German Newsreels #1
German Newsreels #1
Nazi Germany propaganda newsreels produced by Ufa Studios, focusing on news from the Italian front, with a mighty pro-Nazi spin. Also includes the nighttime exploits of a German torpedo boat flotilla. Big time propaganda.
German Newsreels #1
News from the Italian front. Map of Italy, Genoa, Rome, etc highlighted. TLS/MSs German & Italian soldiers moving, transporting supplies & materiel. TLS/MSs Italian soldier leading burdened donkey along rocky hill. MSs German & Italian soldiers popping out of hidden bunker, greeting man & donkey, unloading food supplies, petting the jackass. L/a LS American fighter planes flying overhead. LSs smoke rising from bombings. MS anti-aircraft machine gun nest manned by four German soldiers.
German Newsreels #1
Est shots of Monte Cassino before the bombing. LSs Monte Cassino during the bombing. LS/MSs Monte Cassino after the Allied bombings (includes poignant shot of splintered wooden cross). MSs Abbot of Monte Cassino being escorted to waiting car by German officers. MS Abbot holding hand of German soldier during blessing. MS sign: "Stato Citta del Vaticano, Proprieta della Santa Sede." TLS/MSs people sifting through rubble of Monte Cassino, removing bodies of deceased. Map of Italy, Corsica, Rome highlighted. MSs German artillery unit loading shells into anti-aircraft field gun, aiming; TLS/LSs field artillery firing ; MCUs spent shell falling onto several others on ground. LS Allied fighter plane plummeting to earth after being hit. TLS burning wreckage of plane.
German Newsreels #1
TLS/MSs German Panzer & infantry units waiting for orders. MS/CUs German paratroopers in field. LSs artillery fire in valley. MSs German infantry & paratroopers in trenches & bunkers. TLS two motorcycles with sidecars brimming with Nazi soldiers. TLSs Panzer tanks on country road, passing cam. TLS/MSs Panzer & artillery units firing; MS/CUs soldiers & officers looking through binoculars. TLS/MSs large group of American & British POWs.MS sign: "Danger, Mines"; panning MS several land mines strewn on ground. MS strange German APC on country road, headed towards cam, driver's head peeking out. TL/MSs destroyed American Sherman tanks, transport vehicles on side of road-- some tanks have personal grafitti like "Ellazapoppin II" & "Ready & Willing!"; MSs bodies in ditch by side of road. MS British prisoners (POWs) marching.
German Newsreels #1
MS sailor tossing rope from dock & onto German torpedo boat, night. CUs boat controls, motor gears, steering wheel. TLSs torpedo boats cruising while on patrol, night.MS captain pacing below deck. CU fingers tapping in nervous anticipation. CU clock reading 2:15. CUs crew, captain looking through binoculars. MSs torpedos being released. MSs crews cuttring wheels, boats turning furiously. LS torpedo explosion. MSs German sailors cheering. Ufa logo.