Funeral; Speech in Brussels; Germans training; SS advance in Normany; Russian front

Identifier
irn562208
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-60.1980
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Jack Penman
  • Deutsche Wochenschau (Producer)

Scope and Content

29/44 No. 38. Part 1, Adolf Hitler speaks at the funeral of Gen. Dietl as Himmler and Keitel look on. Part 2, Leon Degrelle makes an anticommunist speech in Brussels. Part 3, German officer candidates train near the fighting front. Part 4, German coastal guns fire on a U.S. cruiser off Cherbourg and set it afire. Part 5, wrecked U.S. equipment on a beach and along roads, destroyed tanks in ruined villages, and captured U.S. paratroopers. Part 6, German SS troops and tanks advance in Normandy. Part 7, German tanks and rocket guns fire on the Russian front.

Subjects

  • SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL)
  • FUNERALS
  • DEGRELLE, LEON
  • SPEECHES
  • SOVIET UNION
  • WEAPONS/ARMS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • MILITARY OFFICERS
  • COMMUNISTS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • NORMANDY INVASION
  • HITLER, ADOLF
  • KEITEL, WILHELM
  • HIMMLER, HEINRICH

Places

  • Normandy, France
  • , Soviet Union
  • Cherbourg, France
  • , Germany
  • Brussels, Belgium

Genre

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