VOLUME 1
ca. 53 min. - Newsreel 459 (21 June 1939), Archival footage from 1919 shows
German Imperial Navy en route to scuttling at Scapa Flow, 20 years later, reborn
German fleet displays readiness on high seas. Two submarines, American and British,
are crippled in separate accidents at sea. At a French air show, a Fokker Jungmeister
and its daredevil French pilot stage acrobatic stunts. In Rome, 20,000 sailors
march before King Emmanuel and Mussolini. German gymnasts stage an "impressive
display" of physical training for military and diplomatic dignitaries.
A cultural festival in mostly German Danzig becomes a major protest rally as
Goebbels addresses a huge crowd. German troops stage artillery exercises to
impress visiting Spanish officers. Scenes from Greater Germany Bicycle Race
show cyclists crossing from Austria to Bavaria. Highlights from 1939 German
soccer championship final played in Berlin's Olympic Stadium. 18 min. Newsreel
468 (23 August 1939), Westphalian Hitler Youth and League of German Maritime
Prestige on Danube cruise to Budapest. In Turin, Italian maneuvers end with
parade of troops and mechanized divisions before Emperor and King. A trick-photography
map sequence, creation of Poland from parts of Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary.
The free city of Danzig, here, according to the film Poles have usurped certain
rights of sovereignty. The film explains that this ancient German city is being
methodically made Polish. In the streets hang banners reading "We want
to return to the Reich." A massive Polish ammunition dump at Danzig Harbor
entrance, expansion of Polish port Gdynia to divert traffic from Danzig and
strangle it there, ethnic Germans flee Poland, refugees are interviewed, tales
of Polish oppression and violence. Newspaper headlines, German and Soviet governments
agree to mutual non-aggression pact, Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop boards
plane to Moscow to conclude negotiations. 14 min. Newsreel 470 (7 September
1939), In Danzig, civilian men fortify border against Polish intervention, SA
militiaman shot by Poles is buried. Ethnic Germans flee Poland as farms and
homes are methodically plundered and burned. A man standing before his wrecked
house tells in synchronous sound how Polish planes bombed it at night. In Danzig,
after independence is declared, a German militia unit attacks the Polish post
office. German troops enter Danzig. Civil air-defense measures mechanized and
cavalry units cross the border despite resistance, a sortie from an airfield
at dawn, air and sea bombardment of the Westerplatte in Danzig. Columns of German
tanks and infantry move deep into Poland, finding the burning houses of ethnic
Germans and bombed bridges, the Vistula bridge at Tczew has been fully destroyed.
Engineers repair bridges and German tanks cross. Ethnic Germans welcome advancing
troops. 21 min.
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VOLUME 2
ca. 55 min. - Newsreel 471 (14 September 1939), At Berlin's Rheinmetall Borsig
Works field Marshal Hermann Goering enjoins a crowd of factory workers to display
their loyalty to the Fuehrer. German infantry advances ever deeper into Poland,
troops round up civilian prisoners, including Polish Jews, and insurgents are
taken to large camps. Footage shows worshipping German soldiers exiting the
Jasna Gora Church, belying Allied claims that Germans had destroyed it. German
tanks cross bridges repaired by combat engineers. Stukas deliver long rolls
of surveillance film which are developed and studied in the field. Hitler reviews
maps in his field headquarters, then drives to front to review troops. the Wehrmacht
crosses the Vistula. Columns of captured Polish troops march by the camera,
Polish prisoners describe conditions in Poland and their reluctance to fight
in war. Wehrmacht and National Socialist People's Welfare Organization feed
refugees. Ethnic Germans greet advancing German troops. 18 min. Newsreel 472
(20 September 1939), Women replace men called to the front as the first casualty
train arrives, work in munitions plant, Luftwaffe planes based at a captured
Polish airfield practice strafing while German troops buy crew of a downed French
plane with military honors in the west. In Krakow, the Wehrmacht honors the
memory of Poland's Marshal Pilsudski. Sequence shows captured Polish soldiers
at a POW camp, a RAF officer describes his decent treatment by the Germans.
Ethnic German victims of Polish violence identify their oppressions to Wehrmacht
troops while others return to their burned homes. A destroyed village with an
undamaged synagogue is shown, then Jews in the ghettos of captured cities in
concentration camps and a forced labor. Tank columns push forward, enter Lodz
and are met by crowds of ethnic Germans. The Fuehrer flies to the front to be
briefed by Field Marshal Goering and General von Brauchitsch, drives to Lodz,
review troops as they cross the San River. 19 1/2 min. Public Service Announcement,
about boarding, 1 min. Newsreel 473 (27 September 1939), The third week of the
war with Poland, information on pockets of resistance is radioed to an airfield
from a reconnaissance plane, Stukas and bombers take off, bombing bridges to
block the retreating Polish army, bombed rail yards and destroyed trains are
seen from the air, House-to-house combat in captured cities, snipers are countered
by leveling entire houses. Truck columns speed penetration deep into Poland.
Tanks roll over every hindrance as infantry units cover 50 to 60 kilometers
a day. Mail is sorted in field by an army of officials, then delivered by motorcycle,
soldiers read about the war in the papers while they march. A Polish armored-fortress
train has been destroyed by Stukas. Foreign military attaches view blown-up
trains and rail lines, captured arms. On the 18the day of hostilities, the Wehrmacht
High command declares an end to Polish campaign. German and Soviet units meet
at Brest-Litovsk, draw tentative demarcation line. German and Soviet commanders
jointly inspect troops passing in review. Gdynia, a surviving Polish position,
is bombarded from land and sea, Hitler tours city, then enters Danzig, where
his motorcade is cheered by crowds in swastika-bedecked streets. 16 1/2 min.
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VOLUME 3
ca. 51 min. - Public Service Announcement, Featuring Tran and Helle, on blacking
out lights. b&w, 1 min. Newsreel 474 (4 October 1939), In Berlin, General
von Brauchitsch and Field Marshals von Mackensen and Goering preside over the
military funeral of General von Fritsch, slain near Warsaw. Foreign Minister
von Ribbentrop flies to Moscow to finalize the Russian-German alliance and the
partition of Poland, a map shows the demarcation line. Hitler Youth practice
putting out air-raid fires, help dig root crops, whole the German girls League
brings flowers to wounded soldiers. In agriculture, as in sports, it's 'business
as usual'. Occupation authorities in Poland use forced labor to deal with 'the
Jewish issue'. Hitler observes bombardment of Warsaw by air attack and artillery
barrage shortly before the Polish surrender, German units enter Warsaw. In Wilhelmshaven
the U-boat crew which sunk the aircraft carrier Courageous is decorated with
the Iron cross, congratulated by Hitler. U-boats and battleships display German
naval might at sea. 16 min. Public Service Announcement, Featuring Tran and
Helle, on underground rumors. b&w, 1 min. Newsreel 477 (25 October 1939),
the leaders of non-aligned nations discuss neutrality, impact of British blockade.
Russia and Japan agree to new demarcation line. In occupied Upper Silesia, German
engineers and managers bring recaptured mines and steel mills on line for military
production, liberated ethnic Germans contribute to the Winter Relief fund for
the first time. Additional emphasis is placed on fitness in Germany. On the
Western Front, troops patrol the West Wall. Japanese general Terauchi tours
the fortifications, declares them "Absolutely impregnable". On the
North Sea, the Kriegsmarine displays its might. Captain Guenther Prien and the
crew of the U-boat that sank two ships in Scapa Flow receive a hero's welcome
in Berlin and are congratulated by Hitler. A request concert is broadcast on
radio by Heinz Goedecke's 'Wunschkonzert' band, as the band performs an airman's
march, "Flyer, Aim High", Luftwaffe squadrons are shown flying in
formation. 16 1/2 min. Public Service Announcement, " Featuring Tran and
Helle, on donating to military hospitals. 1 1/2 min. Newsreel 480 (14 November
1939), the new Japanese Foreign Minister takes office, reaffirming Japan's ties
with Germany despite German-Soviet pact and advising England and the US to respect
the new order in the Far East. Nonetheless, military readiness on the Panama
Canal is heightened. In America, millinery fashions with a military theme are
modeled. In India, riots are staged against British colonial oppression, while
the British press raves about war victories and the Queen visits an empty hospital
train. German soldiers patrol the Western Front, capturing French emplacements.
