German Newsweek No. 604 - 1 April 1942

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. 604 from April 1st, 1942. It shows King Boris of Bulgaria visiting Germany, German submarine shipyards and crews, a German field hospital, Finish troops fighting agains the Soviets, German artillery shelling Leningrad, a German railroad bridge being built in occupied Russia, Japanese officers visiting Sicily, German troops being transported to Africa and combat footage from air attacks in Africa. - Subtitles made by me.