WWII - 1944, Germany: Volkssturm Enlistment; Clothing & Metal Donation; Eastern Front Fighting; POW Exchange; Xmas Gifts & Mail; Propaganda re Destruction of Mulberry Harbor (inc.)

WWII - 1944, Germany: Volkssturm Enlistment; Clothing & Metal Donation; Eastern Front Fighting; POW Exchange; Xmas Gifts & Mail; Propaganda re Destruction of Mulberry Harbor (inc.) German Army units in action w/ tank firing & leading infantry across field. CU Artillery barrel lowered. 01:00:29 CU German flag / Swastika in breeze. MS Youths & old men walking w/ suitcases to enlist in the Volkssturm, sign papers, large group assembled & sworn in ; most in civilian clothes march. 01:00:46 CU poster w/ soldier & dated 07-28Jan45, Volksopfer! (people sacrifice!). 01:00:52 Civilians arrive to donate clothing & metal to the Reich. MS & CUs presenting clothing; warehousing, shipping packages. 01:01:42 Volkssturm volunteers into building, fitted with uniforms & caps. CU stack of armbands: Deutscher Volkssturm Wehrmacht. Given grenades; CU men in helmets w/ grenades & large groups / units marching & drilling w/ rifles. Poster CU repeated. 01:02:25 Wochenschau eagle title & credits. 01:02:59 SOF Uniformed troops w/ rifles standing in large space for ceremony. CU faces: officer wearing Iron Cross speaking, men in various uniforms and partial uniforms listening, watching men repeat oath & being sworn in. 01:03:52 Older men (WW1 veterans?) removing rifles, presented to young in uniforms. 01:04:08 Map of German front in Poland & Lithuania w/ USSR (Estonia & Latvia, etc). German units along river; firing artillery, machine gun & rockets to repulse a Russian attack. Tanks & infantry advance across farm fields. Burning tank & soldier firing bazooka destroys USSR tank; many burning tanks. 01:05:06 Column of German motor torpedo boats, crew w/ binoculars; CU wake & bow thru water. Torpedo tube opens & torpedo fired / launched against allied ships. Good sequence. 01:06:04 Map of France & English Channel from Dunkirk west to St. Nazaire. Small port city, German & US & Allied Prisoners of War / POWs exchanged. MCU German officers. MCU Military & civilian men at microphones broadcasting / announcing (MOS). 01:07:03 German Red Cross workers / women wrap Christmas / Xmas gifts & presents. 01:07:10 German soldiers in field receive mail, MCU letter w/ photograph. 01:07:19 Aerial over a floating Allied debarkation port destroyed by the Germans. Tanks along floating roadway. Destroyed Rhino bridge showing pierheads in water (appears to be post D-Day 19Jun44 storm footage & destruction of Mulberry Harbour / Harbor). storm footage). Continued on R2 300281. Abrupt end. WW2 fighting; Propaganda; German Newsreel; 1940s; Child Soldiers; Old Soldiers; Military Desperation; Dec44; Sold at per reel rate. 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.