Newsreel no. 516 (22 July 1940):
Italy's role in defeating France - skirmishes on Alpine front and French Rivera; Mussolini inspects Alpine front; Italian navy patrols Mediterranean; Italian fighters in East Africa. Gibraltar - Britain's Mediterranean choke-point. The British Empire shakes from the Med to the Orient; Hong Kong is under "mental siege"; Insecurely at Britain's home; Britain's crimes at Lorient. German-French cooperation in rebuilding occupied France. Germans evacuees return home to Merzig. Hitler's July 19 Reichstag address - "Churchill's last chance for peace". Joyful Berlin crowds greet returning Wehrmacht division; Goebbels and General Fromm hail victorious soldiers. (22 min)
Newsreel no. 518 (7 August 1940):
Sport and exercise for the BDM (German Girls League). 1940 German National Art Show opens in Munich - National Socialist artifacts. German industry and military might - manufacturing Panzers. On the Job - exercise programs prevent worker injury. RAF bombin
Details
Color
Black & White
Copyright Owner
International Historic Films
Genre
Archive Film
News Reel
Propaganda
Nazi Film
Language
English
German
Duration
44
Original Title
Wochenschau Nrs. 516 (22/7/40), 518 (7/8/40).
Production Company
Universum Film AG (UFA)
Place
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Merzig,Merzig (Saar),Saar,Germany
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