German Newsreel

(31 Dec 1945) Story 4: 12:30:30:00 242 MID 3445, DIE DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU, 1945 12:31:10 a Ger. industrialist is interviewed on his 85th birthday. 12:31:41 a tank operator is decorated at the front. 12:32:15 a wounded Ger. fighter pilot is interviewed in his hospital bed. 12:33:55 men, women, and children build barricades and dig trenches and tank traps for the defense of Berlin against the advancing Russians. 12:35:14 a Ger. submarine torpedoes and sinks an allied transport. 12:36:20 shows the fighting in and around the ruins of Aachen. 12:38:07 Ger. wounded return from the Russ. front. 12:39:24 Troops pass wrecked Russ. equipment. 12:39:32 Shows bodies of civilians massacred by Russians and interiors of looted homes. 12:42:00 Shows artillery firing and destroyed and burning Russ. tanks. 12:43:47 out Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: