BRIEFE FLIEGEN UBER DEN OZEAN (1935):
"Letters Fly Across the Ocean" is the title of a propaganda film produced by UFA under the direction of Fritz Kallab; it traces the journey of an airmail shipment from Berlin to Buenos Aires. The flight proceeds from Berlin-Tempelhof to Stuttgart, which was then a hub for airmail from across Europe. From there, the mail travels via Seville in southern Spain to Gran Canaria, heading for the Lufthansa maintenance base in Las Palmas. The next stop is the *Westfalen*, a floating airbase stationed off the African Atlantic coast. There, the shipments are transferred to a *Dornier Wal*—a seaplane that crosses the Atlantic flying just a few meters above the water. Magnificent aerial shots of São Paulo, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, and other cities document the remainder of the flight to the Argentine capital—Buenos Aires—which is reached after three and a half days and a journey of 14,000 kilometers.
In German with optional English subtitles. Approx. 15 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!
DIE BLITZZUGJAGD (1938):
Rail engineer trainee Heinz Siebert bets that he can cross all of Germany by the country's express train routes in only four days. He wins his bet.
In German with optional English subtitles. Approx. 21 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!
GERMAN CHRISTMAS (1938):
A 1938 movie about German Christmas traditions and markets. It starts off with the holiday celebrations in Austrian and Bavarian mountain villages, showcasing the world-famous Christmas market in Nuremberg especially. Nevertheless, there is a less-than-subtle attempt to prioritize German Christmas traditions (such as the Solstice) over those imposed on the population by "alien" Christian introductions.
In German with optional English subtitles. Approx. 12 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!
MUNSTER - WESTFALENS SCHONE HAUPTSTADT (1938):
"Münster, Westphalia's beautiful capital" was a short documentary, cultural film produced by Ufa promoting Westphalia's capital for touristic and commercial purposes. Because the film was also intended for overseas distribution, its use of political symbols and propaganda were kept to a minimum.
In German with optional English subtitles. Approx. 13 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!
ALT BERLIN (1939):
A tourist rides around the Reichshauptstadt in a horse-drawn carriage and is given historical and cultural tips and wisdom by the elderly whip. Reissued in 1950, it was "cleaned up" a bit of its propaganda content.
In German with optional English subtitles. Approx. 13 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!
WARTIME NEWSREEL # 478 (01.11.1939):
This newsreel has footage of a ballet school in Berlin; Slovakian units returning home from their participation in the invasion of Poland; German soldiers on the Siegfried Line; German villages being cleared of mines after French troops pulled back from them; and a German long-range scout plane on duty above the North Sea.
In German with optional English subtitles. Approx. 16 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!
TRAN UND HELLE (December 1939):
Tran wakes up in a prison cell, unaware of how he got there. Helle visits him and enlightens him on his various, offensive actions from the night before, thanks to drinking too much alcohol.
In German with optional English subtitles. Approx. 3 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!
WARTIME NEWSREEL # 486 (26.12.1939):
The Japanese land in China; German recruits are taught how to ride horses; battles on the Western Front; German fighter planes return from the Battle of Heligoland Bight; interview with fighter pilot Helmut Lent; German seaplanes monitoring merchant shipping.
In German with optional English subtitles. Approx. 14 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!
DORFLEBEN IN WACHAU (1939):
Very brief photographic montage of village life in the Wachau.
Silent film. Approx. 2 mins. See film sample for video quality!
WARTIME NEWSREEL (JUNE 1939):
Silent Degeto Newsreel from June 1939, which begins with a propaganda piece about Danzig and showing footage of Goebbels visit to the city. This is followed by a report of Japanese advances in China; and, finally, about the rebuilding of the German Navy.
In German with optional English subtitles. Approx. 3 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!
AFSCHEID VAN TOEKOMSTIGE SS SOLDATEN (1941):
Historical film footage of the send-off of future SS soldiers in 1941, it primarily shows the departure of the Volunteer Legion Netherlands from Hollands Spoor station in The Hague on 26 July 1941 to Munich to be integrated into an SS Panzer division on the Eastern Front.
In Dutch with optional English subtitles. Approx. 3 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!
LEHRFILM NR.463 - UNTERNEHMEN GOTZ (1944):
Military training film dealing with trench warfare and tactics for assault troops on the Eastern Front.
In German with optional English subtitles. Approx. 47 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!
DVD-R is approximately 162 minutes with optional English subtitles available for all films.
