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. 682 from mid-December 1943.
It shows footage of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem inspecting Muslim Wehrmacht troops, footage from the Day of the German Railroad Worker, including footage from a locomotive factory and supply trains in the east, as well as a speech of Goebbels in Berlin for that occasion, footage of Christmas preparations of German soldiers, combat footage from the re-capture of Zhytomyr, and footage of a German U-Boat during combat patrol.
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Subtitles made by me.