On the home front, women replace conscripted men in the work force. In occupied
Poland, Reich Minister Frick visits the Koenigshuette steel mill. On November
9th in Munich, the anniversary of the failed Putsch of 1923 is observed, Reich
Minister Rudolf Hess honors the "first martyrs of the National Socialist
Movement" in a stage ceremony. Shortly before Hitler finished his traditional
speech in the Buergerbraeu-Keller on the eve of the ceremonies, a bomb exploded
in a failed assassination attempt. Before the Feldherrnhalle, a state ceremony
for the eight bomb victims is led by Hess. 15 min.
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VOLUME 4
ca. 54 1/2 min. - Public Service Announcement, Featuring Tran and Helle, on
trusting the government. b&w, 2 min. Newsreel, 482 (29 November 1939), Japanese
military maneuvers, combat training in the shadows of Mount Fuji. German home
front scenes, drills and target practice for the Hitler Youth (synchronous sound),
government nurseries provide day care for working mothers, state modernization
of hog-raising, young women volunteer for new farm labor camps opened in the
east. Military scenes, the role played by horses, even in a highly mechanized
Wehrmacht, the importance of the army press to soldiers on the front. Inspector-General
Dr. Todt reviews newly-installed military fortifications in the West. At sea,
the continued war against English shipping, searching a Finnish ship for contraband
(one of several hundred such searches during the fall of 1939). Kiel Harbor
scenes, impounded foreign ships. Segment documenting Baltic German resettlement,
aboard ship en route to Germany, a jubilant welcome in Gotenhafen, naturalization
procedures, job placement interviews (synchronous sound) in Posen. A peasant
family from Volhynia, its worldly possessions piled into horse-drawn cart, returns
to the Fatherland, under "the protection of Greater Germany", family
members begin work on their new farm. 16 min. Public Service Announcement, Featuring
Tran and Helle, on clearing away junk and clutter. 2 min. Newsreel 483 (6 December
1939), Sporting events, in Spain, athletic demonstrations signal a new national
spirit, in Japan Hirohito greets his subjects at Japan's annual track festival
(brief martial arts segment). German sport, Zugspitze skiing scenes. German
handicrafts, wood-carvings from Bavarian and Bohemian regions. A massive Red
Cross initiation in Berlin, as 4,000 volunteers swear allegiance to the Fuehrer.
Work scenes, German Labor Front members engage in voluntary labor, in "former
Poland", German salvage crews rebuild damaged bridges. German trade relations,
Romanian peasants busily harvest corn and wheat earmarked for Germany. In contrast,
ranks of idle, hungry men grow in Amsterdam, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Antwerp. At
sea clearing enemy mines with the German Navy. In France, a bid to bolster French
confidence as British infantry march through Paris. With German troops at the
West Wall, drills and maneuvers, a reconnaissance unit infiltrates enemy lines.
Naval segment inside a U-boat as it torpedoes an enemy vessel, intercepts a
cargo ship, and returns to a hero's welcome at Kiel Harbor. Luftwaffe scenes,
reconnaissance flights skirt the English coast, while below, half-sunken ships
announce the success of Germany's war on British shipping. 19 min. Public Service
Announcement, Featuring Tran and Helle, against hoarding precious metals. 1
1/2 min. Newsreel 488 (10 January 1940), Scenes of Britain's forced withdrawal
from Tientsin. Winter scenes, a deep freeze in Rome, snow and sledding in Berlin.
Winter sports, ski-jumping at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, ice-sailing, figure-skating
scenes. Day care in Vienna, in a remote Tyrolian village, volunteers of the
German Girls league perform farm chores. In Posen, a sea of army recruits stands
for review. Industrial scenes, manufacturing bullets, precision forging of artillery
cannon. Military exercises, anti-air defense showcases new weaponry and tactics.
14 min.
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VOLUME 5
ca. 49 min. - Newsreel 491 (31 January 1940), the hard winter continues. Holland's
frozen canals spell disaster for shipping, icebreakers in action , an airlift
provisions marooned islanders. German sport, ski instruction for Hitler Youth
from Sudetenland. Herber and Baier, world-champion German pair skaters, perform
for troops. Industrial scenes, new coal liquefaction complex promises thousands
of new jobs, while making Germany 'largely independent of gasoline imports".
On frontier separating German and Russian "spheres of influence",
Russian oil is loaded for shipment to Germany. Resettlement in the East, "the
biggest migration of our era" (map displays). Segment depicts ethnic Germans
from Russia returning the Fatherland, on horse-drawn wagons through biting cold
and snow. Reentry into Greater Germany, huge encampments provide stopovers for
exhausted repatriates. Reich Minister Goebbels tours Western Air Defense Zone,
German engineers build bridge in bitter cold. Naval scenes 90,000 tons of enemy
shipping sunk in 1 week alone, victorious return of an U-boat after long tour
at sea, Admiral Doenitz awards crew the Iron Cross. At sea aboard battleship
in deep winter, crewmen fight in the elements in maintaining the big guns on
deck. 17 min. Newsreel 492 (7 February 1940), Public service announcement, featuring
Tran and Helle, on writing to soldiers at the front. In Japan, German winter
sports in vogue, downhill skiing on Mt. Fuji. International winter games at
Garmisch-Partenkirchen feature ski competitions. Berlin Sports Palace, aspiring
athletes demonstrate gymnastics, weight-lifting, and track skills, German Labor
Front sponsors ambitious new job-training program. Inside a fire station, fire
drill scenes. Commemorating seven years of National Socialist rule, map displays
contrast current "national empire in Europe's heart" to German past
of territorial fragmentation. Western powers aim to dismember Germany anew.,
the Fuehrer responds to the threat, excerpts from Hitler's January 30th address
at Berlin Sports Palace (synchronous sound), central Europe's 80 million Germans
need to "breathe freely", the German imperative for Lebensraum. Foreign
military attaches observe German infantry exercises. The role of engineers in
today's army, assault engineers join infantry in compact on an unnamed front,
flame-throwers provide the margin of victory. Luftwaffe sorties over North Sea,
150.000 tons of cargo sunk over 11 days, segments show 3 separate engagements
with British "pirates' and 'gunrunners', 3 British ships left in flaming
ruins. 18 min. Newsreel 496 (6 March 1940), A devastating fire in Japan leaves
6,000 buildings destroyed , 36,000 homeless. In Barcelona, Franco attends first
annual "liberation" celebrations. In Rome, Mussolini's elite militia
celebrates own anniversary, with the Duce in attendance. president Roosevelt's
special envoy, Sumner Welles, arrives in Italy for talks, then to Berlin, for
talks with Hitler. In Leipzig, a German Wartime Trade Fair is convened, demonstrating
Germany's economic prowess despite all blockade attempts. Goebbels attends,
emphasizes Fair's strategic importance, exhibits feature German toy exports
and precision machine tools. German industrial scenes, inside massive coking
plant, anti-aircraft installations protect Reich's heavy industries in western
Germany. Naval scenes, U-boat and its crew return home victoriously, Rear Admiral
Doenitz on hand with Iron Crosses. Torpedo motorboats patrol the North Sea,
monitoring neutral and enemy shipping. On land, scouting parties probe enemy
defenses (unspecified front). Blitzkrieg formations in combat, the need to better
coordinate Panzer units with infantry is stressed. 14 min.
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VOLUME 6
ca. 52 min. - Newsreel 497 (14 March 1940), Public services announcement featuring
Tran and Helle, on donating scrap metal. The hard winter continues, a blizzard
strikes Japan. In Bavarian Alps, rescue team stages an acrobatic high mountain
rescue. At Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a friendly skiing competition between Hitler
Youth and Italian counterparts. Berlin, an ice show for soldiers, with German
champion Lydia Reicht. and world champion team Herber and Baier. More sport,
scenes from first German war-time gymnastics competition held in Berlin (slow
motion segments). Solemn scenes from Memorial Day, on western front, General
von Brauchitsch, Army commander-in-Chief, lays wreaths at gravesides. Major
national observance at Zeighaus in Berlin, attended by Hitler, Goering , Goebbels
and other top leaders speech from Hitler (synchronous sound) calls for "the
greatest victory in German history". another U-boat returns to port, while
at sea, Commander Hartmann and crew sank 45,000 tons of enemy cargo. Near Maginot
Line German army takes its first "Tommy" prisoners of war, capture
and debriefing scenes. Combat segment (unnamed front), heavy artillery and advancing
infantry work closely together to deliver the enemy a "knockout blow".
