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German Newsreels no. 727 (10/8/44), 729 (24/8/44), 730 (31/8/44).

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Public Service Announcement: A brief vignette set in a restaurant urges the audience to keep quiet about military matters, because the enemy might overhear them talking. 1 min Newsreel no. 727 (10 August, 1944): In the east, Hitler Youth, Labor Service, and workers (including women) from the Baltic area dig defensive trenches. Eastern Front action between the Baltic and the north Carpathians, including replacements rolling to front, artillery and tank counterattack, SS mechanized infantry and others taking village, SS Major General Gille, and knocked-out Soviet tanks. Western Front activity, including Milice (French Militia) interrogation, German Field Police, French counterfeit money, Allied planes attacking German infantry reserves, Field Marshal Klug, Allied tanks being knocked out by infantrymen and paratroopers, and German tank counterattack. Allied ships that were hit in English Channel. U-boat on combat mission in North Sea (lengthy synchronous-sound sequence). 15 min.