UFA Newsreel No. 4

UFA Newsreel No.4 VS German workers construct bridge across Rhine; workers high above river in harnesses. Children’s hospital in Hamburg where 22 children killed in Allied bombing; German and foreign press view damage; AVs Hamburg from tower of Church of St. Michael, city as yet unscarred by bombing. Italian troops in Alps advance against French positions on Mont Blanc; LS troops on snowy slopes gunned down from above. 06:33:26 French border crossing; Italian graffiti on wall; Italian troops approach Menton; VS deserted streets w/ bomb-damaged buildings and bridge. 06:34:25 MCU sign w/ English crest ‘Etats de Jersey 1937’; German soldier outside RAF HQ; soldiers light cigarettes in front of ‘No Smoking Near Aeroplanes’ sign. German Commander arrives at control centre on Jersey in black limousine w/ Nazi flags; enters past guard and sign ‘Der Deutsche Kommandant Der Britischen Kanalinseln’; civilians and buses past shops on streets of Jersey, British policeman directs traffic; coastal views w/ German defences and lookouts, Jersey and Guernsey?. 06:35:50 German Stuka and Heinkel bombers prepared, take off; AVs planes fly over ships in the Channel, one listing; planes over white cliffs of Dover; dive steeply, drop bombs on storage tanks and industrial plant; heavy smoke clouds. WWII. Occupation of the Channel Islands. 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.