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German newsreel items show military ceremonies in Copenhagen, Bucharest and Berlin, Hitler on Eastern Front and live speech by Goebbels late in war.
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I. German military band and soldiers parade through side streets of Copenhagen en route to Citadel for celebration of Hitler's 51st birthday. (Part of item 5 of UTW 503/18/40 of 24/4/1940) (32 ft)
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II. Rumanian forces, followed by German naval and army units, parade past King Carol and Field Marshal Antonescu in Bucharest. German Field Marshal also on tribune. Tanks roll past. (Item 7 of DW 585/48/41 of 18/11/1941) (59 ft)
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III. Goering in white leather greatcoat, with Galland behind, decorates Luftwaffe personnel in winter. (Possibly item 4 of DW 585/48/41 of 18/11/1941) (44 ft)
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III. Oldish-looking Hitler awards medals to two Kapitänleutnants. Grossadmiral Raeder and Commander of U-Boats Admiral Doenitz, with Keitel and Vizeadmiral in background, shake hands at leafless Rastenburg (54 ft).
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IV. At Rastenburg Hitler greets the Duce's liberator, SS Hauptsturmführer Skorzeny. Indoors Hitler awards newly promoted Skorzeny the Ritterkreuz. Hitler flies on 8/9/1943 to the HQ of Heeresgruppe Süd at Zaporozhe and steps out of plane to meet Manstein. Both men stand over map with Zeitzler and Luftwaffe general. Hitler says farewell to Manstein at airfield, then waves from inside plane. (Items 4 and 5 of DW 682/41/43 of 29/9/1943) (124 ft)
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V. Hitler appears on balcony of Reichs Chancellory on 51st birthday to acknowledge congratulations of German people. National anthem. (Item 6 of UTW 503/18/40 of 24/4/1940) (71 ft)
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VI. Live address by Goebbels to indoor audience including women and a close-up of a nun. Goebbels urges German soldiers to go into battle on Eastern Front as if to a religious service and to remember the sleeping children and ravished women. Loud applause. (Gaps on soundtrack)
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35mm