[German home front, Hitler and Mussolini, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German convoy under air attack and Waffen SS on the Eastern front, circa 1944] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau No. 714) = (The German newsreel No. 714)

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Accession Number F01972
Collection type Film
Measurement 16 min 11 sec
Object type Newsreel
Physical description 35mm/b&w/sound
Maker Die Deutsche Wochenschau
Place made Germany
Date made c January 1944
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

German newsreel circa 1944. German language commentary. Items covered: 1. Nazi leaders at May Day celebrations. 2. A womens fashion parade. 3. Bicycle race in Berlin. 4. Youths of the Arbeitdienst in training. 5. Adolf Hitler with Mussolini. Mussolini inspects an Italian Army Division. 6. Award presention of the Ritterkreuz to Kapitan Paul Hellmann German. Merchant ships in convoy protected by barrage balloons and the German Navy. Action sequence of ships under attack by aircraft and ship anti-aircraft guns in action. 7. Hans Ulrich Rudel awards Ritterkreuz to two men of Schlacht Geschwader "Immelmann", a Ju-87 Stuka assault unit. Rudel flew 2530 sorties, (destroying 519 Soviet armoured vehicles and the Soviet battleship Marat) outnumbering those of any pilot in other airforce. 8. Waffen SS Grenadiers on the Eastern front. Item includes attack by Soviet Il-2 "Sturmoviks", Stug III assault guns, Tiger tanks, destroyed Soviet equipment, Soviet POWs and awards to SS Grenadiers.

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