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Fragments of German newsreel items, duplicated for the production of the 1953 TV compilation VICTORY AT SEA.
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I. Pan over harbour damage in Piraeus shows warehouses destroyed by German bombing, sunk armed merchantman and remains of munitions vessel from America. (Last part of item 5 of DW 558/21/41 of 14/5/1941) (73 ft)
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II. Italian destroyer Francesco Crispi in port of Piraeus has German ensign raised after take-over of Italian naval and merchant shipping by German Navy. (Part of item 11 of DW 682/41/43 of 29/9/1943)
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III. 1 ft of Bersaglieri saluting mounted German.
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IV. Grossadmiral Raeder is piped aboard Scharnhorst after Channel dash. With Admiral Schniewind he inspects officers and men and awards Konteradmiral Hoffmann Knights Cross. Three officers stand on deck. (Item 9 of DW 606/17/42 of 15/4/1942)
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V. Leader marked VICTORY AT SEA - captured German material cuts 1-3 Roll 40 indicates reel is duplicated material for that TV production.
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VI. Ground view of nine Stukas peeling away to attack and aerial view of dive against Russian positions. Generaloberst von Richtofen, with Generaloberst von Manstein, directs operations from trench. Ground explosions and aerial shot of Stuka with bomb beneath each wing. (1942=1943) (72 ft)
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VII. German Field Marshal takes salute at marchpast in Athens in summer by mounted and cyclist troops. (33 ft)
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VIII. 5ft of troops looking down from building marked Le Petit Palais. "Italienische Verbände" on track.
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IX. General Zeitzler attends unveiling of Batterie Todt coastal gun on Channel coast before gun is fired. (Item 4 of DW 603/14/42 of 23/3/1942) (21 ft)
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X. Air alarm on patrol vessel off the coast as British planes (Beaufort ?) attack. Beaufort flies through mast, flak opens up and a plane descends in flames. (Probably item 1 of DW 675/34/43 of 11/8/1943) (60 ft)
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XI. Nebelwerfers fire from left to right in snow. (23 ft)
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XII. Opening credits and bars of DIE DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU with cameramen listed from Ammer to Hans Theyer, starting with casualty Schäfer.
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XIII. German convoy protected by S-boats is attacked by enemy planes. 2cm Flakvierling opens up, bombs fall in sea and vessels signal with lights and flags. Capital ship opens fire against enemy, scoring direct hit with ship exploding in flames at night. (101 ft)
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XIV. 5 ft of Animated map of Hungary and Rumania battle area.
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XV. S-boats at high speed. Sea mines explode leaving route clear for convoy. (57 ft)
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XVI. German and Italian soldiers share cigarettes. Italian soldiers stand guard beside Italian port, part of the strengthened defences of Southern Europe. (34 ft)
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XVII. German paratroops with trucks, motorcycles and Marten II pass along road during operation against rebels on Adriatic coast. Paratroops with MP 40s clear town after street fighting. (Probably item 11 of DW 682/41/43 of 29/9/1943) (107 ft)
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XVIII. Film from American newsreel shows invasion exercise with landing craft offloading jeeps and men onto beach. Stuart tanks are filmed from front. Commentary notes that any real invasion will face guns. (Item 15 of DW 713/20/44 of 9/5/1944) (74 ft)
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XIX. Stagey item shows Italian soldiers advancing through smoke and wire with grenades against British positions in the desert. Italians brandish pistols as they rush forward over trench. Long shot of soldiers with hands up (British ?) (61 ft)
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XX. Gun fires point blank in devastated town, with statue in right foreground, presumably Warsaw. German soldiers fire Flammenwerfer 41s against housing during Polish uprising. DW end logo. (Probably item 9 of DW 733/40/44 of 21/9/1944)
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35mm