WWII - 1944, German Newsreel: Arab Regiment; Railroad Construction; Awards; Soldiers on Leave

WWII - 1944, German Newsreel: Arab Regiment; Railroad Construction; Awards; Soldiers on Leave 22:38:58 Moslem / Muslim official, Haj Muhammed Amin al-Husseini (sp?), Grand Mufti of Jerusalem accompanied by German officers, inspect German army Arab regiment wearing fez, uniforms & at attention. Pats cheeks of young soldiers. Inspects loaves of bread. 22:39:39 Arab regiment marching in formal review along street past Mufti, German officers & several civilians. 22:39:53 Montage: open furnace door & sheet steel removed w/ tongs; assembled leaf springs stacked, attached to railroad cars, welding & assembling railroad car frames, carpenters constructing wooden shells of cars & freight cars rolled into yard. CU markings on car: 20,000 23.9.1941 - 23.10.1943. 22:40:27 German guards / officers watching Russian civilians & German soldiers laying railroad ties & laying & attaching tracks. Wiring switching levers, attaching signal towers & MCU operating signals. (GOOD) 22:40:51 POV from on top of rear of steam locomotive engine, engineer watching out side; POV passing heavily protected signal building (sign: B k 862) w/ guard in front. 22:41:08 Overturned tank cars, clearing flat cars from snowy ground; CU locomotive wheels off track. Men raising locomotive w/ hydraulic jack & lowering onto track. Engine moved ahead away from car. 22:41:29 POV from steam engine, CU engineer; passing oncoming train. 22:41:43 Int. large Berlin hall w/ seated German officers; MS unid. officer at podium; CUs men listening. Railroad awards given on anniversary of German railroad. 22:42:23 Ceremony in large opera house type auditorium given medals to German officers (named in narration). Goebbels shakes hands w/ medal winners, applause. Goebbels speaks (SOF) seen from behind & alongside. CUs of listeners, applauding, cheering. 22:45:15 Montage: German officer out of camouflaged log front-line outpost, shakes hands w/ German infantry who march out of woods, load gear into horse carts, army trucks & driving thru forest. Leave papers handed out, troops shine boots beside train & leave in railroad car returning from Russian front. Waving, drinking beer. POV from back of train across snow covered bridge. Town, soldiers out of stores; in barber chair w/ women barbers giving shave & haircuts, washing hair, brushed off as leaving. 22:46:35 Montage: Boarding ship, smoke stack, given hot soup / coffee. On deck in port. Down gangway onto dock. Sign: Fuehrergeschenk an Fronturlauber Ausgabestelle Memel. Soldiers walk under sign; Eingang zur Paketausgabestelle. MCU putting papers into box & boarding train cars, leaving. 22:47:12 Montage: German bakers prepare dough, baking bread & taking from oven. CUs. 22:47:38 Montage: Men & women of German armed forces making Christmas toys, animals on wheels; cutting cloth & sewing for stuffed animals & dolls. Woodworking. Finished toys beside Christmas tree. WW2 Homefront, Germany; 1940s; Religion - Islam; Ethnic; Propaganda; NOTE: In our experience German Nazi material is considered in the public domain throughout the world. If users feel any further clearances are necessary they are to be their own responsibility.