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. 749 from January 18th, 1945.
It shows footage of Carl Benz and his inventions in commemoration of his 100th birthday, new buildings and cars for the German Railway, donation of clothing and textiles by civilians, navy convoys, combat footage from Hungary, footage from floodings in Holland, footage from Lieutenant Zubrod, who destroyed 11 enemy tanks in three weeks, combat footage from the western front and footage from V-2 launch.
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Subtitles made by me.
