Introduction

A Newsreel History of the Third Reich shows segments from the wartime German weekly newsreels, Die Deutsche Wochenschau, during World War II.

Also known as A Newsreel History of the Third Reich at War and Through Enemy Eyes: A Newsreel History of the Third Reich at War.

Outline

• DISK 1: 10 December 1942 to 03 March 1943:
  • NEWSREEL 640: Japanese Victories in the Pacific; Training in Submarine Schools Coast Defences.
  • NEWSREEL 642: Goebbels Speech to Nazi Party Leaders; German Bombers Attack US Tanks in Tunisia; Soldiers Celebrate Christmas in Africa, Lapland, and Caucasus.
  • NEWSREEL 647: Night Fighting Operations; Tanks and Armoured Infantry Attack French Troops in Tunisia; Winter Battles in Leningrad Area.
  • NEWSREEL 648: U-Boat Action in the South Atlantic; Soldiers’ Lives in Wintery Eastern Front.
  • NEWSREEL 651: Goebbels Total War Speech in Berlin; Rommel’s Review of Defensive Positions in Gabes, Tunisia; Winter Rigors on the Eastern Front.
  • NEWSREEL 652: German Tanks Take on US and British in Tunisia; German Troops Retreat on the Eastern Front.

• DISK 2: 17 March 1943 to 09 June 1943:
  • NEWSREEL 654: German Units Battle Soviet Partisans.
  • NEWSREEL 655: Hitler Memorial Day Speech in Berlin; German Defences on Crete; Waffen-SS Units in Battle of Kharkov.
  • NEWSREEL 658: Spring Combat on the Eastern Front; Hitler’s Meeting With Mussolini; U-Boats in the Caribbean; Katyn Forest Massacre.
  • NEWSREEL 661: Thaw Turns Volkhov Front Into Water; Defensive War at Foot of Tunisian Mountains; U-Boat Action in Atlantic.
  • NEWSREEL 663: Atlantic and Channel Defences; German Police Attack Eastern Partisans; Cossack Regiment in the Wehrmacht Shows its Skills; Combat at Kuban Bridgehead.
  • NEWSREEL 666: Hitler Youth Volunteer for Waffen-SS.

A Newsreel History of the Third Reich Series

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Production & Filming Details

• Release Date: 1993 (original release, US) and 25 July 2006 (re-release, DVD Premiere, US).
• Rating: Unknown.
• Running Time: minutes.
• Country: Germany.
• Language: German and English (subtitles).

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