20 min. Newsreel 499 (28 March 1940), Public service announcement featuring
Tran and Helle on listening to foreign radio. Brenner Pass, Hitler and Mussolini
hold their 5th summit. Massive bridge construction project in Linz (Hitler's
home town). German industry, women take over heavy industrial work, boatyard
scenes feature manufacture and launching of U-boats, factory scenes show Messerschmitt
fighter plane assembly. U-boat crew returns from successful mission, welcomed
by Admiral Erich Raeder. Luftwaffe segment, the Adler Wing returns from bombing
British Home Fleet at Scapa Flow, at home airbase, pilots describe their exploits.
14 1/2 min. Newsreel 502 (17 April 1940), April 9, 1940, Germany invades Denmark
and Norway. Denmark, German forces land at dawn in Copenhagen harbor, Luftwaffe
planes drop leaflets, proclaiming Germany's "friendly occupation",
as civilians begin their morning rounds. German officials meet with Danish representatives,
agreeing to provisional cooperation, Danish troops ordered not to resist, Copenhagen
police "clarify" allegiance to the government and get back their weapons,
British diplomats and enemy agents are rounded up. By noon, Copenhagen scenes
depict a return to "business as usual", meanwhile, ever more German
troops pour in. Across Denmark, German forces take control over communication
and transport lines, soldiers seize strategic bridge linking Jutland and Fyn.
Troops and military supplies stream in from Germany via rail, with utmost speed,
fortifications established along Danish coast. Norway invasion, the seizure
of a coastal airfield, heavily armed assault forces fan out to nearby military
targets, along coast, artillery and machine gun installations quickly put in
place. At Oslo, a nearby fortress offers resistance, heavy bombardment forces
its surrender, allowing German troops to secure Oslo unhindered. On Norway's
western coast, invasion force arrives in Bergen harbor, takes city with little
resistance. With control secured over major ports, German forces move quickly
into Norway's interior, in Oslo, German army holds outdoor band concert for
civilians, minor fraternization scenes. 17 1/2 min.
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VOLUME 7
ca. 36 min. - Newsreel 505 (8 May 1940), Public service announcement, featuring
Tran and Helle, on enemy lies and demagogy. The May First meeting of Reich Labor
Chamber takes place at Krupp complex in Essen, Deputy Fuehrer Hess lauds German
socialism, singling out for praise exemplary National Socialist businesses.
Scrap metal reprocessing, extracting copper for war effort. Giant silos throughout
Reich store Germany's strategic grain reserves. German coal en route to Italy
by train, thwarting Britain's naval blockade by rerouting across land. Western
front, German forces strike deep into enemy territory, destroying shelters and
taking prisoners. Combat scenes, artillery exchanges, capture of French POWs.
Norwegian campaign, map displays explain strategic necessity for Germany's April
9 invasion. On the ground in Norway, German forces push into interior (through
the Grudbrandsal). British forces offer resistance, heavy shelling scenes, river
crossing, pushing the enemy back. Scenes of destruction in wake of British retreat,
blown-up bridges and ammunition dump. British stragglers captured, prisoner
of war segment, featuring British POW interview. Major air assault on British-controlled
Aandalsnes (where an Allied counter-invasion force has just landed). Aerial
combat scenes, destroying British warship at Romsdalfjord, attacking British
naval convoy under retreat from Namsos. Closing montage, Luftwaffe footage (with
song, "Bombing, Bombing, Bombing the British Isles"). 20 min. Newsreel
506 (15 May 1940), May 10, 1940, invasion of West is launched. Breaking through
barricades at the Luxembourg border, German forces stream in, crossing Luxembourg
quickly by rail. Crossing the Belgian border, invading soldiers encounter no
resistance, some civilians offer water and refreshments to marching troops.
Pushing aside border barricades, a tank clears the road for infantrymen. In
largely German Eupen-Malmedy, crowds welcome the invading soldiers. the Luftwaffe's
key role in Western offensive, air-lifting infantry deep into enemy territory,
fighter planes attack enemy ground positions. Inside Germany, an enemy bombing
raid on Freiburg in Breisgau damages schools and hospitals, 50 dead. Holland
campaign, German forces cross border in morning fog, widespread demolition of
bridges complicates passage over Juliana Canal, German engineers build pontoon
bridges, large enough to support tanks. Pushing deeper into Holland, battle
scenes. Belgium, tanks advance deeper into Belgium, fording waterways by makeshift
crossings and rafts, the Maastricht bridgehead falls into German hands. Closing
montage cites Hitler's words, "This battle will seal the fate of the German
nation for 1,000 years", battle scenes, song, "Watch on the Rhine.
16 min.
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VOLUME 8
ca. 57 min. - Newsreel 507 (23 May 1940), The war thus far, map display segment
summarizes Allied war aims and Hitler's responses, the May 10th invasion of
the West portrayed as preemptive blow, in view of "imminent escalation
by the adversary". Holland campaign, German paratroopers dropped over Rotterdam,
deep behind enemy lines, paratroopers advance fighting roof to roof, Luftwaffe
bombing raids over city and harbor provide support. Elsewhere, German troops
overrun Dutch defense lines, pushing deep into Holland, and finally arrive at
Rotterdam. The SS Leibstandarte and a Panzer division spearhead the assault,
upon entering city, they link up with embattled paratroopers. Heavy bombardment
scenes, as the city sues for peace, large portions of it are on fire, unchecked
fires blaze into the night, scenes from next morning show massive destruction,
overhead, an aerial survey of the damage. The campaign in Belgium, eastern Belgian
province of Liege falls, capture of Fort Eben Emael, near Dinant, massed French
forces are caught off-guard by Panzer divisions, for the first time, a tank
battle pits French and German forces, Stuka air support helps Germany overwhelm
the enemy. French POWs taken, General von Reichenau reviews advancing troops,
German forces move onwards. Target, Sedan, objective, breaching Maginot line.
May 13, heavy shelling softens up Sedan installations, Guderian's Panzers break
through, the Maginot Line is breached. German infantry moves into adjoining
town (Sedan), after house-by-house search and destroy, the town is captured.
Closing montage lauds continuing German advance, in "hot pursuit"
of enemy. 28 min. Newsreel 512 (27 June 1940), The battle for Alsace-Lorraine,
reclaiming Strasbourg, Colmar, and Metz for Germany, Metz crowd welcomes German
soldiers. Triumphal entry into Verdun, site of the worst battles of WW1, now
France's major war memorial. High Symbolism as German army stages ceremonies
on Verdun grounds. Marshal Petain agrees to German armistice terms, 3 French
armies and 500,000 men now German prisoners of war. Mopping-up operations o
the Loire, gutted French tanks announce another German victory. Exhausted German
soldiers finally rest. At Supreme Headquarters, Hitler and his generals receive
Petain's agreement to German terms, in presence of inner circle, Hitler signs
and accepts Petain's offer. A meeting between Fuehrer and wounded soldiers,
cheers as Petain announces France's capitulation in radio address. On to Munich,
for a summit with Mussolini, jubilant crowd scenes in front of Fuehrer's balcony.
Paris, German military ceremonies at Arc de Triomphe, military procession down
Avenue Foch. June 21, cease-fire talks between France and Germany held in Marshall
Foch's railway car in Compiegne Forest (where German envoys had signed the Armistice
of 1918). Hitler leads German delegation, General Huntziger heads the French.
Upon hearing German demands, French delegation seeks approval from Bordeaux
government. June 22, signing of Franco-German cease-fire, June 25, upon consulting
Italian interests, the cease-fire is implemented, "the greatest victory
in German history". Closing montage, German flags, church bells, gothic
spire, swastikas. 29 min
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VOLUME 9
VICTORY IN THE WEST (July 1940): Featuring: Germany's "Endless Columns" Stream
Into Conquered France; National Socialist Welfare Aids French Civilian Refugees;
Liberating German POWs; French POWs: the "Black Brothers of the French Infantry";
German Engineers Spearhead French Reconstruction; Back to Normal in Amsterdam
and Brussels; Publishing Westfront in Paris;
Parisian Crowds Hear German Peace Terms; Hitler Visits Parisian Landmarks; Fortifying
Europe against British Attacks; Germany's Navy Prepares for War with Britain;
Air Defense Drills Staged for King George VI in England; Hitler Greets Victorious
Troops in Alsace-Lorraine; The "Inseparable Bond" between Fuehrer and Soldiers;
Hitler and Entourage Visit Strasbourg Cathedral; Hitler Inspects Shattered Maginot
Line; The Rhine: "firmly in German Hands"; Hitler's Return to Berlin: Jubilant
Germans Greet the Fuehrer; Preparing the Celebration in Berlin; Surging Berliners
Salute Hitler's Motorcade Procession; Hitler and Goering Review Joyous Crowds
at Chancellery. Two newsreels, b&w, total running time 46 minutes, English
subtitles.
