. Germans fire rifles and mounted 2cm Flakvierling from edge of wood at descending parachutists, and use crates to elevate their MG 34s. 8.8cm Flak opens fire against gliders, causing transports to crash in flames. Field lies covered with Horsa gliders, some ablaze. Grenadiers and Waffen SS (9th and 10th Panzer Divisions) engage enemy as Sdkfz 251 fires 2cm MG into bushes; British dead lie by the roadside, near a gun and next to a splayed out parachute. Another field lies covered in Horsa and some Hamilcar gliders, some overturned; British paratroops stand captured in the foreground. Supply parachutes remain caught in pine trees and a jeep and small tracked vehicle lie smashed. Germans pick up British cigarettes and try smoking them. Encirclement of British forces nearer Arnhem proceeds; infantry move along edge of wood carrying Panzerfausts and others cycle towards the outskirts of the town, where they engage in close combat in a wooded area dotted with villas (supply parachute rests on roof of Maarland villa). British run forward to surrender; prisoners may include members of Dutch Resistance in civilian clothes who help British wounded. Other prisoners are held near the electric railway, in the cables of which float parachutes, and are searched. Commentary concludes that Eisenhower's plan to reach Berlin is now at an end. (See translation of commentary under Notes.)
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I. Tenth anniversary of Hitler Youth Landdienst. Same as item I of GWY 235/1
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II. Goebbels congratulates agricultural leaders. At ceremony in Berlin on Harvest Festival Day Reichsminister Backe and Goebbels enter hall filled with farmers in Nazi uniforms and greet those standing in front row. Backe speaks from podium, reportedly declaring that bestowal of honours on agricultural leaders commits them to even greater productivity until the victorious end of the war and that they must completely fulfil their onerous duties to the German people. Knights Cross to War Service Cross is then handed to eight leaders of agriculture: Kurt Hecht (Chairman of German Potato Economic Association), Reinhold Huber (Farmers Leader in Carinthia), Helmut Körner (Farmers Leader and Military and Deputy Military Controller), Hans Joachim Kohnert (Farmers Leader in Wartheland), Dr Walter Pflaumbaum (Chairman of German Cattle Economic Association), Gustav Behrens (Reichsobmann in Reichsnährstand), Wilhelm Bloedorn (Farmers Leader in Pomerania), and Dr Albrecht Brunnenbaum (Chief Section Leader in Reichsnährstand). Goebbels ends ceremony by reportedly conveying appreciation of Führer and whole German people to the farmers.
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III. Old men and women workers exemplify Total War Effort. Same as item II of GWY 235/1.
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IV. Grossadmiral Doenitz addresses shipyard workers. Commander-in-Chief of Navy addresses a gathering of men and women at a shipyard hall in Gau Weser-Ems. After mounting podium Doenitz reportedly declared that what the workers had achieved in spite of air raid attacks was perhaps the greatest page of honour in their history. He reportedly continued (Wagner's Rienzi Overture underlaid) that Germans must never capitulate, for they would then be reproached for being too cowardly to remain firm and steadfast. He reportedly concluded "We must stand together with fanatical faith" (tepid reception in hall, but loud applause on soundtrack).
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V. One-man-torpedo heroes visit Berlin. Sailors and officers arrive in Berlin by train for few days' visit at invitation of Reichsjugendführer Axmann. Schreibermaat Gerhold and Leutnant zur See Vetter are greeted on platform with bouquets by young girls of the Bund deutscher Mädel, then accompanied by admiring young members of Hitlerjugend Marine section, travel by bus with their comrades to reception by Axmann. Each Hitler Youth is allowed to sit inside steering compartment of Marder midget submarine before unidentified blonde sailor wearing Iron Cross holds his youthful audience spellbound with (live) account of how he attacked British destroyer off French coast. Capbands of Hitler Youths indicate they are from Kiel, Rostock and Berlin.
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VI. German demolitions in Northern Italy. Animated map of Northern Italy from Milan to Florence. Enemy has reportedly suffered disproportionately heavy losses in men and matériel. Sun rises over Adriatic Front and hut on distant hill is shelled by enemy, causing horses to stampede. Regimental commander holds briefing at command post; 8.8cm Flak fires in ground role against enemy supply routes, with cliffs of San Marino visible in background. In order to delay enemy's slow advance still further, Pioneers detonate road bridge with large Italian bomb, lighting fuse and awaiting detonation, and dynamite trees in a wood to block road. (End of Reel 1)
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VII. Germans foil British airborne attack at Arnhem. Animated map of Belfort to Arnhem. Defeat of 1st British Airborne Division after ten day battle counts as greatest German tactical success since Normandy invasion. Germans fire rifles and mounted 2cm Flakvierling from edge of wood at descending parachutists, and use crates to elevate their MG 34s. 8.8cm Flak opens fire against gliders, causing transports to crash in flames. Field lies covered with Horsa gliders, some ablaze. Grenadiers and Waffen SS (9th and 10th Panzer Divisions) engage enemy as Sdkfz 251 fires 2cm MG into bushes; British dead lie by the roadside, near a gun and next to a splayed out parachute. Another field lies covered in Horsa and some Hamilcar gliders, some overturned; British paratroops stand captured in the foreground. Supply parachutes remain caught in pine trees and a jeep and small tracked vehicle lie smashed. Germans pick up British cigarettes and try smoking them. Encirclement of British forces nearer Arnhem proceeds; infantry move along edge of wood carrying Panzerfausts and others cycle towards the outskirts of the town, where they engage in close combat in a wooded area dotted with villas (supply parachute rests on roof of Maarland villa). British run forward to surrender; prisoners may include members of Dutch Resistance in civilian clothes who help British wounded. Other prisoners are held near the electric railway, in the cables of which float parachutes, and are searched. Commentary concludes that Eisenhower's plan to reach Berlin is now at an end. (See translation of commentary under Notes.)
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35mm