Die Deutsche Wochenschau [The German Newsreel] (1939) UfA

German Newsreel 483, 1939-12-06

GERMAN NEWSREEL 483

(1939-12-06, UfA-Tonwoche Nr.483)

Sports Events in Spain, Japan and Germany; British Navy Blockades North Sea Countries; Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Over English Coast



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English:

The "UfA-Tonwoche" is a newsreel out of the Third Reich which has been produced until June 1940. Political, military, cultural and sporting events from Germany and foreign countries are shown.

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Change of the view to the sport. The individual record hunt turns into the accomplishment community of the sport teams. National sport fights in Japan under presence of Emperor Hirohito. Despite the war,  opening of the German winter sport season at Zugspitze, with a ski competition. For the December collection of the winter relief organization, approximately 34 million Christmas figures are produced, the bulk of it in the former depressed areas of the Bavarian and Bohemian forests and the Ore Mountains. Everyone helps at the defense of the fatherland. In the Berlin sport palace, swearing-in of 4.000 volunteers of the red cross. Every Sunday, over 1.000 volunteers help to unload the carbonic trains in the Berlin gasworks Tegel for the Berlin households. Restoration of the destructions in Poland's recovered areas. Orders of the neutral foreign countries are taken care of by the German industry also during the war. Completion of the German - Romanian trade agreement, delivery of corn and grains to Germany. As a result of the English hunger blockade, the North sea states suffer from unemployment and stagnating trade. The German war navy clear the waterways, controls the trading ships and finds hostile ships. Defense of the west embankment. Victorious homecoming of German submarines, specially to raise the enemy British ships.



German:

Die UfA-Tonwoche ist eine Wochenschau aus dem Dritten Reich, die bis Juni 1940 produziert wurde. Es werden politische, militaerische, kulturelle und

sportliche Ereignisse aus Deutschland und dem Ausland gezeigt.

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Wandlung der Auffassung zum Sport. Aus der Rekordjagd des Einzelnen wird die Leistungsgemeinschaft der Sportmannschaften. Nationale Sportkaempfe in Japan unter Anwesenheit von Kaiser Hirohito. Trotz Krieg Eroeffnung der deutschen Wintersport-Saison auf dem Zugspitzplatt mit einem Ski-Wettbewerb. Fuer die Dezember-Sammlung des Winterhilfswerks werden etwa 34 Millionen Weihnachtsfiguren hergestellt, der Grossteil davon in den ehemaligen Notstandsgebieten des Bayerischen- und Boehmerwaldes und des Erzgebirges. Jeder hilft an der Verteidigung des Vaterlandes auf seinem Platz mit. Im Berliner Sportpalast Vereidigung von 4.000 Freiwilligen des Roten Kreuzes. Jeden Sonntag helfen ueber 1.000 Freiwillige im Berliner Gaswerk Tegel die Kohlenzuege fuer die Berliner Haushalte zu entladen. Wiederherstellung der Zerstoerungen in den zurueckgewonnenen Gebieten Polens. Auftraege des neutralen Auslands werden von der deutschen Industrie auch waehrend des Kriegs erledigt. Erfuellung des Deutsch - Rumaenischen Handelsvertrags, Lieferung von Mais und Getreide nach Deutschland. Aufgrund der englischen Hunger-Blockade leiden die Nordsee-Staaten unter Arbeitslosigkeit und stagnierendem Handel. Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine raeumt die Wasserstrassen von Treibmienen, kontrolliert die Handelsschiffe und bringt feindliche Schiffe auf. Verteidigung am Westwall. Siegreiche Heimkehr Deutscher U-Boote, die vor allem feindliche englische Schiffe aufbringen.



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Die Deutsche Wochenschau (English: The German Newsreel) is a series of German newsreels from 1940 until the end of World War II. Film frames from WW2 German newsreel showing Do-17z taking off for a bombing mission.

After the outbreak of war, the Nazis consolidated five separate newsreel production efforts into one: Die Deutsche Wochenschau was the sole series of German newsreels from 1940 until the end of World War II. It was a source of footage for late Nazi propaganda films such as Der Ewige Jude and Feldzug in Polen, as well as innumerable post-war documentaries. Despite Harry Giese's signature rat-a-tat narration that gives the proceedings a documentary-like tone, liberties were taken in retelling the facts in this Nazi propaganda tool. Comedic public service announcements were delivered by the Tran and Helle duo.

Among the many notable scenes preserved by the newsreel are the Nazi point of view of the battle of Normandy, the footage of Hitler and Mussolini right after the July 20 plot, and the last footage of Hitler awarding Hitler Youth volunteers shortly before the Battle of Berlin.

Most Wochenschau films are still copyrighted; the rights are held by Transit Film GmbH in Germany. In the U.S. the copyright on these films from 1914 until the 1940s had expired due to non-compliance with U.S. formalities; the copyright was then restored in 1996 by the URAA on those published after 1922. The Transit Film company then even filed so-called "notices of intent to enforce" (NIEs) with the U.S. Copyright Office and can now even enforce its copyrights against parties who rightfully used their films before the URAA became effective.

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