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VOLUME 10
INSIDE THE THIRD REICH (July/August 1940): Featuring: Italy's Role in Defeating
France: Skirmishes on Alpine Front and French Rivera; Mussolini Inspects Alpine
Front; Italian Navy Patrols Mediterranean; Italian Fighters in East Africa;
Gibraltar: Britain's Mediterranean "Choke-point"; Fear Grips the British Empire:
Hong Kong; Britain's Crimes at Lorient; German-French Cooperation in Rebuilding
Occupied France; Germans Evacuees Return Home to Merzig; Hitler's July 19 Reichstag
Address: Churchill's Last Chance for Peace; Joyful Berlin Crowds Greet Returning
Wehrmacht Division; Goebbels and General Fromm Hail Victorious Soldiers; Sport
and Exercise for the German Girls League; 1940 German National Art Show
Opens in Munich; German Industry and Military Might: Manufacturing Panzers;
On the Job: Exercise Programs Prevent Worker Injury; RAF Bombing Raid on Hamburg
; France's Aggressive Designs Exposed; German Technicians Rebuild France; Everyday
English Routines Resume in Channel Islands; U-Boots Return from Battle; Doenitz
Awards Iron Cross; Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Missions; Montage of German Air
Strikes over England. Two newsreels, b&w, total running time 44 minutes,
English subtitles.
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VOLUME 11
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN (August/Sept 1940): Featuring: 28th German East Trade
Fair in Koenigsberg Attracts Hundreds of Thousands; Chemical Fertilizers: Germany's
Indispensable Weapon; Salvaging Wrecked Vehicles from Western Campaign; "Strength
through Joy" Sponsors Soldiers' Factory Tour; Arms Workers see their Products
in Action; German Flak Batteries Deter Enemy Bombing Raids; Field Marshal von
Brauchitsch Visits Wounded Soldiers; Hitler Awards Field Marshals with Jeweled
Scepters; Italian Bombing Raids Open Campaign against British Somalia; Testing
New Long-range Artillery; Luftwaffe Steps up Bombing Raids Against Britain;
Total Blockade of Great Britain Begins; Labor Corps Spearheads Germanization
in Eastern Territories (Wartheland); Ethnic Germans Return to Alsace-Lorraine:
"German Virtues" Prevail; Baden Hitler Youth join Young Germans in Strasbourg;
Clearing British Mines from Norway's Fjords; U-Boots Return to Harbor; 4.3 million
Tons of Enemy Shipping Sunk in First Year of War; Germany Fortifies the Channel
Coast; Coastal Artillery bombards Dover; Coastal Air Defense: Messerschmitt
Fighter Planes Intercept RAF in Channel; RAF Bombardier Reaches Berlin; Germany
vows Revenge; Germany's New Air Strategy: London now the Key; Raid on London:
Inside a JU 88 Dive bomber; Luftwaffe Unloads "Monumental Destruction" on London.
Two newsreels, b&w, total running time 46 minutes, English subtitles.
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VOLUME 12
BRITAIN IN FLAMES (September/October 1940): Featuring: Fascist Labor Corps in
Norway;
Hitler grants Hungary Disputed Romanian Territory; Horthy celebrates; Franco's
Envoy visits Hitler at Chancellery; Italy's Colonial Minister Teruzzi meets
Hitler, tours Western Front; Festive Saarbruecken greets Repatriated Germans;
Todt Organization in Saarbruecken; Mine Warfare: from Factory Assembly to Mine
laying at Sea; Italian Bombers raid British Base at Sollum, Egypt; British Air
Raid Kills German Children; Goering tours Air Fields in northern France; Luftwaffe
Squadrons take Revenge upon London; Stuka Fighters in Action; Mussolini rebuilds
Rome; Reich Education Minister Rust awarded Honorary Degree in Rome; Madrid
Arena hosts Reichswehr Band Concert; Spain invades Tangiers; French Authorities
capitulate; Bulgaria seizes Contested Dobruja Province; King Boris hailed in
Sofia; Ethnic Germans from Bessarabia repatriated by "Resettlement Commandos"
; Oslo Fascists declare "Norway Needs More Quislings"; Occupied Warsaw prepares
for Hitler's Visit; Vichy Outrage as RAF "Night Pirates" bomb LeHavre; "Fastest
Gun in the West": Messerschmitt 109; Spectacular Aerial Dogfights over southern
England; Germany's Navy Girds for Battle. Two newsreels, b&w, total running
time 48 minutes, English subtitles.
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VOLUME 13
(November 1940): Featuring: Bountiful Vegetable Harvest in Germany; Autobahn
Construction in Austria; SA Officers Tour Liberated Eastern Districts; Cross
Section of Activities in France Under German Occupation; Japanese Bombers Attack
Burma Road; Victorious U-boats Return to Bases; Reich Marshal Goering reviews
Richthofen and Horst Wessel Fighter Wings; Japan Takes Over Formerly French
Indochina.; Dutch Fascists Parade in Amsterdam; Outstanding Armament Workers
are invited to Berlin as Guests of Top Nazi Leaders; Molotov Meets with Ribbentropp
and Hitler in Berlin; German Housing Settlements in Warta Region; Berlin and
Hamburg Children relocated to Safe Havens in Countryside; Flak Batteries Duel
English Night Bombers; Memorial Services Honor Fallen Soldiers in Flanders;
Coastal Batteries and Luftwaffe Planes Attack British Convoys in the Channel.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 13 Order # CH 813 | ||
VOLUME
14
(Nov./Dec. 1940): Featuring: Devastating Romanianearthquake Prompts German Aid.;
Italian Front Lines in North Africa; Ethnic Germans Depart Bessarabia for Fatherland;
Foreign Ministers of Spain (Suñer) and Italy (Ciano) Visit Hitler at
Berchtesgaden; Hitler Attends Vienna Ceremony as Hungary Joins Tripartite Pact;
Romania's Antonescu and Slovakia's Tuka also sign Tripartite Pact; "Victory
in the West" Exhibit Opens in Vienna; Luftwaffe stages a Massive Raid on
Coventry; Daring Exploits of U-boat Lieutenant Kretschmer, Germany's "Tonnage
King"; Mountain Troop Artillery Exercise In Austrian Alps; Night Raid on
Targets in England: Birmingham in Flames; Admiral Raeder Launches Battleship
Bismarck; Exploits of U-boat Captain Endress: a Surface Battle with an Armed
British Steamer and the Torpedoing of a Freighter.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 14 Order # CH 814 | ||
VOLUME 15
(December 1940):Featuring: Field Marshal Von Brauchitsch
Visits Troops in the East; King Michael of Romania Reviews a Parade of German
Advisory Troops in Bucharest; The completion of Oslo-Bergen Highway in Norway;
The Old Orient Express Railway Line Rebuilt in France; Reich Leader Alfred Rosenberg
Speaks at the Chamber of Deputies in Paris; Wounded Soldiers make Christmas
Toys for Children; Hitler Blasts Capitalism and "Fake Democracy" in
an address to German Armament Industry Workers; Japanese Planes Bomb Chiang
Kai-shek's Supply Lines on Burma Road; Abducted Spanish Civil War Children Return
Home from France; Life in Warsaw is back to Normal Again; New Airfields are
Constructed in Norway; Rifle Making at a Famous Gunsmith Plant in Steyr; Captured
British Submarine is Converted to a U-boat and Commissioned Under the German
Battle Flag; German Soldiers on Guard Duty in Stormy Weather on the Channel
and Channel Islands.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 15 Order # CH 815 | ||
VOLUME 16
(January 1941): Featuring: Germany's and Italy's Ambassadors Attend Ceremonies
Commemorating the Formation of the Tripartite Pact in Tokyo; Marshal Petain
Warmly Received by a Large Crowd in Lyons; Soviet Ambassador Dekanazov greeted
by Hitler at Reich Chancellery; Reich Labor Service Role in the Battle of Britain
Hailed; Extensive Grading Work Along the Vistula River in Occupied Poland; Former
Luxury Hotel in Zakopane now Shelters Berlin Children; Nazi Leaders and the
German People Celebrate their Second Wartime Christmas; Japan Celebrates the
Twenty-sixth Centenary of its Imperial Dynasty; Third Reich and Soviet Union
sign Four New Agreements in Moscow; Heavy Snowfall Reported Throughout Europe;
Dutch National Socialist Rally in Utrecht; Reich Marshal Goering Receives Congratulations
and Gifts on His 48th Birthday; Motorcycle Riflemen on Maneuvers in Occupied
Southern France; Adolf Galland Shoots Down a British Plane - His 57th Kill.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 16 Order # CH 816 | ||
VOLUME 17
(Jan./Feb.,1941): b&w, total running time 42 minutes, English subtitles.
