DIE DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU NR 721 [Main Title]
Log in to create clips, download free screeners and save clips/films in Collections.
Click here to find out more.
- Title: DIE DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU NR 721 [Main Title]
- Film Number: GWY 223
- Other titles: DIE DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU NR 1944/28 [Alternative Title]
- Summary:
- Description: I. Rowing regatta at Berlin-Grünau. II. Rescue of survivors from attacked German hospital ship. Beached Erlangen lies off Sestri Levante after Anglo-American air attack damaged vessel, clearly marked with Red Cross in accordance with Geneva Convention. Incident shows enemy's criminal conduct of war and is reportedly not an isolated case. Only chance prevented total loss of hundreds of wounded and unarmed German soldiers, who are now brought ashore by cutter and tended on open beach. III. German and Russian planes counterattack each others' ground forces. Animated map of Eastern Front from Narva to Jassy. Junkers Ju 87s wheel overhead as Commander of Luftflotte 6, Generaloberst Ritter von Greim, visits command post of his Stuka officers. Very light fired in distance by front line indicates exact point for Stukas to attack, as Germans wait in trench and armour moves on horizon. Ground film shows Stukas diving to attack Soviet positions, as Greim watches through binoculars. After air attack German infantry and armour advance on wide front and 8.8cm Flak opens fire against attacking Stormoviks. Advancing German armour throws up clouds of dust, while 3.7cm Flak and 2cm Flakvierling fire on Russian planes trying to rebuff German push. Wounded soldier is led to Sdkfz 251/8 armoured ambulance. 8.8cm Flak, with barrel ringed with victory scores, opens fire and a Russian plane crashes in flames. Wespe and StuG III fire against nearby village, left in flames by Russians forced to withdraw. IV. German air successes on Western Front. Animated map of Western Front from Antwerp to Brest. German air defence reportedly brought down 226 Allied planes in one period of 48 hours. Messerschmitt Bf 109s, marked with shield symbol of III Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 54 (based at Villacoublay, June-July 1944), taxi on airfield. Kommodore of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 Oberstleutnant Lent celebrates his 100th victory, achieved over Normandy Invasion front. Pilot sits in cockpit of Bf 109 and other planes, marked with III/JG 54 symbol, taxi. Focke-Wulf Fw 190s fly past low overhead. 3.7cm Flak fires against four-engined Allied bombers, with smoke trails, and plane crashes in flames. Douglas Boston and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, both with USAAF markings, lie crash-landed on field and aircrew are searched before being led off into captivity. V. Effects of Allied bombing on French civilian population. Over views of burning buildings and rescue of civilian wounded by stretcher, commentary states that French hatred of the Allies is mounting daily. Refugees from the bombing of Le Havre leave town by truck. VI. 63 ft MISPLACED FILM OF GERMAN INFANTRY ATTACK THROUGH MINEFIELD, INSPECTING ALLIED LANDING CRAFT ON NORMANDY BEACH AND BATTLE IN CAEN/BAYEUX AREA. FIRST 20 ft MUTE. (End of Reel 2) VII. (Reel 3) Aftermath of battle in St-Lö sector. Messenger arrives in forward position with cheering news that Southern England is now being attacked by new explosive weapon (V1), bringing smiles to faces of Waffen SS soldiers. Brigadeführer Witt, since killed in action, inspects six officers of his 12th SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend standing outside. Elsewhere Generalleutnant Meindl stands talking with Knights Cross holder Major von der Heydte (commander of Fallschirmjägerregiment 6) before departing in camouflaged car. Commander of Paratroop reconnaissance unit, with signal flare cartridges attached to his forearms, briefs his men. Road sign on N 174 indicates St-Lö is 12.2kms distant; after battle where enemy was reportedly thrown back with heavy losses camouflaged Sdkfz 234/4 heavy armoured car and StuG IV pass by. Fighting conditions are equated with bush warfare; paratrooper passes holding Panzerschreck and others walking along road dig in as enemy opens fire and answer with 8cm GrW. Pan over battlefield in St-Lö sector shows knocked out Shermans and Cromwells; Germans stand on holed Firefly. Soldiers pass knocked out British anti-tank gun, burning vehicles and Stuart and Sherman tanks abandoned by retreating enemy. British prisoners are bought in; sign to L"sel and Divisional POW holding camp, guarded by soldiers with Götz vo Berlichingen cuffband, introduces shots of US POWs in compound, one wearing uniform inscribed "Patchie PA Jersey". VIII. Germans bombard Allied vessels off Normandy. (Abrupt start) Anglo-American supply fleet reportedly suffers heavy losses night after night; Junkers Ju 88 crews are briefed while planes are bombed up and taxi at night. Other night attacks are mounted by railway artillery (ca 21cm gun firing) and S-boats, firing torpedoes and causing ship to explode in darkness.
- Alternative Title: DIE DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU NR 1944/28 [Alternative Title]
- Colour: B&W
- Digitised:
- Object_Number: GWY 223
- Sound: Sound
- Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 223
- Featured Period: 1939-1945
- Production Date: 1944-06-28
- Production Country: Germany
- Production Details: UFA (Production company)
- Personalities, Units and Organisations: Greim, Robert von (person) Lent, Helmut (person) Witt, Fritz (person) Meindl, Eugen (person) Heydte, Friedrich von der (person) German Army (regiment/service) German Navy (regiment/service) German Air Force (regiment/service) German Air Force, Luftflotte 6 (regiment/service) German Air Force, Jagdgeschwader 54 (regiment/service) German Air Force, Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (regiment/service) German Air Force, Fallschirmjagerregiment 6 (regiment/service) German SS Panzerdivision 12 & Hitlerjugend (regiment/service) German SS Panzergrenadier Division 17 & Gotz von Berlichingen (regiment/service)
- Keywords: recreation, German civilian - sport: rowing (object name) casualties, German wounded (object name) operations, German naval - rescue (object name) ships, German auxiliary - assistance: Erlangen (object name) aircraft, German - combat: Junkers Ju 87 Stuka (object name) armour, German - SPG: Sdkfz 124 Wespe (object name) command and control, German air: command post (object name) weapons, German - gun: 2cm Flakvierling (object name) weapons, German - gun: 3.7cm Flak (object name) aircraft, German - combat: Messerschmitt Bf 109 (object name) aircraft, German - combat: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (object name) aircraft, United States - combat: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress & [wrecked] (object name) aircraft, United States - combat: Douglas Boston & [wrecked] (object name) casualties, French wounded - civilian (object name) weapons, German - missile: V1 (object name) ships, German naval - light forces: E-boat (object name) aircraft, German combat: Junkers Ju 88 (object name) intelligence, military, German - briefing (object name) Germany & Grunau, Berlin (geography) Italy & Sestri Levante, Liguria (geography) Russia & <Eastern Front> (geography) Villacoublay, Yvelines, France (geography) Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France (geography) Saint-Lô, Manche, France (geography) France (geography) night (concept)
- Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: German Title language: German Subtitle language: None
- Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 3
- HD Media:
- Link to IWM Collections page:
- Related IWM Collections Objects: