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WWII - 1945, Die Deutsche Wochenschau: Textile Manufacturing; Winter Fighting

Reel Number: H1609-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1945

Country: France,Germany,Poland,USSR

Location: Breslau,Strasbourg

TC Begins: 12:19:56

TC Ends: 12:30:16

Duration: 00:10:20

Titles. 12:20:23 Bundle of rags sorted; recycled for cloth in a German textile factory. Men & women at looms, cutting cloth, sewing & stacking blankets & towels . 12:21:17 Map of Netherlands showing Amsterdam, Arnheim, Aachin & southwest. Troops in winter camouflage, cross river in open boat. Planes overhead bombing. German infantry thru snow, woods & firing from dug in positions. Troops in ruins of Strasbourg. 12:22:55 Map showing Danzig, Breslau, Warsaw. Snow blowing, troops dug in, cleaning rifles. Wind, blizzard. Docks & loading ships; ships thru ice in Baltic. Battleship & others firing 12:24:23 CU sign: Breslau. German troops patrol. Street & sign of Germans to locals. Soldiers patrol w/ anti-tank grenades. CU arm patches of Volksturm unit. Very large tank trap built of timbers & stones; street blocked w/ trolley cars. German officers & others. Car thru street to blockades; soldiers in buildings. Large bridge w/ explosives placed & ignited to blow it up. 12:25:52 ?? streets w/ refugees pulling wagons, belongings on bicycles, riding in trucks across bridge fleeing city. German troops marching in, tanks into city. Weapons unloaded. A small remote-controlled tank demonstrated. Infantry & Volksturm w/ anti-tank grenades marching along road. Artillery placed. Trainloads of equipment arriving. Tanks & trucks move up. Fighter planes take off from wet airfield. 12:28:09 Russian attack near Breslau is repelled w/ tanks, artillery & rocket launchers. Dead Russians & smashed equipment. Russian prisoners; German tanks advance, artillery fired & rockets launched. The End. Manufacturing; WW2 Fighting; Battles; Winter; Panzers; NOTE: In our experience German Nazi era 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.

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