Updated and improved as of December 2016, this revised disc includes subtitling which does not extend three lines without being split; tighter and cleaner translating; and some video improvements.

Our translations of Die Deutsche Wochenschau newsreels covering the events, mainly in Europe, in September 1942 (with a supplementary film from 1939 ... see description) with first hand film reports.  Each part has variable film quality based on the original films it shows.  Overall, we would say the quality would correspond to a range of well worn VHS to very good DVD quality.  There may be some sound or picture issues on parts of the film.

SOME OF THE TOPICS COVERED:

• Funeral  for Admiral Horthy’s son in Budapest, killed in action in Russia
• The Germans and Italians take the Siwa Oasis in the Libyan Desert in Egypt
• The Germans begin the battle for Stalingrad
• The Germans advance to the Elbrus and place their flag at the peak of Mt. Elbrus
• German U-Boat activity in the St. Lawrence River in Canada
• German and Rumanian troops cross from Kerch to the Taman Peninsula
• The Germans take Novorossiysk
• Artillery and bombers pound Stalingrad
• Wounded soldiers are taken on a tour of Carinthia
• A British landing attempt at Tobruk is beaten off
• Street fighting in Stalingrad
• Hauptmann Marseille gets his 158th kill over Africa
• Night attack on Alexandria
• A Japanese submarine visits a German naval base in France
• Air attack on Murmansk
• Battles in Stalingrad’s suburbs
• Gebirgsjager duel with the Soviets in the Elbrus mountain range
• “Krieg und Kunst” exhibition in Vienna
• Traditional royal regatta in Venice
• Tenth International Film Exhibition in Venice
• Sweden defeats Germany in a soccer championship in Berlin, 3 to 2
• Berlin Philharmonic celebrates the 10th anniversary of the founding of Manchukuo
• Funeral service for the fallen in the Legion Tricolore in Paris

A LOOK BACK:

1939 – Madel im Landjahr – A film about BDM in the countryside learning how to live proper lives and be productive to society.  Silent film accompanied by rousing pre-War martial music

1939 – Reichsarbeitdienst – A film about the RAD in pre-War service in a training camp in the country.  Silent film accompanied by rousing pre-War martial music.

REGION FREE.  146 MINUTES LONG

IN GERMAN WITH SWITCHABLE ENGLISH SUBTITLES.