Title:SPEER NEWSREELS - DECEMBER 1943 TO AUGUST 1944 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:GWY 1145
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Summary: Silent German newsreels with captions collected to form a record of Speer as Armaments Minister 1942-44, Part 3.
Description: Seven newsreels of Speer's visits. On 18 December 1943 Speer and Hitler inspect Panther tanks and armoured vehicles. On 12 May 1944 Speer in civilian clothes visits Hamburg wharfs where he addresses the dockers and rides in an armoured hydrofoil. On 20 May Speer awards a Knight's Cross to a worker in a factory at Geilenberg. On 3 July Speer visits an iron and steel foundry at Marein and addresses the workers. On 7 July Speer with Hitler at his HQ with Himmler, Keitel, Bormann and others. On 24 July Speer presents an award to a citizen. On 15 August Speer launches a U-boat and talks to workers. Speer looks grimmer and more serious in 1944 than in previous years.
