German Newsweek No. 750- 25 January 1945

The German Newsweek (Die Deutsche Wochenschau) was the unified newsreel of Germany from 1940-1945. The concept of a weekly newsreel was much older, dating back to WWI, and in the 1930s, there were several different weekly newsreels in Germany. With the outbreak of WWII, these were unified and from June 1940 shown under the title of “The German Newsweek“. It was one of the most important aspects of German propaganda. Each week, over 2000 copies were sent to theaters and movie houses throughout Germany and shown to the general public, as private TV ownership was extremly rare during WWII. Over 700 episodes were produced, and many of the historical WWII footage we nowadays have comes from the Wochenschau. This is issue No. 750 from January 25th, 1945. It shows disabled German veterans doing sports in the Alps, German navy special forces blowing up a bridge in Holland with explosive boats, footage from German troops on the Western front, how factories and administration operate underground, and footage from the Soviet major offensive on the Vistula in Poland. - Subtitles made by me.