Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr. 520 HD (August 21, 1940) The Blitz, Heavy Artillery, Italian Army

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In this DDW:
00:00-01:30 – Cycling International Competition in Wangen im Allgäu, German Reich, 1940.
Participants in the Cycling International Competition are Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia and Hungary. The participants ride past buildings and spectators. A man with a scoreboard riding along the side of the road on a motorcycle. Winner of the overall ranking: Germany ahead of Hungary. Winner of the individual ranking, the Italian Gino Fondi.
01:31-02:28 – Canoe Championships on Lake Starnberg, German Reich, 1940.
German Canoe Championships on Lake Starnberg in Bavaria. A man gives a starting signal with a flag. View of the lake: teams set off. Scenes from the races of two- and four-person kayaks.
02:29-03:32 – 28th German Eastern Fair in Königsberg, German Reich, 1940.
View of a building with the inscription: “German Eastern Trade Fair” in the middle of other buildings. Opening of the 28th German Eastern Trade Fair in Königsberg, East Prussia, by Reich Economics Minister Walther Funk.
Board with a list of exhibitors from abroad, with the names of the countries below: Finland, General Government, Iran, Italy, Yugoslavia, Manchukuo, Norway, Romania, Turkey, Soviet Union, Sweden, Hungary.
03:33-05:19 – Chemical works in Leuna, German Reich, 1940.
A plant for the manufacture of artificial fertilizers. View into the factory halls. Technical ammonia synthesis. Extraction of the salt solution, evaporation. The extracted salt is poured into warehouses and filled into sacks. Loading and transport in railway wagons.
05:20-06:37 – Dismantling of captured vehicles, 1940.
Vehicles captured and destroyed in the war against France are collected in car graveyards, dismantled and dismantled for scrapping.
06:38-08:34 – Armaments workers visit anti-aircraft positions, German Reich, 1940.
“Strength through Joy” (KdF) – Wehrmacht support. Armaments workers visit positions of the anti-aircraft batteries they built themselves. Tracked vehicles on a site: transporting a light anti-aircraft gun (2 cm Flak) for demonstration.
Explanation of the operation and demonstration of the heavy 10.5 cm Flak.
08:35-10:06 – Leisure activities of German soldiers, France, 1940
Daily duty schedule of German soldiers in occupied France. View of a building with the inscription: “Ouvert toute l´année” (Open all year round).
View away from the building: an anti-aircraft gun on the coast. The soldiers playing sports on the coast and swimming.
10:07-11:09 – Brauchitsch visits a hospital, 1940.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch, visiting wounded German soldiers in the hospital. Brauchitsch in various hospital rooms at the bedside of the wounded.
11:10-12:30 – Honoring the new field marshals in the Reich Chancellery, Berlin, German Reich 1940.
On July 19, 1940, Hitler presented the marshal’s batons to Reich Marshal Göring and the newly appointed field marshals in the Reich Chancellery.
The marshals lined up for the honor: Göring and the field marshals Wilhelm Keitel, Gerd von Rundstedt, Fedor von Bock, Walter von Brauchitsch, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Hans Günther von Kluge, Erwin von Witzleben, Walter von Reichenau and Wilhelm List.
12:31-13:30 – Tour of the military facilities of the Italian Army, Italy, 1940.
A study commission of the German Wehrmacht during a tour of the military facilities of the Italian Army. A vehicle is being loaded. A tankette (Carro Veloce CV 35 L3 “Passerella”).
13:31-14:08 – Italian submarine arriving, Italy, 1940.
An Italian submarine returns from a mission to a harbor.
14:09-17:17 – Italian bombers over British Somaliland, 1940.
Bombs in the sand with the inscriptions, among others: “W. Churchill”, “Buckingham Palace”, “L´Home Fleet”, “Uovo di Pasqua”, “Alcaro Eden” and “Royal Air Force”. Italian three-engine bombers (Savoia-Marchetti SM.81) and seaplanes are prepared for use in British Somaliland. Seaplanes take off on the water. Attack on English convoy and camp, bombs dropped over British Somaliland. Italian bomb squadrons attack British positions on the ground.
17:18-22:46 – Use of heavy German artillery, France, 1940.
Deployment of German long-range artillery, construction of positions. Transport of ammunition to a gun on a railway carriage (24 cm cannon). Railway gun (28 cm cannon) firing.
22:47-27:20 – Bombings over the Isle of Wight, Great Britain, 1940
Preparation for deployment by a German bomber squadron (Heinkel He 111, Dornier Do 17): A plane covered in leaves is unmasked by the soldiers.
The squadron flying over the English coast. Shipwrecks off the coast. Burnt-out oil tanks on the coast. Bombings on the Isle of Wight. Attacking dive bombers (Stuka Junkers Ju 87).