German Newsweek No. 728- 17 August 1944 (Crop Harvest, Eastern Front, Italy, Normandy) скачать в хорошем качестве

German Newsweek No. 728- 17 August 1944 (Crop Harvest, Eastern Front, Italy, Normandy)

The German Newsweek (Die Deutsche Wochenschau) was the unified newsreel of Germany from 1940-1945. The concept of a weekly newsreel was much older, dating back to WWI, and in the 1930s, there were several different weekly newsreels in Germany. With the outbreak of WWII, these were unified and from June 1940 onwards shown under the title of "The German Newsweek". It was one of the most important aspects of German wartime propaganda. These Newsreels were made to show the war in a favorable way for the Germans, even when the tide of the was clearly turned against German after 1943. Even in 1945, they still tried to generate a feeling of resistance and told the people that Germany is able to continue its defense. They also often contain other elements of Nazi propaganda, such a antisemitic footage, or footage describing the alleged misery or bad conditions among the Allied nations or the Soviet Union, and the superiority of Germany in fields of arts, social programs and living conditions. Each week, over 2000 copies were sent to theaters and movie houses throughout Germany and shown to the general public, as well as frontline soldiers, RAD-workers etc. The showing was mandatory before films, and later, a regulation was added that people were not allowed to enter the cinema after the Wochenschau started, forcing people to sit through it if they wanted to watch a film. 285 wartime issues were produced, from September 1939 (No. 470) to March 1945 (No. 755). This is issue No. 728, released on August 10th, 1944. It starts with scenes from civilian life: Hitler Youth boys and girls helping with the harvest, and German fishing boats catching fish. Also, a play of a clown is shown, entertaining German wounded soldiers. The next footage include combat scenes from all three fronts: Urban combat in Italy, ground attack planes on the Eastern Front and an ambush on a British patrol in Normandy are shown, among other scenes. - Subtitles made by me.