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German Newsreels no. 586 (26/11/41), 588 (10/12/41).

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Newsreel No. 586 (26 November, 1941): State funeral of Ernst Udet, Chief Air Inspector General of the Luftwaffe; Hitler consoles Udet's Mother; Goering marches behind the coffin; Udet's grave next to Richthofen, WWI hero. Hitler walks with Alfred Rosenberg. Reindeers in the north - helpers of German and Finnish troops; supply convoys pass through the snow. Heavy artillery pounds strategic targets in Leningrad. A former Soviet fur factory produces coats for German soldiers. Important rail junction of Tikhvin captured by German troops. Deep frost impedes the advance to Moscow. Captured weapon plants in Kharkov. Infantry units reach the Crimean capital Simferopol; Soviet prisoners; air bombings ruins. German troops enter the historic city of Yalta on the black sea. The Ark Royale, British carrier that was sank by U-boats in the Mediterranean. Stukas attack enemy tanks and troop concentrations on the Libyan-Egyptian border. A field hospital in the desert. (30 min) Newsreel No. 588 (10