FEATURING: Norwegian Workers Depart to Germany; Reconstruction Projects in Occupied
Poland;. Franz Léhar Conducts one of his Operettas in Paris; Ceremonial
Meeting of the German Academy in Prague; Japanese Military Delegation in Berlin;
Luftwaffe Bombs Valletta, Malta; Aircraft Carrier H.M.S. Illustriousis Hit;
Hitler Attends the Funeral of Justice Minister Guertner; Heavy Bombers Raid
Scottish Coastal Shipping; Auxiliary Cruiser on a Combat Mission in Tropical
Waters; A Hitler Castigates the Versailles Treaty as "the Greatest; Injustice
in History" and Issues a Warning to Germany's Enemies. Two newsreels.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 17 Order # CH 817 | ||
VOLUME 18
(February, 1941): b&w, total running time 48 minutes, English subtitles.
FEATURING: Funeral of Hungary's Foreign Minister Csáky; Reich Youth Leader
Axmann Visits Oslo; A Grandiose Nazi Party Ceremonies in Silesia; Submariners
on a Skiing Holiday; Minesweepers Patrol the English Channel; Bombing Raids
of British Positions in North Africa; Meeting of Mussolini and Franco in Bordighera,
Italy; German Film Stars Attend Festivities in the Reich Film Chamber; Police
Sports Festival in Berlin; World Champ Boxer Max Schmeling Volunteers for Airborne
Duty; SS General Sepp Dietrich Inspects the "SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler";
An Auxiliary Cruiser on the Prowl in the Atlantic. Two newsreels
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 18 Order # CH 818 | ||
VOLUME 19
(March, 1941): b&w, total running time 50 minutes, English subtitles.
FEATURING: Hitler Speaks at the Party Founders Day Celebration in Munich's Hofbraeuhaus;
Bulgaria Signs the Tripartite Pact in Vienna; Hitler Receives Tripartite Delegation
at Belvedere Palace; German Troops are Allowed in Bulgaria "to Prevent
British Intervention in the Balkans"; Infantry Units on Winter Maneuvers;
German Air Defense Exercises; Sports Events in Berlin and Stuttgart; Vienna
Celebrates Third Anniversary of Anschluss; A Celebration Rally in Linz, Austria;
Heroes Memorial Day Rituals in Berlin; Victorious U-boat Crew is Decorated;
Combat Engineers Maneuver in France; Initiation Ceremonies of Hitler Youth and
German Girls League; Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka Welcomed in Berlin.
Three newsreels
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 19 Order # CH 819 | ||
VOLUME 20
(April, 1941): b&w, total running time 48 minutes, English subtitles. FEATURING:
Second Anniversary of Bohemia and Moravia Celebrated in Prague; President Tito
Reviews Slovak Army Parade; Ethnic Germans Flee Yugoslavia; First Enlisted Man
Decorated with a Knight's Cross; Afrika Korps on the Offensive in North Africa;
German Shipyards Launch New Submarines; Germany Attacks Yugoslavia and Greece;
Afrika Korps Units Capture Agheila and Benghazi; Combat in Croatia and Slovenia;
Waffen SS Units Approach Belgrade; Metaxas Line Breached in Greece; Key Port
of Salonica Taken by German Troops. Two newsreels
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 20 Order # CH 820 | ||
VOLUME 21
(April/May 1941) FEATURING: Afrika Korps Advance to Sollum; The Fuehrer Welcomes
Bulgarian King Boris and Hungarian Regent Horthy; Yugoslavia Capitulates; German
Troops in Historic Sarajevo; Greek Islands Thasos and Lemnos Captured by a Daring
Sea Assault; Greece's Epirus and Macedonia Armies Capitulate; Rudolf Hess Presents
Awards at a Messerschmitt Factory; Hitler Speaks in Berlin's Sportpalast and
in the Reichstag; Afrika Korps Units Converge on Tobruk; Ancient Battle Site
of Thermopylae in German Hands; Occupation Troops in Athens; Crossing the Gulf
of Patras into Peloponnesus. Two newsreels, b&w, total running time 45 minutes,
English subtitles.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 21 Order # CH 821 | ||
VOLUME 22
(June 1941) FEATURING: Rommel Meets with Italian General Gariboldi at the Tobruk
Front; Tank Battles in Cyrenaica; Luftwaffe Units Prepare to Invade Crete. (Operation
Mercury); German Paratroops invade Crete; German Mountain Infantry and Paratroopers
Pursue the Enemy; Luftwaffe General Student Salutes Victorious Paratroopers;
Hitler Receives Croatia's Head of State Ante Pavelic; New Alsace SA Units in
Strassburg are Sworn-in; Heavy Bombing Raid on Birmingham; Port of Canea Captured
in Crete; The Swastika Flies over Crete; Afrika Korps Soldiers Visit a Bedouin
Camp. Two newsreels, b&w, total running time 47 minutes, English subtitles.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 22 Order # CH 822 | ||
VOLUME 23
(June/July 1941) FEATURING: Ceremonies of Croatia's Entry into the Tripartite
Pact; Rommel Awards the Iron Cross to Italian General Gariboldi; Luftwaffe Bombs
British Munition Ships in Front of Tobruk; Germany Attacks Soviet Union. (Operation
Barbarossa); Wehrmacht Units Advance Toward Kaunas, Lithuania; Luftwaffe Attacks
Strategic Targets in Soviet Territory; German Troops Arrive in Finland; Fortress
Kaunas Taken by German Troops; Swift Advance Toward Minsk; Two Soviet Armies
Encircled near Bialystok; Soviet Citadel of Brest-Litovsk Captured; Bedraggled
Soviet Prisoners shown. Two newsreels, b&w, total running time 50 minutes,
English subtitles.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 23 Order # CH 823 | ||
VOLUME 24
(July 1941) FEATURING: Bavarian Mountain Infantry Capture Lemberg (Lvov) after
Heavy Fighting; Ukrainian People Greet German Soldiers as Liberators; Soviet
Atrocities in Lemberg are Depicted; Jewish GPU Agents are Turned over to German
Forces; 70,000 Soviet Troops Surrounded near Minsk; Heavy Battles Rage in Lithuania;
Street Fighting in Libau (Liepaja), Latvia; Volunteers from all over Europe
Join the Fight against Bolshevism; Finno-German Soldiers Capture the Stronghold
of Salla; Romanian Troops March into Bessarabia; Strong Soviet Defense Encountered
in the Kiev Salient; Soviet Armies Surrounded in Bialystok-Minsk Region, 325,000
Surrender; The Highly-touted Stalin Line Breached at many Key Points; German
Troops Capture Riga; Mechanized Forces Attack Toward Leningrad. Two newsreels,
b&w, total running time 63 minutes, English subtitles.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 24 Order # CH 824 | ||
VOLUME 25
(July/August 1941) FEATURING: Volunteers from Denmark, Spain and Italy Depart
to Germany; German Destroyers Attack Soviet Patrol Boats near Murmansk; A Bridgehead
established Across the Dnieper River; Hungarian and Slovakian Troops Advance
Deeper into Ukraine; Heavy Combat in Vitebsk, Polatsk and Smolensk Areas; First
Luftwaffe Bombing Raid on Moscow; Hitler Visits the Eastern Front; After Heavy
Fighting Bessarabia Freed From Soviet Occupation; Vinnitsa and Mogilev Taken
by German and Hungarian Troops; Smolensk Captured After Heavy Street Fighting;
Scenes of "Soviet Paradise" in Ramshackle Smolensk; Waffen-SS in Combat
Northeast of Lake Peipus; Luftwaffe Fighters and Flak Shoot Down Numerous Soviet
Planes
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 25 Order # CH 825 | ||
VOLUME 26
(August 1941) FEATURING: Volunteer Legions From France, Flanders and Denmark
Join the Crusade Against Bolshevism; Masses of Soviet Soldiers Captured in Ukraine;
Wehrmacht rapidly advances on all Eastern Fronts; German Troops reach Gulf of
