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German Newsreels no. 753 (5/3/45), 754 (16/3/45), 755 (22/3/45).

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German Newsreel no. 753 (5 March, 1945): German Ambassador in Stockholm congratulates Swedish explorer Sven Hedin on his 80th birthday. Reich Labor Service Leader Hierl speaks with Labor Service Women and decorates Labor Service officer. Colonel Rudel interviewed in hospital (synchronous sound). In Berlin, Volkssturm and civilians build defensive installations. Submarine with snorkel sinks ship. Western Front: positions on the Rur (Roer); from the ruins of houses, mortars and other artillery fire; near Juelich, infantry and paratroopers counterattack. First pictures of soldiers after breaking out of Budapest to German lines. Silesia: infantry march near Ratibor; Breslau commander with Reich Labor Service flak: in recaptured villages, Soviet atrocities; blown-up Fuerstenberg bridge; signals auxiliary woman recipient of Iron Cross. Frankfurt on the Oder area: Goebbels and Lieutenant General Busse on the Oder; machine-gun units; infantry and artillery on railway embankment; supply trains