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German weekly newsreel presentation during World War II showing scenes related to railroads and locomotives and trains

Opening scene shows young men using hand tools in a classroom. An instructor grasps a file to demonstrate something to a boy student. Next, a youth is seen using a shaper to machine a piece of steel. Another young man tightens a coupling. Two men put their shoulders to a large locomotive wheel and roll it forward from underneath a steam locomotive. Two young men step out of a locomotive boiler, where they have been performing maintenance. They step down on a small ladder, closing the boiler door behind them. Closeup of a steam locomotive moving amidst smoke and steam. An engineer at the controls of the locomotive, explaining their operation to a young man in the cab, behind him. View from inside the moving locomotive of tracks ahead with other rolling stock and a building visible. A uniformed woman reaches up to the cab and receives some papers from the engineer. Next a uniformed woman is seen at the control panel for railroad signals. She moves some levers and rotates a hand crank. Simultaneously, a large railroad signal moves upward to an open position. Change of scene shows passengers boarding a passenger train from an outdoor platform. A uniformed railroad man takes a baby from a woman boarding and then walks along the platform to hand the child back to the mother, through the window of her train compartment. Final scene shows a smiling uniformed woman raising a signal paddle to release the train for movement.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078930
Award ceremony for the German Army Grossdeutsland Regiment during World War II.

Film begins showing senior army officers on a parade ground reviewing the German Grossdeutsland Regiment in formation. Closeups of some Regiment members. View from rear of the Regiment at attention, facing an altar topped with a German Iron Cross beneath which a German flag with Swastika is displayed. In the background, beyond the field, is a large church-like complex. Another view of the soldiers at attention and some closeups including one of the name "Grossdeutsland" embroidered on the sleeve of one soldier. Crews are seen in Three Panzer I tanks, each armed with two 7.92 mm MG13 machine guns. One tank has the name Rommel stenciled on its side. Another view of the altar with many spectators gathered around it. Scene shifts to the Commander of the Regiment, Major Otto Ernest Remer, receiving a unit award from Reich Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. Closeup of the Unit award with some engraving on it.

Date: 1942
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078931
German Ace night-fighter pilot Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer is recognized for achieving his his 100th aerial victory on October 9, 1944, in World War II.

World War 2 German flying aces, including Rudy Iinz, in leather flying jackets, greet one another during a gathering to celebrate Night-fighter pilot Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer's100th aerial victory during World War 2. Later, the flyers, now in Class A uniforms, are seen in closeups, congratulating Schnaufer. Closeup of Schnaufer in his class A uniform, wearing the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, including diamonds (awarded on October 16th, 1944).

Date: 1944, October 16
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078932
German forces initiate the Battle of the Ardennes, aka Battle of the Bulge, in World War II

Film starts showing map of area around the Ardennes where German forces launch an offensive in December, 1944, during World War 2. (This is start of the battle of the Ardennes, AKA Battle of the Bulge.) German soldiers are seen on and around an Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track personnel carrier, camouflaged with foliage. Some soldiers in the vehicle are smoking cigarettes. German troops walking on a muddy road through a town, carrying weapons and tools. One young smiling soldier carries a disassembled Panzerfaust anti-tank weapon. Several soldiers pull a four-wheeled piece of equipment, covered with a tarpaulin. Another carries a fully assembled panzerfaust over his shoulder. View from above of half-tracks moving through the town. More views of soldiers walking past the camera. An Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track carrying three soldiers, one of whom stands smoking a pipe. Several views of soldiers riding in half-track personnel carriers. One soldier holds an Mg 42 machine gun with belt ammunition visible. Final views show several half-track personnel carriers moving through the town.

Date: 1944
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078934
Hitler Youth have a torchlight gathering in the snow during World War 2.

Opening scene shows two skiers holding flaming torches and another carrying a large swastika flag as they descend a snowy hillside. They stop at a prepared tower of evergreens and the torch bearers ignite it. Scene shifts to numerous Hitler Youth members bearing flaming torches encircling the large bonfire. Only their torch lights are visible in the dark. At end of film, Baldur von Schirach, Hitler Youth leader, is seen standing with several boy members of the Hitler Youth.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078940
Beautiful views of German skiers in Alps during World War 2.

Small group of German Skiers (ski troops) dressed in white parkas is seen slowly traversing a snow covered alpine mountain pass. German soldiers on skis pause and the camera shows scenes of snow, mountains, mist and clouds. View from high vantage point of the skiers descending at high speed down a snowy slope. Closeup of skiers making a turn as they speed past the camera.

Date: 1942
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078941