Finland; Soviets are Routed from the Baltic States; Luftwaffe Bombing Raids
in the Lake Ilmen Area; German Planes Attack the Port of Murmansk; Romanian
Troops March on Odessa; Panzer Units Reach the Black Sea Port of Nikolayev;
Battle of Gomel -- 90,000 Soviet Prisoners Taken; Heavy Combat Along the St.Petersburg
- Moscow Railroad; Novgorod Captured by German Assault Troops. Two newsreels,
b&w, total running time 56 minutes, English subtitles.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 26 Order # CH 826 | ||
VOLUME 27
(September 1941) FEATURING: New U-boats Launched to Reinforce the Atlantic Front;
Admiral Doenitz Decorates Victorious U-boat Commanders; Narva and Luga Fall
to Germans; Wehrmacht Troops Advance to Leningrad; Mussolini and Hitler Tour
the Eastern Front; Waffen-SS Forces Sweep into the Port of Kherson; After Fierce
Resistance Germans Capture Gomel; Stukas Destroy Bridges in the Murmansk Area;
Finnish Troops Liberate Viipuri (Vyborg), Old Capital of Karelia; German Troops
Approach the Outskirts of Leningrad; Four Soviet Armies Encircled by Guderian's
and Von Kleist's Panzer Armies; Heavy Fighting Rage for the Cities of Kremenchug
and Chernigov; German Troops Fight their Way into Kiev. Two newsreels, b&w,
total running time 61 minutes, English subtitles.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 27 Order # CH 827 | ||
VOLUME 28
(October 1941) FEATURING: Daring Invasion of the Islands of Oesel (Saaremaa)
and Moon (Muhu) in the Gulf of Riga; German Forces Converge on Leningrad from
all Directions; Italian and Romanian Troops at the Gates of Odessa; Kiev, the
Capital of Ukraine, "Liberated from Bolshevik Terror"; The Encirclement
of Four Soviet Armies in the Kiev Area nets 665,000 Prisoners; Goebbels Opens
the Winter Relief Fund Drive Rally in Berlin's Sportpalast; Hitler Speaks at
the Rally and Blasts "Warcriminal Plutocrats and Bolsheviks"; Mop-up
Operations in the Island of Oesel; German Artillery Pulverizes Leningrad - the
Siege Begins; Army and Waffen-SS Units Advance on Valday Hills, Source Waters
of the Volga River; Aftermath of the Battle in the Kiev Front - Endless Lines
of Soviet Prisoners; U-boat Action in the Battle of the Atlantic. Two newsreels,
b&w, total running time 61 minutes, English subtitles.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 28 Order # CH 828 | ||
VOLUME 29
(November 1941) FEATURING: Italy's Foreign Minister Count Ciano Visits Hitler
at hisWolfsschanze Headquarters.
Finnish Divisions Advance South of Lakes Ladoga and Onega.
Knee-deep Mud Hampers Supply Convoys in the Leningrad Area.
Soviet Stronghold of Kaluga captured by German Troops.
The Historic Battlefleld of Borodino Penetrated by Waffen-SS andGeneral Hoeppner's
Panzers.
In the Southern Sector of the Front German Infantry Advance on Kharkov.
Mop-up Operations in Karelia.
Winter Clothes and Supplies Reach the Eastern Front.
Attack on Soviet Outer Defence Ring near Moscow.
The Soviet Industrial Hub of Kharkov Captured by the Wehrmacht.
German Advances in the Crimean Peninsula.
Victory Parade of Odessa Veterans in Bucharest.
General Rommel Decorates Valorous Afrika Korps Soldiers.
Naval Action on the English Channel.
Two newsreels, b&w, total running time 59 minutes, English subtitles.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 29 Order # CH 829 | ||
VOLUME 30
(November/December 1941) FEATURING: State Funeral of Ernst Udet, Chief Air Inspector
General of the Luftwaffe.
Heavy Artillery Pounds Strategic Targets in Leningrad.
Important Rail Junction of Tikhvin Captured by German Troops.
Deep Frost Impedes the Advance to Moscow.
Infantry Units Reach the Crimean Capital Simferopol.
German Troops Enter the Historic City of Yalta on the Black Sea.
Stukas Attack Enemy Tanks and Troop Concentrations on the Libyan-Egyptian Border.
"Grossdeutschland" Regiment in Action near Moscow.
Reich Marshal Goering in Conference with France's Marshal Petain.
One of the two U-boats that sank British Carrier "Ark Royal" Returns
to Port.
German and British Fighter Planes in a Dogfight over the English Channel.
Colonel General Guderian's Panzers Attack Southwest of Moscow.
Italian and German Troops Battle the Brits and New Zealanders in North Africa.
Two newsreels, b&w, total running time 53 minutes, English subtitles.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 30 Order # CH 830 |
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VOLUME 31
(January 1942) FEATURING: Enthusiastic German People Donate Warm Clothing for
the Soldiers on Eastern Front.
Finnish Troops Counterattack in East Karelia.
Skis are a Necessity in Snowbound Eastern Front.
In Leningrad Sector German Infantry Prevents a Bolshevik Breakout over the Neva
River.
Heavy Combat near Sevastopol in Crimea.
Reich Foreign Minister Ribbentrop Received by Hungarian Regent Horthy in Budapest.
The Fuehrer Awards Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross to Waffen-SS General Sepp
Dietrich and other Officers.
National Socialist Women at Work Making Camouflage Suits for Winter Warfare.
German Mine Sweepers in Action on the English Channel.
Siege of Leningrad - Soldiers Routine Activities Behind Front Lines.
Heaviest Artillery Pounds the port- and Citadel of Sevastopol.
Two newsreels, b&w, total running time 45 minutes, English subtitles.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 31 Order # CH 831 | ||
VOLUME 32
(February 1942) FEATURING: Hitler Speaks to the German People on the Ninth Anniversary
of his Rise to Power.
General Muñoz Grandes, Commander of Spanish Blue Division, Receives the
Iron Cross, First Class.
Supply Lines Operate Around the Clock in Cities Behind Front Lines of the Eastern
Front.
German and Romanian Troops Attack Sevastopol and Feodosiya in the Crimean Peninsula.
U-boats Deploy Against the USA.
German and Italian Troops on the Road to Benghazi, Libya.
Training at Various German Officer Candidate Schools.
Wintry Woes in Snowbound Woods of Karelia.
Continued Fighting on the Eastern Front.
Colonel General Rommel on the Outskirts of Benghazi.
German U-boats in Action off the Coast of New York.
Precision Teamwork of Luftwaffe Fighters and Kriegsmarine Units on the English
Channel.
Two newsreels, b&w, total running time 53 minutes, English subtitles.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 32 Order # CH 832 | ||
Volume 33
(March/April 1942) Three newsreels, b&w, total running time 79 minutes,
English subtitles. FEATURING:
* Japanese military operations in the Pacific (Japanese Newsreel Footage Included).
* Hitler Decorates General Model at the "Wolf's Lair" headquarters.
* Scenes of Russian Winter.
* German and Romanian Troops Surround Sevastopol.
* The Luftwaffe bombs Malta.
* Aftermath of British Bombing Raid on Paris.
* Hitler Opens the Memorial Day Festivities in Berlin.
* Winter Warfare in the Donets Region in Russia.
* Armed Forces Day Celebrated in Berlin.
* The British Naval Raid on the German-held port of Saint-Nazaire.
* German troops in action on the Central Sector of the Eastern Front.
* German raider in the Indian Ocean.
* British Air Attack on Lübeck destroys the Lubeck cathedral.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 33 Order # CH 833 | ||
Volume 34
Three newsreels, b&w, total running time 83 minutes, English subtitles.
