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

German Newsreel 471, 1939-09-14

GERMAN NEWSREEL 471

(1939-09-14, UfA-Tonwoche Nr.471)

Polish Jews and Insurgents Taken to Camps; German Soldiers at Worship in Jasna Gora Church; Wehrmacht Crosses Vistula River;



Description and Partial Transcript



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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Field Marshal Goering addressed in a speech before the workers of Berlin's Rhein-metal Borsigwerke his appeal also to the whole German nation, in loyalty to the Fuehrer to stand. Victory in Poland, they leave behind as they fled a region of scorched earth. The brutal bloody deeds of the bloody night of Bromberg be hanged or atoned for by punishment. From the circles of the Polish Jews recruited slider and criminals who have been guilty in many cases of hate speech and incitement to murder against Germans. Today, sitting their relatives in England and France. From there, they rush to the war of annihilation against the German people. Polish prisoners are detained in large camps. The guide is located at his troops. The Poles understand for Britain's political interests have been compromised in a hopeless war.



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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Generalfeldmarschall Goering richtet in einer Ansprache vor den Arbeitern der Berliner Rhein-Metall Borsigwerke seinen Appell auch an das ganze Deutsche Volk, in Treue zum Fuehrer zu stehen. Sieg in Polen, diese hinterlassen auf ihrer Flucht ein Gebiet der verbrannten Erde. Die viehischen Bluttaten der Blutnacht von Bromberg werden durch standrechtliche Bestrafung gesuehnt. Aus den Kreisen der polnischen Juden rekrutieren sich Schieber und Verbrecher, die sich in vielen Faellen der Aufhetzung und Anstiftung zum Mord an Deutschen schuldig gemacht haben. Heute sitzen deren Verwandte in England und Frankreich. Von dort hetzen sie zum Vernichtungskrieg gegen das Deutsche Volk. Polnische Gefangene werden in grossen Lagern interniert. Der Fuehrer befindet sich bei seinen Truppen. Die Polen begreifen, fuer Englands Machtinteressen in einem aussichtslosen Krieg missbraucht worden zu sein.



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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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