Title:DIE DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU SEQUENCES - 9 [Main Title]
Film Number:GWY 1238
Other titles:GERMAN DIVE-BOMBING IN GREECE, LIBYA AND RUSSIA [Alternative Title]
Summary: German newsreel items show Luftwaffe attacks by Stukas and Heinkel 111s against targets in Greece, Russia and Libya.
Description: I. Ju 87s of Stukageschwader 2 Immelmann (white cross of Lorraine against black shield and T6 markings) on airfield and over mountains dive-bomb retreating British in Southern Greece. Release of bomb and explosions on road. Camera (?) on wing. Other Ju 87s peel away to attack transport vessels off Greek coast. Oil spreads around ships by coast. Cockpit view of Ju 87, dropping bomb and over coastal town of Piraeus. (First part of item 5 of DW 558/21/41 of 14/5/1941) (146 ft)
II. Ground views of smoke over town on the Volga and rubble. Ju 87s release bombs. (Possibly item 7 of DW 627/38/42 of 8/9/1942) (67 ft)
III. Fourteen Heinkel He 111s (9 Staffel III Gruppe) flying towards targets in the Soviet supply area are intercepted by Russian fighters. He 111 propeller is shot away. Cockpit view. Bombs released "on Russian tanks" (no film). (1942 ?) (67 ft)
IV. Ju 87s (3 Staffel I Gruppe) attack Tobruk through flak. Stukas fly over freighter off coast, set alight a petrol dump and shoot up three planes on a desert airstrip, one a Blenheim and another a biplane in flight. Aerial shot of Stuka B of 1 Staffel I Gruppe. (Part of item 10 of DW 604/15/42 of 30/3/1942) (96 ft) (Item concludes with DW eagle logo)
Alternative Title:GERMAN DIVE-BOMBING IN GREECE, LIBYA AND RUSSIA [Alternative Title]