FEATURING:
* Wilhelm Fürtwangler conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at an
Armaments Plant in Berlin.
* Reich Marshal Göring Congratulates Field Marshal Milch on his 50th Birthday.
* German troops advance into the Kerch Peninsula in the eastern Crimea.
* Italian and German Navies in the Mediterranean.
* Tank Battles in Cyrenaica, Libya.
* Hitler's 53rd Birthday Festivities.
* Luftwaffe Bombing Raid on Malta.
* Island of Suursaari in the Gulf of Finland Occupied by German and Finnish
Troops.
* The Continuing Battle for Leningrad.
* Dnieper Power Plant Rebuilt by Todt Organization Personnel.
* Gen. Franco Reviews a Parade in Madrid.
* Hitler and Mussolini meet in Salzburg and at the Berghof.
* German Armament Workers Honored on May Day.
* German Soldiers and Horses Struggle Against Mud and Flooding in Russia.
* Luftwaffe FW190 Fighter Planes in Action over the English Channel.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 34 Order # CH 834 | ||
Volume 35
Three newsreels, b&w, total running time 80 minutes, English subtitles.
FEATURING:
* Reichsleiter Alfred Rosenberg receives Farmers from Ukraine, Belorussia, and
Russia.
* Fight against Soviet Partisans in the Crimea.
* JU 52 Cargo Planes Ferry Supplies to Forward Units on the Eastern Front.
* U-boat Action in the Atlantic.
* Romanian Troops Parade in Bucharest.
* Captain Topp's U-boat Returns to Port after Sinking 7 Allied Freighters.
* German and Finnish Troops in Action on the Murmansk Front.
* After Heavy fighting Kerch in the Crimea Captured by German Troops.
* Hitler Flies to Finland and Meets with Finnish President Ritti and Field Marshal
Mannerheim.
* Massed Soviet Tanks and Infantry Attack German Positions near Kharkov.
* German, Italian, Romanian and Hungarian Troops Counterattack and Surround
3 Soviet Armies.
* Nearly a Quarter of Million Soviet Soldiers Surrender.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 35 Order # CH 835 | ||
Volume 36
Two newsreels, b&w, total running time 58 minutes, English subtitles.
FEATURING:
* Funeral Services for Assassinated SS General Reinhard Heydrich in Prague and
Berlin.
* Capture of Bir Hacheim by Afrika Korps.
* Siege of Sevastopol - Last Pictures of a German Cameraman Killed in Action.
* After Bitter Fighting, German and Romanian troops surround Sevastopol.
* In North Africa Rommel Directs an Attack on the British 8th Army.
* Fierce Fighting in the Gazala Line - in 10 Days the British Lose over 10,000
men captured and 550 Tanks.
* German and Italian Troops Launch an Attack on British-held Tobruk.
* Tobruk Capitulates - Field Marshal Kesselring Enters the Captured Fortress.
* Advance guard reaches the Port Area of Sevastopol.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 36 Order # CH 836 | ||
Volume 46
ca. 58 min. - Newsreel 618 (8 July 1942), Hitler awards medals to Waffen-SS
Lieutenant General Eicke and fighter pilot Marseille. Finland's Marshal von
Mannerheim visits Hitler and Goering, Halder, Jodl, Himmler, and others are
present. Volkhov Front, a trick-photography map sequence depicts Soviets' failed
attempt to free Leningrad, mud and marshes, bridges and corduroy roads built,
Waffen-SS troops smoke out Soviets, Army and SS troops, including Spanish, Dutch,
and Flemish volunteers, seize a village, HE-111s and Stukas attack Soviet positions,
captured weapons. Elsewhere on the Eastern Front, tanks, infantry, and engineers
capture a Soviet village. Final phase of Sevastopol battle, Stukas attack military
installations, German and Rumanian infantry and engineers advance, Field Marshal
von Manstein views captured fortress of "Maxim Gorki" corps, Rumanian
engineers clear minefields, harbor area reached, captures Soviet armaments.
Africa after Tobruk victory, troops swim in Mediterranean, Rommel interrogates
captured English generals, talks to Kesselring, rejoins eastward-bound units,
German-Italian tank army captures Mersa Matruh, British prisoners include non-Caucasians,
marching song.31 min. Newsreel 619 (15 July 1942), In Prague, Emil Hacha, President
of Bohemia and Moravia, celebrates his 70th birthday. Student days of German
art in Salzburg. The German art exhibit of 1942 in Munich. Field Marshal von
Manstein reports to Hitler. Scenes of U-boat homecomings, Admiral Doenitz presents
a medal. In the northern Arctic Sea, a British-American convoy is destroyed
by German aircraft and U-boats. Other Northern-Front scenes, pilots return to
base at Murmansk and General Stumpff awards medals, General Dietl arrives at
an airfield with a Labor Service detachment, in Finnish waters, Soviet bombers
attack German minesweepers, and German patrol boats battle Soviet high-speed
boats. Advance toward the Don, tanks and infantry force their way into a village,
engineers build a road and remove a demolition charge, Stukas attack retreat
routes and Soviet columns, the Don is reached, aerial view of captured Voronezh.
27 min.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 46 Order # CH 576 | ||
Volume 47
ca. 60 min. - Newsreel 621 (29 July 1942), Extensive footage of Atlantic and
Channel coast defenses, including fortifications, weapons, planes, and ships.
Hitler greets General Munoz Grandez of Spain. Stukas, infantry, and tanks help
win the Chersonese peninsula struggle, which marks the end of the battle for
Sevastopol and the Crimea, Soviet prisoners are shown. In the middle sector
of the Eastern Front, a Soviet unit is intercepted between the Doenitz and the
Don, where a long trick-photography map sequence depicts the course of battle,
including the capture of Voronezh and Rostov, long lines of German infantry,
augmented by a Rumanian unit, march southeastward, and advance party faces enemy
by planes and fights resistance in a village, weapons are ferried across the
Don, Stukas attack troops and installations, Rostov is taken. 35 min. Newsreel
627 (8 September 1942), In Budapest, the Reich Administrator's son, killed as
a military pilot, is buried in a state funeral with von Ribbentrop and Keitel
in attendance. Africa, supplies are flown in from Greece, fighter pilots, including
First Lieutenant Marseilles, return to base, where Rommel, Kesselring, Cavallero,
and Bastico are present, German and Italian troops move into Siwa, an Egyptian
oasis city captured from the British, where sheiks hold a reception and soldiers
bathe in "Cleopatra's Bath", In the east, Goring greets wounded soldiers.
In the middle sector of the Eastern Front, soldiers set up an artillery observation
post in a destroyed theater and Soviet tanks are confronted. The battle for
Stalingrad, long lines of troops march along the bend of the Don, horses bathe
in a river, captured Soviets bring their own weapons to a collection point,
Stukas attack enemy bunkers, tanks, artillery and armored infantry win a battle,
the Volga is reached, Stalingrad fortifications come under fire. At the Caucasus
Front, the German infantry marches south, Caucasian militiamen do police work
in Pyatigorsk, a light mountain infantry company climbs Mount Elbrus to seize
a weather station. 25 min.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 47 Order # CH 577 | ||
Volume 48
ca. 33 min. - Newsreel 629 (23 September 1942), Wounded soldiers take an NSDAP-sponsored
excursion in Carinthia. The British landing attempt at Tobruk is repulsed by
coastal batteries. Stalingrad, tanks and infantry thrust into the city, street
fighting rages, bombers attack, deep ravines, Stalingrad in flames. 14 min.
