Guest
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 shown under the title of “The German Newsweek“. It was one of the most important aspects of German propaganda. Each week, over 2000 copies were sent to theaters and movie houses throughout Germany and shown to the general public, as private TV ownership was extremly rare during WWII. Over 700 episodes were produced, and many of the historical WWII footage we nowadays have comes from the Wochenschau. This is issue No. 682 from late September 1943. It shows footage of a Spanish Navy parade, Hitler meeting with Skorzeny and visiting Field Marshal von Manstein HQ on the Eastern Front, a German raid on Spitzbergen in Norway, road and bunker construction on the front near Leningrad, German fighters attacking Soviet planes, footage of German troops retreating to shorten the frontline and blowing up buildings and railroad facilities, and combat footage with Soviet troops. It also shows footage of advancing German units in Italy, including combat footage and Italian units putting themselves under German command. - Subtitles made by me.