Newsreel 630 (30 September 1942), African front, freighters taking equipment
from Italy to Africa are attacked by British bombers, and one is shot down,
railway to the El Alamein Front, supply depot, Rommel, Kesselring, and fighter-pilot
Marseille, Alexandria is bombed. On the Atlantic coast, a Japanese submarine
enters a German base, where it's greeted by Admirals Doenitz, Raeder, and others,
after which the crew engage in sports and games. Also on the Atlantic coast,
two successful submarine commanders receive medals. In the far north, Stukas
attack Murmansk harbor. Stalingrad, a Focke-Wulf reconnaissance plane spots
pockets of resistance, which are then softened up, flak wards off a Soviet air
attack, German tanks advance. At the Caucasus Front, light mountain infantrymen
in the Mount Elbrus area use pack animals to bring supplies to positions high
in the mountain, a Soviet attack is repulsed. 19 min.
| Through Enemy Eyes - Volume 48 Order # CH 578 | ||
Volume 49
ca. 65 min. - Newsreel, 631 (7 October 1942), Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop
receives the Italian and Japanese ambassadors on the second anniversary of the
signing of the three-power pact, and predicts a new order in Europe. Rommel
reports to Hitler and speaks to domestic and foreign reporters about events
in North Africa. At the Berlin Sports Palace, the 1942-43 Winter Relief drive
opens, Goebbels reports on amounts given and disbursed in previous years and
Hitler affirms homeland support for the front-line soldier. In the northern
sector of the Eastern Front, a water conveyor is devised by soldiers and food
is delivered to the front, Waffen-SS men protect the builders of a forest position,
a captive balloon guides firing on Soviet positions, South of Lake Ladoga, tanks
and infantry combat Soviet forces, artillery destroys a Soviet bunker, Labor
Service men under Soviet attack take up arms. At another Eastern Front site,
an assault troop reconnoiters under fire. Behind the Eastern Front, soldiers
and peasants harvest wheat on a state farm. Junker 88s attack Soviet troops.
Stalingrad, a command post, destroyed Soviet planes, ravines, advancing infantry,
ruins, the Volga. 23 min. Newsreel 632 (14 October 1942), The opening segments
are devoted to food production. First, an NSDAP rally on Harvest Thanksgiving
Day includes the presentation of a medal to the Director of Faming and a speech
by Goering, who stresses the importance of food production in the occupied eastern
territories. Then trains carrying food for soldiers and industrial workers from
the Ukraine into Berlin are shown. Last, an extended segment using charts shows
how food supply in 1942 is greater than in the corresponding periods of World
War 1, and the importance of future food production is stressed. On the Caucasus
Front, supplies and mail are delivered by pack animals to light mountain infantrymen
who cross snowfields and glaciers to their position, a Soviet attack is repulsed
by soldiers in the Mount Elbrus area. Stalingrad, a Soviet tank attack is repulsed
by artillery, destroyed American and English tanks are shown, Soviet captives
march to collection centers South of Lake Ladoga, artillery, tanks, infantry,
and Luftwaffe battle the Soviets. Waffen-SS units engage the Soviets southeast
of Lake Ilmen. Aerial views of the bombing of Soviet roads and railways. 24
min. Helferinnen der Wehrmacht (The Armed Forces Women's Auxiliaries), This
short portrays women who work as volunteer signal auxiliaries for German Armed
Forces. Their work is said here to free soldiers doing similar jobs for action
at the front. The women's role in air defense and their recreational activities
are highlighted. 141 seconds. Newsreel 633 (21 October 1942), Authors from 16
nations, including Bartels and Schaefer, meet in Weimar. An Italian submarine
sinks a freighter. Two successful submarine commanders return to their Atlantic
bases. A Navy unit advances north from Norwegian waters. In the Leningrad area,
Soviets try unsuccessfully to cross the Neva River, south of Lake Ladoga, scattered
Soviet resistance is quashed, and array of destroyed Soviet weaponry is shown.
In Stalingrad, artillery and Luftwaffe fire at important plants on the Volga,
street fighting. In the Caucasus, German units march toward Tuapse, attacking
a village, and German bombers attack the oil fields of Grozny. 16 min.
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Volume 50
ca. 55 min. - Newsreel 635 (4 November 1942), Mussolini attends ceremonies honoring
the 20th anniversary of the March on Rome, Party Labor Director Robert Ley heads
the NSDAP delegation and brings a message from Hitler. A Japanese naval unit
deploys ships and planes in battle. In Stalingrad, Stukas and infantry attack
the gun factory 'The Red Barricade'. At the Caucasus Front, a reconnaissance
plane pinpoints Soviet positions around Terek, which are then attacked by SS
"German volunteers", light mountain infantrymen climb the Galabashi,
refreshing themselves at a sauna, a German mountain patrol repulses a Soviet
patrol. At the Egyptian Front, German and Italian units led by Rommel, including
armored units and paratroops used in land combat, defend the El Alamein position
against the British. 17 min. Newsreel 637 (18 November, 1942), November 9th
ceremonies in Munich and Berlin honor National Socialist martyrs. Defenses in
Norway, including fortifications, coastal batteries, air patrols, runways, and
naval units. Finnish Front soldiers build houses for families of fallen comrades.
Near Leningrad, the Soviet fortress Kronstadt and Soviet battleship Marat are
fired on, German and Croatian planes bomb Leningrad defenses. Italian infantry
repels a Soviet attempt to cut the supply line to Stalingrad. In Stalingrad,
the destroyed Cherchinsky tractor works and other devastation. In France, German
motorized units advance through unoccupied territory to the Mediterranean, they
are said to be answering the English-American attack on North Africa and anticipating
an invasion, friendship with the French is affirmed, German units arrive in
Marseilles. 20 min. Newsreel 638 (25 November 1942), Members of a domestic flak
unit at an armaments plan in action. Soldiers and weapons move into new positions
on the French Riviera. A convoy taking supplies from Italy to Africa is attacked
by English torpedo planes. In Stalingrad, Stukas and artillery hammer the Soviets,
close-ups of German soldiers. On the Black Sea, a German-Rumanian naval unit
primes and lays mines. In the Mount Elbrus area of the Upper Caucasus, members
of a ski patrol spot a Soviet assault troop and race down the mountain to warn
their comrades, the Soviets are repulsed. 18 min.
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Volume 51
ca. 59 min. - Newsreel 639 (2 December 1942), Training in German submarine schools,
including classroom work, simulation exercises, and work with models. Homecoming
at a U-boat base with Admiral Doenitz in attendance. On the French Mediterranean,
view of Marseilles, Axis infantry, air power, and artillery guard the coast
after French officers intentionally scuttled part of the French fleet in an
attempt to deliver the fleet and Toulon harbor to the Allies. A German-Italian
convoy brings vehicles, mail, and supplies to Tunisia. German and Italian planes
attack the British-American fleet near Algiers with torpedoes and bombs. In
the Leningrad area, a train brings supplies to the front, Soviets are opposed
by artillery and planes including a Croatian bomber squadron. Along the upper
Don, Hungarians and other German allies repulse a Soviet attack. In the middle
section of the Eastern Front, another Soviet attack is encountered. 19 min.
Newsreel 640 (10 December 1942), Mussolini speaks before the Fascist Chamber
in Rome, condemning Churchill and defying the Allies. At the Berlin Sports Palace,
Goebbels speaks to local Party leadership, vowing that Germans will fight to
victory in the war that has been forced on them. A lengthy trick-photography
map sequence reviews one year of war in Asia, describing motivations of English,
the US, and Japan and recounting Japanese victories in Wake, Guam, the Philippines,
Hong Kong, Java, and other Pacific locations. Subsequent footage shows Japanese
in action, conquering Singapore, parachuting into Celebes, and making a marine
landing on the Aleutians. Behind the lines of the Eastern Front, men of the
Reich's Labor Service join the Armed Forces. To the South of Lake Ilmen, Stukas
and SS armored infantry lead a successful attack on a Soviet village. In the
middle sector of the Eastern Front, the year's first snow falls, tanks get their
winter camouflage, a Fieseler Storch plane relays orders to a motorized unit
to attack a Soviet base, and the Soviet counterattack fails, behind enemy lines,
planes bomb Soviet shelters, supply depots, and traffic junctions. 20 min. Newsreel
642 (21 December 1942), In the Leningrad area, a messenger travels on ice skates,
snow screens are set up/ soldiers on the front line. In the middle sector of
the Eastern Front, tanks get winter camouflage, trucks battle snowy roads, gunners
respond to Soviet artillery. At the Tunisian Front, German bombers attack US
tanks near Tebourba, destroyed American tanks and a downed American fighter,
German enter Tebourba, captured British parachutists and captured Americans,
supplies come to Tunis and a supply depot is set up. The film ends with many
Christmas segments, soldiers celebrate Christmas in Africa, in a submarine,
in Lapland, and in the Caucasus, soldiers make toys for children of fallen comrades,
artist's wives and female artists prepare packets for front-line soldiers, as
do schoolchildren and nurses at a leave center, children visit and sing for
soldiers at an Army hospital. 20 min.
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